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Catskills Hydropower Project Drops Bid For FERC Permit
Law360 (April 12, 2021, 7:06 PM EDT) The developer of a potential upstate New York hydroelectric project withdrew its permit request from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission due to the social impact the proposed project reservoirs would cause, according to a letter from the company.
The withdrawal came amid hundreds of comments pouring into FERC s docket urging the commission to nip in the bud Premium Energy Holdings LLC s application for a preliminary permit for its Ashokan Pumped Storage Project in the Catskills. Opponents argued the project would compromise a major New York City drinking water source and that local governments opposition would have doomed the project anyway..
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