RECORDONLINE/TIMES HERALD RECORD Oct 2:
Gov. George Pataki is expected tomorrow to sign legislation that would throw up a major obstacle to a huge power transmission line proposed from central New York to Orange County, according to sources.
The bill, authored by Sen. John Bonacic and passed by both houses of the Legislature, blocks New York Regional Interconnect from using state laws to take land by eminent domain to build its 190-mile line.
Pataki is expected to sign the bill at a Utica-area ceremony tomorrow.
Although thousands of people along the proposed route are against the project and support the bill, it was opposed by power industry-groups and key lawmakers who said it would discourage future energy projects.
Even with the legislation, NYRI could try to bypass the state and win new federal powers to allow it to take private land for the project. The company has also indicated it may challenge Bonacic's legislation in court.
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