Prattsburgh Wind: Virtual public statement hearing regarding the Prattsburgh Wind project in Steuben County

A virtual public statement hearing will be held before the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) on: 

DATE: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 
TIME: 1:00 p.m. 

Register for Hearing

Electronic Access: meetny-gov.webex.com 
Event Number: 2820 493 6807 
Password: Apr23-1pm 

Phone-Only Access: 1-929-251-9612 
Access Code: 2820 493 6807 
Password: 27723017 

Any person wishing to provide a public statement on the record during the virtual public statement hearing must register to do so by Monday, April 21, 2025. 

To register and participate electronically: 

Participants who would like to provide a statement and will log in to the virtual public statement hearing electronically must register by the date indicated above by clicking on the “Register” button, and providing all requested information. After registration is complete, registrants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the public statement hearing. 

When logging in on the date and time of the hearing, participants will be asked to “select audio system.” It is recommended that participants opt to have the system “call me” or “call using computer.” The “call me” option will require that participants enter their phone numbers. 

To register and provide a statement by phone: 

Any participant who is not able to log in to the virtual public statement hearing electronically may participate by phone. Call-in participants wishing to make a statement at the virtual public statement hearing must register to do so by the date indicated above by calling 1-800-342-3330, following the prompts to the appropriate hearing, and then providing the following information: first name and last name, address, and phone number. 

On the date and time of the virtual public statement hearing, dial 1-929-251-9612 and enter the access code and phone-in password listed above. 

To listen to the hearing without making a statement: 

Any interested person may listen to the hearing by phone by calling 1-929-251-9612 and entering the access code and phone-in password listed above. 

All participants will be muted upon entry into the public statement hearing. The ALJ will call upon each person who has registered to speak. The ALJ will continue the hearing until everyone wishing to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements to submit comments into the record have been made. Reasonable time limits may be set for each speaker as necessary to afford all attendees an opportunity to be heard. It is recommended that lengthy comments be submitted in writing and summarized for oral presentation. A verbatim transcript of the hearing will be made for inclusion in the record of this case. 

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should call the Department of Public Service’s Human Resources Management Office at 518-473-9463 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 Department at 1-800-342-3377 for free language assistance services regarding this notice.

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Case 24-E-0641 - Petition of Prattsburgh Wind, LLC, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Pursuant to Public Service Law Section 68, and Granting Lightened Regulation; and an Order Approving Financing Pursuant to Section 69 of the New York State Public Service Law.

Comments are requested concerning a petition filed by Prattsburgh Wind, LLC (Petitioner) seeking lightened regulation as a wholesale electric generator, as well as a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under Section 68 of the Public Service Law (PSL) and an order approving financing pursuant to PSL §69. Petitioner seeks authorization to construct and operate a wind-powered electric generating facility (the Facility) with a maximum capacity of 147 megawatts in the towns of Avoca, Cohocton, Howard, Prattsburgh, and Wheeler in Steuben County, New York. A substation and proposed point of interconnection switchyard located within the Facility will interconnect the Facility via overhead transmission lines running to New York State Electric & Gas Corporation’s existing Stoney Ridge to Canandaigua 230 KV transmission line.