Public Involvement Program Plan

Horseshoe Solar
Livingston County, New York
Case 18-F-

October 2018

Prepared by:
Invenergy
One South Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Contact: Marguerite Wells
(607) 330-0399
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1 Contents
Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ 3 
2  Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 4 
3  Applicant and Project Description ......................................................................................................... 4 
3.1  Company Profile ............................................................................................................................ 4 
3.2  Project Summary ........................................................................................................................... 5 
3.3  Facility Site and Study Area .......................................................................................................... 5 
4  Public Involvement Program Overview ................................................................................................. 6 
4.1  PIP Goals ...................................................................................................................................... 6 
4.2  PIP Schedule................................................................................................................................. 6 
4.3  Stakeholder Involvement............................................................................................................... 6 
5  Stakeholders ......................................................................................................................................... 7 
5.1  Host Communities ......................................................................................................................... 7 
5.2  County Agencies ........................................................................................................................... 8 
5.3  State Agencies .............................................................................................................................. 8 
5.4  Federal Agencies .......................................................................................................................... 8 
5.5  Legislative Representatives .......................................................................................................... 8 
5.6  Highway Departments ................................................................................................................... 8 
5.7  Schools.......................................................................................................................................... 8 
5.8  Emergency Responders................................................................................................................ 8 
5.9  Adjacent Municipalities .................................................................................................................. 8 
5.10  Utilities ........................................................................................................................................... 8 
5.11  Public Interest Groups ................................................................................................................... 8 
5.12  Airports and Heliports .................................................................................................................... 9 
5.13  Adjacent Landowners .................................................................................................................... 9 
5.14  Participating Landowners .............................................................................................................. 9 
6  Public Involvement Program Elements ............................................................................................... 10 
6.1  PIP Activities, Schedule, and Goals ............................................................................................ 10 
6.2  Communication Tools ................................................................................................................. 11 
6.3  PIP Materials ............................................................................................................................... 12 
6.4  PIP Tracking Report .................................................................................................................... 13 
6.5  Comment Tracking ...................................................................................................................... 13 
7  Environmental Justice Areas............................................................................................................... 13 
8  Language Access ................................................................................................................................ 14 

Figures
1. Facility Site and Study Area
Appendices
A. Stakeholder List
B. Consultation Schedule
C. Schedule and Goals for PIP Events
D. PIP Tracking Report

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Abbreviations

DPS Department of Public Service

FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

HSS Horseshoe Solar

MW Megawatt

MWh Megawatt hour

NCF Net Capacity Factor

NYCRR New York Codes, Rules, and Regulations

NYPA New York Power Authority

O&M Operation and maintenance

PIP Public Involvement Plan

PILOT Payment in Lieu of Taxes

PSC New York State Public Service Commission

PSS Preliminary Scoping Statement

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2 Introduction
Horseshoe Solar (HSS) plans to submit an application to construct a major electric generating facility
under Article 10 of the Public Service Law. Pursuant to the rules of the New York State Board on Electric
Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board), applicants proposing to submit an application to
construct a major electric generating facility under Article 10 must submit a Public Involvement Program
(PIP) Plan. The PIP must be submitted to the Department of Public Service (DPS) for review at least 150
days prior to filing a Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS). This document is the PIP plan for the
Horseshoe Solar Project (the Project), a solar energy facility described in Section 3

As required by 16 NYCRR § 1000.4, this PIP describes the steps HSS plans to take to inform, engage,
and solicit input from the local community, general public, and other stakeholders. Stakeholder concerns,
interests, local knowledge, and recommendations will be evaluated, addressed and considered by the
Applicant and Siting Board.

3 Applicant and Project Description

3.1 Company Profile

Horseshoe Solar is project of Invenergy Solar Development North America LLC (Invenergy). Invenergy is
a utility-scale power producer developing, constructing, and operating renewable energy projects in the
New York State energy market. Invenergy-owned energy projects operate under the supervision and
regulatory authority of the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). Invenergy and HSS management offices are located in Chicago, Illinois.

Invenergy and its affiliates have developed over a hundred renewable energy projects in the United
States, Canada, and Europe including the following New York solar and wind farms:

 Shoreham Solar Commons, 24.9 MW, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY.
 High Sheldon Wind Farm, 75 turbines in the Town of Sheldon, Wyoming County, NY.
 Orangeville Wind Farm, 58 turbines in the Town of Orangeville, Wyoming County, NY.
 Marsh Hill Wind Farm, 10 turbines in the Town of Jasper, Steuben County, NY.

