More hearings to be held on NYRI proposal

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More hearings to be held on NYRI proposal

Story Created: Sep 22, 2008 at 9:35 AM EST

Story Updated: Sep 22, 2008 at 9:35 AM EST

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - State regulators reviewing a controversial
$2.1 billion high-voltage power line project will hold public meetings in each upstate New York county along the proposed 190-mile route.

The state Public Service Commission had been planning only two
hearings on New York Regional Interconnect's proposed transmission
line - in Utica and in Oneonta.

But an administrative law judge decided to add 14 additional public statement hearings and informational forums from Oct. 21 to mid-November.

The move was seen as a victory for citizens' groups who have been fighting the line for more than two years.

NYRI says the line is needed to improve the state's aging power grid and reduce the threat of blackouts like the one that struck the northeast in 2003.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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