SCHUMER BACKS POWER-LINE REVIEW; SENATOR PROPOSES BILL TO EXPAND STATE SCRUTINY OF PLANS IN ELECTRIC CORRIDORS.(Local) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: July 3, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Aaron Gifford Staff writer

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer will introduce a bill amending a 2005 federal act that he says allows the New York Regional Interconnect utility company to circumvent state scrutiny in its plans for a high-voltage power line that would run through Madison and Oneida counties.

The bill, which could be discussed by federal lawmakers as early as September, gives states more authority to review and deny such proposals, and limits federal energy regulators' authority to grant eminent domain on private property for new power lines. Also, if a state ...

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