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Board presses applicant on interconnection: why poles, not pads?
Summary
Board members and residents pressed Rick Energy about why interconnection equipment would be pole-mounted rather than pad-mounted; company reps said some equipment cannot be buried and utilities may treat a switch to pad-mounted equipment as a material change requiring re-study.
Board members raised detailed technical questions about the proposed electrical interconnection and the appearance and placement of poles and equipment. A company technical representative said some interconnection devices "cannot be put underground" because they require utility access and monitoring, and that the project has shown underground wiring where code requires it; the aboveground devices could be pole- or pad-mounted.
The company said NYSEG and National Grid have indicated that switching from pole-mounted to pad-mounted equipment is considered a material change to an interconnection and could require withdrawing and resubmitting the interconnection application, potentially restarting utility review. The board asked the applicant to obtain definitive utility responses and to provide imagery and pad-mounted examples for the board and public to review at the next hearing.
