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PSC closer to approving higher-voltage lines

Oct 02, 2015 12:04 am
John Mason is reporting in the Register-Star as the New York State Public Service Commission moves closer to approving higher-voltage power lines that would run through Columbia County, an energy economics firm has released a study showing there is no need for them. On Sept. 22, a branch of the Public Service Commission released its recommendations on the need for the project, and which proposals should go forward. The department recommended the state move ahead with its plans to "significantly enhance and improve the state’s bulk electric system," according to PSC spokesman James Denn. Denn said the estimated $1.2 billion in recommended infrastructure investments will improve existing transmission system bottlenecks that now "restrict large amounts of electricity from flowing freely to the areas of downstate New York needing it the most." Around the same time the PSC was receiving its report from  the Department of Public Service, the Hudson Valley Smart Energy Coalition received the results of a study it commissioned. That study found that congestion costs are expected to decline by 70 percent to 85 percent in the next 15 years, because of changes in the price differential of natural gas between upstate and downstate. Present costs of $300 million would drop to $100 million. A PSC technical conference will take place Oct. 8 and Oct. 9 in Albany. Read the full story in the Register-Star.
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