76 new comments have been posted to the DPS site since early August. Thank you to those residents of Copake and Columbia County who have already posted. This is a great start but we New York State officials to hear from more of you!
PLEASE TAKE ACTION! Post your comments, write letters, make phone calls -- every effort by residents will help to make Shepherd's Run better for our community.
On August 1st Hecate Energy submitted a revised application to ORES without inclusion of Copake Solar Working Group’s most important and substantive recommendations. These recommendations can be found here.
Sensible Solar for Rural NY is asking residents of Copake and Columbia County to take one or more of the following action steps:
ACTION STEP ONE
Most important, post a public comment to the New York State Department of Public Service’s website so your concerns are made part of the official considerations of Hecate Energy’s application by New York State.
Go to: https://tinyurl.com/mvtj2wjj
Post your comments at this site. Please visit www.sensiblesolarny.org where you can find key talking points that you can use in your comments.
Be sure to check both the “I’m not a robot” and the “I understand the purpose of public comments...” boxes, and then click the “Post Comment” button at the bottom of the page.
ACTION STEP TWO
Call or write to Governor Kathy Hochul and Lt. Governor Anthony Delgado and urge them to require Hecate Energy to incorporate the working group’s full and substantive recommendations into its application for Shepherd’s Run. Key message points can be found at www.sensiblesolarny.org/letter-writing.html
Governor Kathy Hochul
Lt. Governor Anthony Delgado
NYS State Capitol Building
Albany, NY 12224
518-474-8390
Alternatively, you can email Governor Hochul at https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form
ACTION STEP THREE
Call or write to Houtan Moaveni, Executive Director of the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) and urge ORES to require Hecate Energy to incorporate the working group’s full and substantive recommendations into its application for Shepherd’s Run. Key message points can be found at www.sensiblesolarny.org/letter-writing.html
Houtan Moaveni, Executive Director
NYS Office of Renewable Energy Siting
c/o: OGS Mailroom
240 State Street | P-1 South, J Dock
Albany, NY 12242
518-473-4590
Alternatively, you can email ORES at https://ores.ny.gov/form/contact-form
Urge them to require Hecate Energy to incorporate the working group’s full and substantive recommendations into its application before approving Shepherd’s Run.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY as ORES and our NY elected officials must continue to hear community voices!