N.Y. Public Service Law 169 – Opinion to be issued with decision
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§ 169. Opinion to be issued with decision. In rendering a decision on an application for a certificate, the board shall issue an opinion stating its reasons for the action taken. If the board has found that any local ordinance, law, resolution, regulation or other action issued thereunder or any other local standard or requirement which would be otherwise applicable is unreasonably burdensome pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision three of section one hundred sixty-eight of this article, it shall state in its opinion the reasons therefor.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Service Law 169
- Board: means the New York state board on electric generation siting and the environment, which shall be in the department and consist of seven persons: the chair of the department, who shall serve as chair of the board; the commissioner of environmental conservation; the commissioner of health; the chair of the New York state energy research and development authority; the commissioner of economic development and two ad hoc public members, both of whom shall reside within the municipality in which the facility is proposed to be located, except if such facility is proposed to be located within the city of New York, then all ad hoc members shall reside within the community district in which the facility is proposed to be located. See N.Y. Public Service Law 160
- Certificate: means a certificate of environmental compatibility and public need authorizing the construction of a major electric generating facility issued by the board pursuant to this article. See N.Y. Public Service Law 160