Legal Opinion

Airco Alloys Division v. Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 10, 1980PublishedCited by 173 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Moule, J.

The United States, pursuant to treaties with Canada, is permitted to divert portions of the flow of the Niagara River for the purpose of generating hydroelectric power. The Federal Power Commission (FPC) authorized the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (Niagara Mohawk) by license to utilize a portion of the river flow for power generation at *74certain generating stations on the Niagara River known as Federal Power Commission Project 16 (Project 16) with a capacity of 445,000 kilowatts.

On June 7, 1956 a rock slide destroyed the generating station which was the…

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