The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has issued final siting permits to develop and operate three large-scale solar projects, including one in southern Chautauqua County. Governor Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday that York Run Solar has been given the green light for a 90-megawatt solar facility in the towns of Kiantone and Busti. It will consist of the solar array and associated support equipment, along with an interconnection substation, fencing, access roads, and an operations and maintenance building. The facility will interconnect to the New York electrical grid via new points of interconnection, located on National Grid's transmission lines. Hochul says the project was approved in less than the one-year timeframe required under the law, and was issued after a review process that included public comment periods and hearings.
