Comments due on North Seneca Solar Project, LLC petition for CPCN & lightened regulation as wholesale electric generator

Case 25-E-0768 - Petition of North Seneca Solar Project, LLC, for an Order Granting a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Pursuant to Public Service Law Section 68, and Lightened Regulation.

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Comments are requested concerning a petition filed by North Seneca Solar Project, LLC (the Petitioner) seeking a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under Section 68 of the Public Service Law (PSL) and lightened regulation as a wholesale electric generator. The Petitioner seeks authorization to construct and operate a solar-powered electric generating facility (the Facility) with a maximum capacity of 90 megawatts in the towns of Waterloo and Junius, Seneca County. The Facility will interconnect to the New York power grid via a switching station that will connect to the existing National Grid Farmington – Hamilton 115 kilovolt transmission line.

Construction and operation of the Facility will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Siting Permit issued to the Petitioner by the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) on August 21, 2025, in Matter 23-02974. The scope of the Public Service Commission’s (Commission) review of this petition will not duplicate the issues that were previously considered and decided by ORES.

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