Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. v. Public Service Commission

In August of 1973 the petitioner and the New York State Electric and Gas Corporation jointly applied to the respondent for a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need with respect to a 345,000-volt electric transmission line some 65 miles long and running from a location in the Town of La Fayette, Onondaga County, to a point in *226the Town of Union, Broome County. Public hearings were held as required by article VII of the Public Service Law and the commission in considering all of the evidence found that there was a public need for the construction and that the least adverse…