Invenergy also has developed and constructed six utility-scale solar projects in North America, totaling
144 MW installed to date, including one co-located at one of its wind farms.

Invenergy provides wholesale electricity to the public using clean, renewable sources such as wind and
solar. This furthers the State of New York's renewable energy policy, which requires 50% of the State's
energy to come from renewable sources such as solar by the year 2030.

HSS intends to construct, own, operate, and maintain all components of the Project, except for the
interconnection switchyard which will be constructed by HSS, and then transferred to National Grid, who
will own, operate, and maintain the switchyard.

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3.2 Project Summary

Project Facilities
HSS is planning the Project to have a maximum generating capability of 180 megawatts (MW) from solar
panels located on land leased from owners of private property located in Caledonia, New York (Figure 1).

Project facilities will include: solar panels and racking, access roads, inverters, buried and overhead
electric collection lines, a Project substation, an operation and maintenance (O&M) building, and electrical
interconnection facilities. The anticipated life of the project is approximately 35 years. HSS anticipates the
interconnection facilities will include a 115-kV switchyard built adjacent to National Grid’s Golah-Batavia
115 kV line.

Invenergy is exploring various ways to co-locate agricultural uses of the land alongside the solar
generation facility, such as harvesting forage for dairy feed, and grazing sheep.

Energy Generation
HSS estimates the Project will operate at an annual net capacity factor (NCF) of 22.7%. This means the
Project, if built at the maximum expected generating capacity of 180 MW, would generate approximately
359,500 megawatt hours (MWh) of energy per year. This will be enough electricity to meet the average
annual consumption of 33,000 or 50,000 households, based on average annual household electric
consumption of 10.8 MWh for the U.S. and 7.2 MWh for New York State, respectively (EIA, 2014).

Economic Benefits
The Project would have positive socioeconomic impacts of permanent O&M jobs, temporary construction
employment, lease payments to landowners, and a new source of revenue for schools, fire departments,
county government, and town governments. National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Jobs and
Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model estimates Project construction will create approximately 390
jobs with a payroll of $28.6 million. To operate and maintain the Project, HSS estimates it will hire
approximately 3 full time employees to be located at the site. The construction jobs would last
approximately one year, and the operations and maintenance jobs would last for the life of the Project.

The Project plans to enter into a PILOT agreement with the Livingston County Industrial Development
Agencies and it will be subject to special district taxes. Specific estimates of amounts the Project might
pay to different jurisdictions will depend on the Project layout and structure of the agreements. Based on
similar arrangements at other solar projects in New York, HSS estimates a 180 MW project will generate
approximately $580,000 - $700,000 per year in taxes and tax-related payments to the county, towns,
school districts, and fire departments that serve the parcels where HSS installs Project facilities and
approximately $690,000 to $1.3 million per year to landowners leasing land to the Project.

3.3 Facility Site and Study Area

Figure 1 shows the regional Project location, preliminary Facility Site and preliminary Study Area for the
Project. For purposes of this document, HSS defines these areas as follows:

 The Facility Site bounds all areas on which HSS expects to locate Project facilities. As shown in
Figure 1, the Facility Site is centered around the eastern most portion of the Town of Caledonia. It
includes approximately 2,600 acres of land.

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 The Study Area is all areas within 2 miles of the Facility Site. While the Article 10 regulations
suggest a five-mile study area radius, a smaller radius is appropriate for solar projects as they
have a relatively low profile. The panels including racking will not exceed 15 feet high.

4 Public Involvement Program Overview

4.1 PIP Goals

HSS developed this PIP to ensure that concerns of individuals and groups, including local residents, with
a potential interest in the Project (collectively referred to as stakeholders) are understood by Invenergy
and the Siting Board and are incorporated and objectively considered in the Project design and review.
Specific PIP goals are to:

 Identify groups and individuals with a potential interest in the Project;

 Ensure stakeholders and the general public are aware of the Project and are apprised of the
methods and media by which they can keep informed about the Project’s development and the
Article 10 review process`;

 Ensure stakeholders can relatively conveniently access information on the Project and the Article
10 review process;

 Engage stakeholders to understand their interests related to the Project, so that HSS can work
with them to address their concerns and take them into account as the project moves forward;
and

 Gather specific information from stakeholders that can be used to design objective and useful
studies to be defined in the Preliminary Scoping Statement and included in a complete application
for the Project.

