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LAW OFFICES ^K^COVED' v* ER.DGE & D.AMONO, P.C. ^iSf I5TH FLOOR 0SEC-FILES-A,L8ANY 47 7 MADISON AVENUE : NEW YORK. NY I0022-5802 2001 SEP 27 PM \ U2 HEATHER M. FUSCO (2I2I 702-5400 • (212) 702-5411 [email protected] TELECOPIER (2I2) yOS-S^SO September 24, 2001 Ccm-eAO VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS Hon. Walter T. Moynihan Office of Hearings and ADR, New York State Public Service Commission Three Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12233-1350 Hon. Daniel P. O'Connell Office of Hearings and Mediation Services N YS Department of Environmental Conservation 625 Broadway, ls! Floor Albany, NY 12233-1550 Re: Case 00-F-0566 - Application of Brookhaven Energy, LP For a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct and Operate a 580 MW Gas-fired Combined Cycle Electric Generating Plant in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York Dear Judge Moynihan and Judge O'Connell: Enclosed please find an original of Brookhaven Energy Limited Partnership's Opposition to PPL Global, LLC's Motion to Intervene in the above-referenced Article X proceeding. Five copies of the Opposition are being sent to Secretary Deixler via first class mail. Copies are also being served upon all active parties via first class mail. WASHINGTON. DC BALTIMORE. MD NEW YORK, NY FORT LEE. NJ SACRAMENTO. CA SAN FRANCISCO, CA BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P. C^^ ^P Hon. Walter T. Moynihan September 24, 2001 Page 2 Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Sincerely, ^MJUHK- ^MCG Heather M. Fusco Associate Enclosure cc: Hon. Janet Hand Deixler (via First Class Mail) Active parties (via First Class Mail) N:\I9\64\10360\ltr\hmfPPLopposition.wpd CASE 00-F-0566 BROOKHAVEND^K\ ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHf ACTIVE PARTY LIST (AS OF 8/30/01) ROBERT CHARLEBOIS WILLIAM R. HOWELL VICE PRESIDENT CHAIR AMERICAN NATIONAL POWER, INC. NYS ENERGY RESEARCH AND 65 Boston Post Road West DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Suite 300 Corporate Plaza West Marlborough, MA 01752 2 86 Washington Avenue Ext. Tel: (631) 205-9741 Albany, NY 12203 Fax: (508) 786-7201 KIMBERLY A. HARRIMAN, ESQ. ERIN M. CROTTY STAFF COUNSEL COMMISSIONER 3 Empire State Plaza NYS DEPARTMENT OF Albany, NY 12223-1350 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Tel: (518) 474-6513 62 5 Broadway Fax: (518) 473-7081 14th Floor E-mail: kimberly_harriman Albany, NY 12233 dps,state.ny.us Tel: (518) 402-8540 Fax: (518) 402-8541 NANETTE J. ESSEL E-mail: emcrotty® CO-PRESIDENT gw.dec.state.ny.us YAPHANK TAXPAYERS & CIVIC ASSOCIATION WILLIAM G. LITTLE P.O. Box 3 92 ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Yaphank, NY 119 8 0 NYS DEPARTMENT OF Tel: (631) 854-1500 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Fax: (631) 924-7193 5 0 Wolf Road E-mail: [email protected] Albany, NY 12233 HERMAN A. STUHL CHARLES A. GAR6AN0 ATTN: ENVIRONMENTAL BUREAU COMMISSIONER NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF LEGAL EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CORPORATION P.O. Box 3 98 63 3 Third Avenue Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 New York, NY 10017 Tel: (914) 245-8400 Fax: (914) 245-7660 DR. DONALD R. DAVIDSEN E-mail: [email protected] COMMISSIONER NYS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE JEFFREY A. BRUNER AND MARKETS GENERAL COUNSEL 1 Winners Circle PAUL W. DIEHL, SENIOR ATTORNEY Albany, NY 12235 IROQUOIS PIPELINE OPERATING COMPANY DR. JOHN HAWLEY One Corporate Drive, Suite 600 NYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Shelton, Connecticut 06484 Corning Tower Tel: (203) 925-7200 Empire State Plaza Fax: (203) 926-8829 Albany, NY 12237 CASE 00-F-0566 ^ft As of^fco/01 JERRY MONTROSE MICHAEL G. MURPHY, ESQ. SEF IDUSTRIES INC. BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P.C. 1041 Third Ave., 2nd Floor 4 77 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 15th Floor Tel: (212) 688-0180 New York, NY 10022 Fax: (212) 758-6118 Tel: (212) 702-5436 Fax: (212) 702-5450 JOHN W. DAX E-mail: [email protected] COHEN, DAX & KOENIG, P.C. 90 State Street, Suite 1030 PETER QUINN Albany, New York 122 07 675 Tanglewood Road Tel: (518) 432-1002 West Islip, NY 11795 Fax: (518) 432-1028 Tel: (631) 587-3396 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: Same (call first) E-mail: [email protected] GORDIAN RAACKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NANCY C. CIANFLONE CITIZENS ADVISORY PANEL GAS MARKETING & SALES DIVISION 2316 Main Street, P.O. Box 789 KEYSPAN ENERGY Bridgehampton, NY 11932 One MetroTech Center Tel: (631) 537-8282 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Fax: (631) 537-4680 Tel: (718) 403-2505 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (718) 596-7802 E-mail: ncianflone@ SHIRLEY A. PHILLIPS keyspanenergy.com NIXON PEABODY LLP Omni Plaza, Suite 900 JEFFREY L. FUTTER, ESQ. 30 South Pearl Street KEYSPAN CORPORATION Albany, New York 12207 One MetroTech Center Tel: (518) 427-2654 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Fax: (518) 427-2666 Tel: (718) 403-3013 E-mail: sphillips® Fax: (718) 403-2698 nixonpeabody.com E-mail: jfutter@ keyspanenergy.com ELLEN A. REDMOND INTERNATIONAL BORTHERHOOD ROBERT J. CIMINO, ESQ. OF ELECTICAL WORKERS COUNTY OF SUFFOLK LOCAL UNION 1049 DEPARTMENT OF LAW 74 5 Kings Highway P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788-4197 Hauppauge, NY 11788-0099 Tel: (516) 234-1800 Tel: (631) 853-4049 Fax: (516) 234-1034 Fax: (631) 853-5169 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: robert.cimino@ CO.suffolk.ny.us STEPHEN L. GORDON, ESQ. BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND, P.C. 477 Madison Avenue 15th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 702-5410 Fax: (212) 702-5450 E-mail: [email protected] -2- CASE 00-F-0566 ^^ As of ^Bo/Ol ANTHONY J. GREY, PH.D. CYNTHIA R. CLARK, ESQ. