ML20087A544
| ML20087A544 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Nine Mile Point  |
| Issue date: | 03/01/1984 |
| From: | Swarts D BUFFALO, NY |
| To: | |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8403080136 | |
| Download: ML20087A544 (2) | |
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. r.r STATE OF NEW YORK h2 LEGISLATURE OF ERIE COUNIT C: ZAK'S OFFICE R.:UET,-
w-BUFFALO. N. Y.,
March 1
] C) 84 TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN-
'84 NG -7 A!1 :53 3 Ntitl3g Gttli[Q, That at the STB $,,,;on ny,g, y;,g,,ggfu,,.,7 gne County.
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,..L.'. is SLP Wlu held in the County Holt. nn the City of Builcio, on the "*
- doy e/ March A.D. 19 8 4 o Resolution was odocted. of which the followung as o true ' copy:
,7 a se RESOLlRION SUBMITTED BY LEG:SLATOR MEIER WHEREAS, Newly appointed chairncn of the Long 1sinnd Lighting Ccepa_
(LILCO) has announccd that LILCO is withdrcwing cs c partner from c partr.
- hip building the Nine Mile Two Nuclecr Plant, which con cause the customers a
.he remaining utility partners to pick up the costs; and WHEREAS, Nicgcra Mohawk, which is a 41 percent partner, may have to seek rate increcses frca its customers to pcy its share of the ccsts incurred from LILCO's withdrawal; and WHEREAS, lhc Nine Mile No project was to provide some pcwcr to downstrte custcmers; and WHET 1EAS After LILCO's withdrawcl, Governor Cuomo brs rnnounced thct he will propose legislation which will give greater ecc+ss to Niagarr end St.
Lawrence hydroelectric pouer, thereby increesing upstcte residen'.f.'1 electr'c bills by 7 to 10 percent; end WEREAS. Residen'-s of Erie County and Westcrn New York hrve hnd to suffer economic inconveniences from a log boom which affects weather, shipping end the borting and fishing recrectioncl industry cnd clso the reduction of wcter flow over Hitgera Falls, which is a great ettraction for the tourist industry; and WHEREAS. People and ir.dustry hrve undergene crxh expense '.o sett?e.:n Western New York in relience upon economic benefits to bc gained by naturr?
resources. weighing the cdvcntcges..gsinst other costs '.n thc trec; and WHEREAS, The Governor's cocnent stating the theory of "one person. one vcit" implies thnt nrtural resources relied upon by res! dents of Weste.rn New York in making their decisions as to where they will live end invest should r.ou be shared c-qually with the entire stcte; and WHEREAS, This one-sided logic has also been used by people in the southwestern United Stctes es c bcsis for seeking to teko the water from the Greet Lakes and ship it to dry a~33, end is indeed a thoughtless exm:ple of logic which fails to take into cecount the fact that prople of New York St.-te end the United States have elways been free to choose where they will live.
accepting distdvrntrges (long with nrturcl cdventcges of settling in en crer; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT M OM P$
0 ATTEST m D.
r mm, C.'ere of the /.eesnietsre of Erse Cuenty a
REFERENCE;
.,e STATE OE NEW YORK LEGISLARTRE OF ERIE COUNTY c:LIAK's omcz BUFFALO, N. Y.,
"*rch 2 i() 84 TO WHOM TT MAY CONCERN:
5 5titl3Q GEfli[Q, That at the 53 Session of the Lestsicture el Erie County.
heldin the County Holt. un the City of Bullato, on the day cl March A.D. 19 84 a Resolutnon was odcored. of whnch the follouang ss a true copy:
REOLVED, That the Erie County Legislature hereby requests that:
- 1) The Federcl Energy Reguletory Comission.and the Nuclear Regulrtory Comission intervene to halt LILCO's withdrawal from the Nine Mile Two Powe-Pr ojtet;
- 2) Attorney Generr.1 Robert Abrams comence action to require L*LCO, e stet:
regulated utility, to honor their contractual dutf es; 4
- 3) The New York Strte Public Service Ccertission investigate LILCO's finances and menagement;
- 4) Governor Cuomo refrr.in from using state funds and resources to bril out one downstate utility; md be it further RESOLVED, That this legisitture requests thzt the Stcte Legisitture diligently work to paevent the forcible theft of natural resources upon which one arec of the state relies and giving them to another erec which, in this case, is robbing the economically distressed Weste*n New York area and givir6 the fruits of the crime to the rich; and be it fu-ther RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the Nucleer Regulatory Comission, the Federal Energy Reguletory Commission, the New York Strte Pur'ic Service Comission, Governor Cuomo and all State Legislators representing Eric and Niagcro Counties.
FISCAL IMPACT: Substantici savings to Western New York utility custccxts.
REFERENCE:
Int. 5-4 ATTEST Af2
-X Clerk of the u,anslesm of Erse County R E FER E.NCE: