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The Citizen Power Alliance is a coalition of independent groups organized to promote sound energy and environmental policy. CPA holds public officials and regulators accountable, while seeking the protection of the public interest.
Eco preservation demands fiscal responsibility and viable technological solutions. Community power requires government transparency and effective industrial regulation. Commerce must balance development and profit with responsible civic stewardship.
The CPA has its home base in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, but is open to organizations nationwide and international in scope.
Direct inquiries to: Citizen Power Alliance, PO Box 638, Naples, NY 14512 (585) 534-5581 Washington, DC (202) 239-1045 or email: citizenpoweralliance@gmail.com
UTICA, N.Y. - State regulators say New York Regional Interconnect's power line application is complete and they are now reviewing it.
As part of that process, the state Public Service Commission will hold public hearings Oct. 21 and 22 in Oneonta and Utica.
"We expected that the application would be deemed complete sooner or later," said Mike Steiger of the Upstate New York Citizens Alliance and a member of the steering committee for Communities Against Regional Interconnect. "We do feel we will be successful in defeating it at the PSC level."
NYRI wants to run a 190-mile transmission line from near Utica to Orange County downstate. Supporters say the line is needed to improve the state's aging power grid and reduce the threat of blackouts like the one that struck the state in 2003.
