ALBANY — The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) today announced it would hold a public statement hearing in Long Island City (Queens) to receive comments on Ravenswood Development, LLC’s (Ravenswood) request to develop a battery-based energy storage facility on a portion of the Ravenswood Generating Station property in Long Island City, Queens, New York.

Specifically, Ravenswood is seeking a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to develop a stand-alone, battery-based, energy storage facility with a capacity of up to approximately 316 megawatts (MW). Ravenswood is also seeking an Order finding that Ravenswood, as a wholesale electric market participant, is entitled to a lightened regulatory regime.

Opportunities for public comment will be held, as follows:

At the public statement hearing, persons wishing to comment on Ravenswood’s Section 68 Petition may make a statement on the record. Appointments to speak are not necessary; rather, attendees must complete a card requesting time to speak and people will be called in the order in which the cards are received. You need not provide written copies of comments because the public statement hearing will be transcribed and the comments will be included in the record of this case. The public statement hearing will be held open for at least one-half hour and, where practicable, will be kept open until everyone wishing to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements have been made.

Persons with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodations should contact the Department of Public Service’s Human Resource Management Office at (518) 474-2520 as soon as possible. TDD users may request a sign language interpreter by placing a call through the New York Relay Service at 711.

Individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English are encouraged to call the Commission at 1-800-342-3377 for free language assistance services regarding this notice.

Other Ways to Comment

For those who cannot attend or prefer not to speak at the public statement hearings, there are several other ways to provide your comments to the Commission.  Comments should refer to “Case 19-E-0122 - Ravenswood.” Although comments will be accepted throughout the pendency of this proceeding, they are requested by October 1, 2019.

Internet or Email: Go to www.dps.ny.gov, click on “Search,” search using case number “19-E-0122” and then click the “Post Comments” button at the top of the page; or email comments to the Secretary for the Commission at secretary@dps.ny.gov.

Alternatively, comments may be mailed or delivered to Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350.

Toll-Free Opinion Line: You may call the Commission’s Opinion Line at 1-800-335-2120. This number is set up to take comments about pending cases from in-state callers, 24 hours a day.

All written comments will become part of the record and will be considered by the Commission. All written comments may be accessed on the Department of Public Service website at www.dps.ny.gov. Click the “Search” button on the home page and then enter “19-E-0122” in the space provided for searching by case number; then view the “Public Comments” tab.

Ravenswood’s petition to the Commission may be also viewed online at the Department of Public Service website at www.dps.ny.gov. Click the “Search” button on the home page and then enter “19-E-0122” in the space provided for searching by case number.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Procedural Conference will be held immediately following the Public Statement Hearing, at the same location.

The principal purposes of the procedural conference are to identify any potential parties and provide interested persons an opportunity to present and explain any proposals regarding the procedures they believe should be followed in this case by the ALJ and Commission including, but not limited to, whether any issues of fact presented by the petition or public comments warrant an evidentiary hearing. Other procedural issues also may be addressed.