This is a quote from Cathy Orr who will be impacted by the Lighthouse Wind Project along Lake Ontario in W. NY. She is discussing a meeting within the Art. 10 electric energy siting process...in this case a wind farm she objects to.
"At Somerset's May 2016 Town Board meeting, Supervisor Dan Engert
informed us that the town was excluded from meetings being held between
Apex and state and federal agencies regarding the proposed industrial
wind project here — even though a request was made by the town to be
copied on the conversations. Unbelievably, Engert's request was denied
due to the claim that the information from these meetings was
"proprietary."
"This lack of transparency — especially when we are
the ones who are going to be stuck dealing with the destructive effects
of these giant machines sited among our homes — stinks of corruption.
The
New York State Public Service Commission is supposed to be working on
behalf of all New York state taxpayers and ratepayers. Yet, when asked
about the contents of the meeting, the PSC refused to allow Somerset to
know what is being planned for our community. It appears Governor
Cuomo's New York is now being run as a dictatorship. This is simply
unacceptable!"
I believe beyond a doubt that the event Ms. Orr is describing clearly show just how rigged the state's Art 10 siting process really is and how it is stacked to the developers.
So I will ask once again...if the system is so rigged to be so much against a community and opposition and its input...the why in God's name do you want to participate in and enable it?
How exactly do you think you can win in a system that is so rigged against you?
STOP, The regional wind energy industrialization of one of New York State's most beautiful and environmentally sensitive areas, the 1000 Islands of the St. Lawrence River and the Golden Crescent of Eastern Lake Ontario. If you don't think you are seeing the most recent posts click on the current month in the archives to the right.
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