*Listmates,* *Thanks go to Irene Weiser for the update below.*
*-Karen* *From: *Irene Weiser <[email protected]> *Subject: **Dryden pipeline update* *Date: *August 28, 2014 at 8:16:53 AM EDT *To: *[email protected] I attended the rally/info-session re: the Dryden pipeline the other day. They went to great lengths to reassure us that the pipeline was not capable of providing gas to a "repowered" Cayuga - that it would need to be different type of pipe (thicker walls) different standards for welding joints, different regulators for putting in taps to supply residences along the pipeline w/gas, etc. Whew. I think. BUT there is still a problem to address. They say the pipeline is needed for "reinforcement" of current gas supply in the area - as well as to meet demand for a proposed new residential development in Lansing (Rocco Lucente, developer) TCAD has indicated support of both the housing project and the pipeline - and I've heard (but not confirmed) that they've even put in a proposal, under the Gov's regional economic development grant program, for funding to support the development. SO HERE"S OUR LOCAL CHALLENGE - how can we educate and persuade TCAD and local developers (and other residents who want gas for heating) to find alternative solutions? NYSEG, as a public utility, is under obligation to provide service when customers request it. So it's UP TO US to ensure that such requests don't happen - and that these developers and TCAD and the County reject added fossil fuel expansion. Thoughts on how we can begin this process??? Irene Weiser Brooktondale, NY [email protected] 607-539-6856 *Joy to the world* *All the boys and girls* *Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea* *Joy to you and me* *Are you a member of Sustainable Tompkins? Join today <https://sustainabletompkins.org/donations/Sustainable-Tompkins.php>* *.* Karen Jewett-Bennett, Director of Operations Sustainable Tompkins 109 S. Albany St. Ithaca, NY 14850 607-216-1552 For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
