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CASE 12- T- 0248 - Appl i cat i on of New Yor k St ate El ect r i c & GasCor por at i on f or a Cer t i f i cat e of Envi r onment alCompat i bi l i t y and Publ i c Need f or t heConst r uct i on of t he "Col umbi a Count y

Tr ansmi ssi on Pr oj ect , " Appr oxi mat el y 11. 1 Mi l esof 115 Ki l ovol t Tr ansmi ssi on Li nes and r el at edf aci l i t i es i n t he Towns of Chat ham, Ghent , andSt ockport , i n Col umbi a Count y.

RULI NG ON SCHEDULE

( I ssued J une 18, 2013)

ELEANOR STEI N, Admi ni st r at i ve Law J udge:

At t he Procedur al Conf erence hel d on J une 11, 2013,

par t i es submi t t ed a j oi nt pr oposal f or a schedul e f or t hi s case.

The schedul e, as proposed by t he par t i es, i ncl udes an

oppor t uni t y f or any par t y, i ncl udi ng New Yor k St at e El ect r i c &

Gas Cor por at i on ( NYSEG, t he Appl i cant ) , t o pr opose al t er nat i ve

r out es f or t he Col umbi a Count y Tr ansmi ssi on Pr oj ect , i n addi t i on

t o t hose al r eady i ncl uded i n t he Appl i cat i on. I wi l l r evi ew anyaddi t i onal al t er nat i ves f i l ed by Oct ober 29, 2013, and af f or d

part i es an opport uni t y t o comment on t hem. For addi t i onal

al t er nat i ves war r ant i ng f ur t her st udy, f or mal not i ce t o

muni ci pal i t i es and pot ent i al l y af f ect ed l andowner s and si t e

vi si t s ar e i ncl uded i n t hi s schedul e.

At t he r equest of t he par t i es, t he schedul e pr ovi des

f or a hear i ng, wi t h cr oss exami nat i on, on t he subj ect of t he

Appl i cant s di r ect case, pr i or t o t he f i l i ng of t he St af f and

i nt er venor di r ect cases. The pur pose of such a t wo- hear i ng

appr oach i s t o pr ovi de f or an ear l y f ocus on NYSEG' s proposed

and al t er nat i ve r out es; t he pr oposal of addi t i onal al t er nat i ve

r out es, i f appr opr i at e, mi ght emer ge f r om t hi s pr ocess.

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The schedul e, as adopt ed J une 11, 2013 on t he r ecor d

at t he Pr ocedur al Conf er ence, i s as f ol l ows:

Di scover y Ongoi ng

Si t e vi si t f or NYSEG pr oposedand al t er nat i ve r out es

Sept ember 3 - 4, 2013

Hear i ng & cr oss exami nat i on ofappl i cant s di r ect case asnecessary

Sept ember 17 - 18, and 24,2013

Pr oposal s of addi t i onalal t er nat i ve r out es

Oct ober 29, 2013

For mal not i ce t o af f ect ed

muni ci pal i t i es and l andowner s ofr out es proposed on Oct ober 29

November 6, 2013

Si t e vi s i t s f or t heseal t er nat i ve r out es

November 13- 15, 2013

Pref i l i ng of St af f andi nt er venor di r ect cases

J anuar y 14, 2014

Pref i l i ng of NYSEG suppl ement aldi r ect t est i mony, as needed

J anuar y 14, 2014

Pr ef i l i ng of r ebut t al cases Febr uar y 14, 2014

Hear i ng t o cross- exami ne anyNYSEG 1/ 14/ 14 suppl ementaldi r ect t est i mony, St af f andI nt er venor di r ect and r ebut t alcases

Mar ch 11- 21, 2014

I ni t i al post - hear i ng br i ef s Apr i l 14, 2014

Repl y br i ef s May 6, 2014

( SI GNED) ELEANOR STEI N