White Creek Solar

The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has issued a final siting permit for the White Creek Solar project to develop, construct, and operate a 135-megawatt (MW) solar array in the towns of York and Leicester in Livingston County. This marks the 20th clean energy project approved by ORES since 2021, when it was created to accelerate permitting for renewable energy generation. Read the Governor's Office press release.

Notice of Additional Public Comment Hearing:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to this Notice of Additional Public Comment Hearing, a second public comment hearing pursuant to 16 NYCRR part 1100 to hear and receive unsworn comments from the public will be held virtually on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. The hearing is being conducted through the Webex electronic webinar platform and by telephone.

White Creek Public Hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 13th at 6pm at the York Town Hall Address: 2668 Main St, York, NY 14592

Notice

On or about December 1, 2023, White Creek Solar issued a 3-day notice of intent to file a 94-c Application.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded AES ten wind and solar projects across New York state totaling 1.2 GW of renewable energy generation under a large-scale renewables Request for Proposals (RFP). AES is thrilled to announce that White Creek Solar received an award.

Governor's Office Press Release
AES Press Advisory

On or about September 20, 2023, White Creek Solar issued a 60 day notice of intent to file a 94-c application. 

Join the White Creek Solar master stakeholder list
Joining the Master Stakeholder List enables you to receive mailings of the Article VIII required notices. You can join this list by: 

1. Filling out the 'Contact Us’ webform at the bottom of this page,
2. Calling 866-757-7697,
3. Emailing whitecreeksolar@aes.com
4. Subscribe to the service list by clicking here
5. Requesting Party Status

To learn more about the Article VIII permitting process, please visit the Office of Renewable Energy Siting website at https://ores.ny.gov/. 

• The final Article VIII regulations, are available at Chapter XI, Title 16 of NYCRR Part 1100 (Subparts 1100-1 – 1100-15)
• Resources related to the PSC Document Matter Master system, local agency account funds, and regulatory documents can be viewed on the ORES website at https://ores.ny.gov/resources 
•  Information on the Article VIII permit applications currently under review and those which have been deemed complete, can be found at https://ores.ny.gov/permit-applications 

The application, once filed, can be examined during normal business hours at the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission, as well as at the local libraries served in accordance with section 1100-1.6(a)(6) of this Part. The addresses of these locations are:

• Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) c/o: OGS Mailroom Empire State Plaza 240 State Street P-1 South, J Dock Albany, N.Y. 12242Local library 1 address
• Town of York Town Hall: 2668 Main Street, PO Box 187, York, NY 14592
• Town of Leicester Town Hall: 132 Main Street, PO Box 197, Leicester, NY 14481

Intervenor funding is money that Applicants make available to qualified, locally affected parties and municipalities to offset certain expenses they incur in participating in the state permitting process. These funds are meant to encourage early and effective public involvement in project development and permitting.

With the filing of its 94-c application, White Creek Solar will submit the required local agency account fee of $135,000. These funds can be sought by local community intervenors and host towns. 75% of funds are reserved for municipalities.

Any local agency or potential community intervenor seeking funding must submit a request for initial funding within 30 days of the date of application filing (date of application filing and thus funding deadline TBD).

Additional details regarding requests for local agency account funding will be provided once the White Creek 94-c Application has been submitted to ORES.

Requests for local agency account funds can be made via:

The ORES Request for Local Agency Account Funding form available in the Resources section of the ORES website

Or by email to:

general@ores.ny.gov  

Or by mail to: 

Attention: Request for Local Agency Account Funding Office of Renewable Energy Siting Empire State Plaza 240 State Street P-1 South, J Dock Albany, NY 12242

If you have questions regarding the intervenor process, please contact the ORES office.

To submit any questions or comments regarding the Article VIII permitting process, reach out to ORES by phone, email, written letter, or via this contact form on the ORES website (https://ores.ny.gov/) 
(518) 473-4590)
general@ores.ny.gov 
Mailing Information (letters and envelopes):
Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) c/o: OGS Mailroom Empire State Plaza 240 State Street P-1 South, J Dock Albany, N.Y. 12242