Tri-Lakes Reliability Project

New York Power Authority Open House

June 10, 2005

Purpose of the Open House

The Open House provides the public an opportunity to learn more about the plans for a new power line to improve the reliability of electric service to the Tri-Lakes region and surrounding communities. 

The Open House is part of a comprehensive program of public outreach which also includes meetings with elected officials and interested groups, information submitted to the news media and establishing a web site. 

Using a variety of different formats allows the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to share information with different audiences on the various aspects of the planning process for the new line and to get significant feedback as to the interests and concerns of the community.

How does the Open House fit in to the process for planning the new line?

As part of the State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Process, NYPA must show that it has sought and addressed the concerns and issues of the public.  Those issues and concerns will be documented in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) which examines a broad range of issues related to the project.  The DEIS is part of the application process for the regulatory agencies.

Next Steps

NYPA will review and address the comments received at the Open House.  The comments and the responses will be included in the DEIS.  NYPA will review the comments and determine if additional information and/or studies are needed to address the issues raised. 

NYPA will complete analysis of the routes and establish preliminary recommendations for a preferred and an alternate route.  NYPA staff will do additional public and agency outreach to obtain feed back on those preliminary recommendations.

Based on this input, the preferred and alternate routes will be finalized for inclusion in the applications to be filed with the regulatory agencies this summer.

Contents:

• Introduction

• NYPA press release

• Map of New York State

• Map of Adirondack Park

• Map of Tri-Lakes study routes (Summer 2005)

• Map of Tri-Lakes Preferred and Alternate routes (November 2005)