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR KEYSPAN CORPORATION BUREAU OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE One MetroTech Center ASSESSMENT Brooklyn, NY 11201 NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT Tel: (718) 403-3022 OP HEALTH Fax: (718) 403-2698 Flanigan Square, Room 330 E-mail: cclark® 547 River Street keyspanenergy.com Troy, NY 12180-2216 Tel: (518) 402-7800 JOHN M. ARMENTANO, ESQ. Fax: (518) 402-7819 FARRELL FRITZ, P.C. E-mail: ajgOl® EAB Plaza, West Tower health.state.ny.us 14th Floor Uniondale, NY 11556 DAVID W. QUIST, ESQ. Tel: (516) 227-0700 SENIOR ATTORNEY Fax: (516) 227-0777 DIVISION OF LEGAL AFFAIRS E-mail: jarmentano® NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT farrellfritz.com OF HEALTH Room 2417 TIMOTHY P. SHEEHAN, ESQ. Corning Tower Building ADAMS, DAYTER & SHEEHAN, LLP Albany, NY 12237 39 North Pearl Street Tel: (518) 486-1896 Albany, NY 12207 Fax: (518) 473-2019 Tel: (518) 463-3385 E-mail: dwqOl® Fax: (518) 463-3440 health.state.ny.us E-mail: [email protected] (For Long Island Power KEVIN GLEASON Authority) EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT SECTION BUREAU OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE STANLEY B. KLIMBERG, ESQ. ASSESSMENT LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT 333 Earle Ovington Boulevard OF HEALTH Suite 403 547 River Street, Room 330 Uniondale, NY 11553 Troy, NY 12180-2216 Tel: (516) 222-7700 Tel: (518) 402-7815 Fax: (518) 402-7819 JOHN T. EVERS E-mail: akg02® THE BUSINESS COUNCIL OF health.state.ny.us NEW YORK STATE, INC. 152 Washington Avenue NANCY C. CIANFLONE, MANAGER Albany, NY 12210-2289 GAS MARKETING & SALES DIVISION Tel: (518) 465-7511 KEYSPAN ENERGY Fax: (518) 465-4389 One MetroTech Center E-mail: [email protected] Brooklyn, NY 11201 Tel: (718) 403-2505 G.S. PETER BERGEN, ESQ. Fax: (718) 596-7802 7 Beachway E-mail: ncianflone® Port Washington, NY 11050 keyspanenergy.com Tel: (516) 767-8816 Fax: (516) 944-6648 E-mail: pbergen® optonline.net -3- l STATE OF NEW YORK BOARD ON ELECTRIC GENERATION SITING AND THE ENVIRONMENT -X IN THE MATTER -of the- Case No. 00-F-0566 Application of Brookhaven Energy Limited Partnership for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct and Operate a 580 Megawatt Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Combustion Turbine Electric Generating Plant in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York -X BROOKHAVEN ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP'S OPPOSITION TO PPL GLOBAL. LLC'S MOTION TO INTERVENE Brookhaven Energy Limited Partnership ("Brookhaven Energy") respectfully submits this opposition to PPL Global, LLC's (PPL) Motion to Intervene in the above-titled matter. INTRODUCTION On September 13, 2001, PPL filed a Motion to intervene as-of-right and become an active party participant in the matter of Brookhaven Energy's application. The New York Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment ("Siting Board") should not grant the PPL's Motion because it is untimely. Additionally, PPL fails to demonstrate that it is a party to a certification proceeding pursuant to any specific section of New York Public Service Law ("PSL") § 166 or that the issue that it seeks to address is relevant and material to this Article X proceeding. PPL's Motion should be denied. POINT I PPL'S MOTION IS UNTIMELY PPL's Motion to intervene should not be granted because it is untimely. Although PPL has not identified which paragraph of § 166 it seeks to gain party status under, the time for filing a notice of intervention under any of the paragraphs occurs within forty-five days after the date given in the published notice as the date for filing of the application. See PSL §§166 (IXhHl).1 In this case, the date that the application was filed, as published in the notification, was June 25, 2001. Therefore, all requests to intervene were due by August 9, 2001. Since PPL's Motion was not filed within that time, its Motion must be denied. POINT II PPL IS NOT ENTITLED TO INTERVENE IN THIS PROCEEDING BECAUSE IT IS NOT A PARTY TO THE CERTIFICATION PROCEEDING AS DEFINED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE LAW Even if it is not untimely, the PPL's Motion must be denied because it does not qualify for party status. In Section 166, the New York Public Service Law defines all of the entities that are parties to a certification proceeding.