NYSEG BRIEFS ENERGY TASK FORCE
Pipeline Expansion
To Begin Next Year
By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
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COOPERSTOWN – Work on increasing the DeRuyter-Oneonta gas pipeline's capacity by 25 percent will begin next year, NYSEG has told the Otsego County Energy Task Force.
That could mean the "interruptible power" – Oneonta's colleges and Fox Hospital are required to switch to more expensive fuel oil when temperatures drop below zero – will kick in less often, county Rep. Michelle Farwell, D-Morris, the task force co-chair, told the county board at its July meeting Wednesday.
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