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May 15, 2007

Not quite yet

Three organizations staging a last-ditch battle to deny the Power Authority a 50-year license to operate the Niagara Power Project got some good news this week from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

FERC gave itself more time to consider challenges to its order of March 15 which granted the license. Absent that extension, FERC's order granting the license would have been final as of Wednesday. Attorney Steve Pigeon, who represents one of the challengers, the Niagara Improvement Association, sees significance in the extension because of that. Power authority officials seem to be taking the ruling in stride and give no outward appearances of undue concern.

A full version of the story appears in Thursday's print and online edition of The News.

Here are a few relevant links:

Appeal filed by Eastern Coalition and Public Power Coalition

Appeal filed by Niagara Improvement Association

   

Posted at 05:02 PM |

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This blog is a companion to "Power Failure," an investigative project published by The Buffalo News. Its purpose is to provide readers a forum for comment and for the project's author to provide updates and insights.
Jim Heaney is an investigative reporter for The News whose reporting in recent years has focused on economic development and government waste.

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