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NEWS ARCHIVE

  • 3-23-01: Town wants Indeck to pay all costs in dispute.

  • 3-7-01: Sen. Kelly renews opposition to Indeck plant

  • 2-26-01: Cox Cable will broadcast Hearings by the Energy Facility Siting Board on the Indeck power plant that is proposed for North Smithfield. The details are as follows. Channel: 18 Times: Monday 11:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Tuesday 5:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

  • 1/23/01: The Public Utilities Commission has relocated to 89 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, R.I. All future Indeck Hearings will now be heard at this new location. The next Indeck hearings will be heard on 1/25, 1/26, 1/30 ,2/2, 2/16, and 2/23 2001, from 9-4.

  • 11/13/00: Burrillville has rejected a state board's offer to conduct a public meeting regarding the proposed Indeck power plant, complaining that the session would have been merely a "courtesy" and not legally binding.

  • 10/14/00: Citizens for the Hudson Valley files suit against the Athens Generating Siting Board

  • 10/10/00: Burrillville filed a motion Friday arguing that the state Energy Facility Siting Board cannot make a final decision on the proposed Indeck power plant until a public hearing is held in Burrillville.

  • 10/7/00: Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, Rep. Robert B. Lowe, and Congressman Robert Weygand joins Indeck opposition

  • 9/26/00: Indeck still refuses to provide technical information on possible air quality and water quality impacts from the plant as well as projections for noise levels and visual plant features to our Town Attorneys.

  • 9/7/00: Andrews joins opposition.

  • 9/3/00: Kennedy joins Indeck opposition.

  • 9/1/00: Burrillville zoners oppose use of road for Indeck.

  • 8/29/00: N.S. council opposes Indeck zone change.

  • 8/27/00: Indeck Energy Services Inc. won’t be gaining any help from the Planning Board. The panel’s ruling found the power plant proposal in conflict with zoning advisories contained in a list of local and state zoning guides and comprehensive plans.

  • 8/24/00: The BurrillvilleTown Council last night made it official -- it does not support construction of the proposed Indeck Energy Services power plant

  • 7/8/00: Noise Expert Calls Plans for INDECK's Illinois Power Plant 'Fatally Flawed'

  • 7/8/00: INDECK TRIES AGAIN TO SUE COUNTY OVER PEAKER PLANT

  • 4/17/2000:ENERGY FACILITY SITING BOARD..PRELIMINARY ORDER.

  • 3/17/2000:Council head wants more say on power plant.

  • 2/7/2000: Siting Board to set Indeck plan study list.

  • 1/4/2000: The New/Modified Indeck application is in.

  • 10/26/99: LATEST L&RR GROUNDWATER WELL DATA

  • 10/18/99:News from the Siting Board Meeting held on 10/18/99.

  • 8/16/99:News from the Siting Board Meeting held on 8/16/99.


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