DOCKET NO 191

DOCKET NO. 191 - An application by AES Southington, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of an electric generating facility at 149 Lazy Lane in the Town of Southington, Connecticut.

Connecticut

Siting Council
May 25, 1999

Decision and Order

Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 16-50p, the application submitted by AES Southington, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a 720-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle facility at 149 Lazy Lane in the Town of Southington, Connecticut, is hereby denied without prejudice. AES may submit an application for a Certificate for a redesigned electric generating facility including: reconsideration of buffer from adjacent residential development; the use of dry-cooled technology; provisions to better protect inland wetlands; assessment of the environmental effects from any gas or water pipeline construction; and confirmation of air emission control equipment. The appeal of Michelle Allaire, et al., is dismissed as moot.

We hereby direct that a copy of the Findings of Fact, Opinion, and Decision and Order be served on each person listed below, and notice of the decision published in The Hartford Courant, the Record Journal, and The Observer.

By this Decision and Order, the Council disposes of the legal rights, duties, and privileges of each party named or admitted to the proceeding in accordance with Section 16-50j-17 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

The parties and intervenors to this proceeding are:

Applicant AES Southington, LLC	Its Representative Kenneth C. Baldwin W. Richard Smith, Jr. Robinson & Cole One Commercial Plaza 280 Trumbull Street Hartford, CT 06103-3597
Party Steve and Michelle Allaire, et al (participating as parties in application proceeding and as appellants under CGS § 16-50x)	Its Representative R. Bartley Halloran Steven S. Berizzi Law Offices of R. Bartley Halloran One Lewis Street Hartford, CT 06103
The parties and intervenors to this proceeding are:
Party Quinnipiac River Watershed Association	Its Representative Sigrun Gadwa, Executive Director Quinnipiac River Watershed Association 99 Colony Street Meriden, CT 06451
Intervenor Connecticut Light and Power Company	Its Representative Daniel P. Venora Senior Counsel Northeast Utilities Service Company P.O. Box 270 Hartford, CT 06141-0270
Co-Intervenor Rivers Alliance of Connecticut (Co-Intervenor with Farmington River Watershed Association)	Its Representative Margery Winters Rivers Alliance of Connecticut 111 Main Street Collinsville, CT 06022
Co-Intervenor Farmington River Watershed Association (Co-Intervenor with Rivers Alliance of Connecticut)	Its Representative Kevin Case Farmington River Watershed Association 749 Hopmeadow Street Simsbury, CT 06070
Party Town of Southington	Its Representative John F. Kania, Esq. Kelley, Crispino & Kania 25 Berlin Avenue P.O. Box 71 Southington, CT 06489
Intervenor Yankee Gas Services Company	Its Representative Kathleen H. Rook Yankee Gas Services Company 599 Research Parkway Meriden, CT 06450