This just in- New York To Adopt New Power Plant Siting Law, but will it affect the Cricket Valley site? It seems as though the plant will be built on the proposed site in Dover NY, with the blessing of the NY DEC and the Governor himself. But there may be a little bit of good news for the local citizens in this bill.
" The state Department of Environmental Conservation would be tasked with developing regulations to ensure that power plants are not built in overdeveloped areas. Also, power companies would have to pay for an “intervenor fund” of up to $750,000 that could be used by local groups and others to study the effects of a power plant in their community, and also to fund legal bills. The DEC would have a year to develop the regulations; the bill also requires a study of the use of solar power."
Even though there is year to develop regulations, I think that Cricket Valley Energy, as a good neighbor, may want to jump on the bandwagon now and volunteer to comply with this proposal in advance of the ruling.
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