4.2 PIP Schedule

HSS began conducting PIP activities during the pre-application phase in August 2018, and it will continue
until the Project begins commercial operation. Additional outreach to host landowners and municipal
officials will recommence at the time of decommissioning. Section 6.1 discusses specific PIP activities
and their schedules, and Appendix C outlines the schedule and goals for each PIP event.

4.3 Stakeholder Involvement

Refer to Section 5 for discussion of stakeholder categories and identification.

Stakeholder Notifications
HSS will notify stakeholders of the important Project milestones listed below.

 Open Houses
 Preliminary Scoping Statement (PSS) Submittal
 Scoping consultations
 Application Submittal
 Public Hearing

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 Siting Board Decision

 Commencement of Construction
 Commercial Operations Date

Stakeholder notifications will be by US Mail or email when that preference is expressed by the
stakeholder. The only exception to this will be notification of the broad stakeholder categories for “Area
Residents”. Area Residents that do not register as individual stakeholders will be notified of the above
milestones by notices in local newspapers as discussed in Section 6.2.

Collection of Stakeholder Input

For stakeholder groups in sections 5.1-5.12 below, HSS will reach out to the point of contact to introduce
the Project and offer to meet with the stakeholder group or point of contact. During stakeholder
discussions HSS will introduce Invenergy, the Project, and the Article 10 review process, including
intervenor funding. HSS will solicit specific feedback on issues that stakeholders want considered in the
Project design or review. HSS will track this feedback in a comment log as discussed in Section 6.5.

Depending on the number of individual stakeholders, it may not be practical to contact each individually.
As discussed in Section 6, HSS will develop materials, maintain a project website, and host events
designed to inform landowners and residents. These materials, events, and the website will describe the
Project and ways to submit input during the Article 10 review process.

Distribution of PSS and Application Documents to Stakeholders

HSS will notify stakeholders when the PSS and application are available on the Project website and at
various document repositories. HSS does not intend to provide individual hard copies of these documents
to Stakeholders except as required by 16 NYCRR §1000.5 and 16 NYCRR §1000.6.

5 Stakeholders
HSS has identified several categories of “stakeholders.” Overall, HSS relied on its experience developing
other projects, review of PIPs filed for other projects, discussions with local officials, and the knowledge of
its local representatives to identify potential stakeholders. Certain agencies are included as stakeholders
as mandated by Article 10 regulations. Descriptions of stakeholder categories and the methods used to
identify them follow. Appendix A lists the Project stakeholders and their contact information, as currently
known by HSS. HSS will continuously update the stakeholder list to add or remove stakeholders as it
identifies new interested, or uninterested, parties during PIP implementation. The most current list will
always be used for notifications.

Project outreach materials will contain instructions on how to be added to the stakeholder list. Individuals
or organizations will be able to be added to the stakeholder list by calling a Project representative, calling
a toll-free number, attending a public outreach event such as those for residents, or by sending an email
to an address that will be posted on the Project website. Stakeholders can also be added to the list by US
Mail, sent to Invenergy, 123 S. Cayuga St., Suite 201, Ithaca NY 14850.

5.1 Host Communities

HSS identified town boards and county boards representing any portion of the Facility Site by review of
town and county boundary maps, and these boards are considered stakeholders. Points of contact will be
the Town Supervisors and the County Administrator and the town clerks. Notices will be addressed to the

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full board, care of the point of contact, with the expectation that the point of contact will distribute the
notices and information to the full board. HSS will meet with the points of contact prior to submittal of the
PSS and will offer to meet with the full boards.

5.2 County Agencies

County agencies, other than the county legislature, with areas of responsibility potentially affected by the
Project were identified by review of the county website and consultation with the county planning
department. Note that HSS has identified the County Emergency Response Coordinators and Sheriffs as
stakeholders and listed them under the category of “Emergency Responders.”

5.3 State Agencies

Departments of New York State government were identified in the Article 10 regulations, and by using
HSS’s experience in developing solar and wind projects in New York and by reviewing PIPs filed for these
projects.

5.4 Federal Agencies

Agencies of the U.S. government were identified using HSS’s experience in developing wind and solar
projects in New York.

5.5 Legislative Representatives

Offices of the New York State Legislature, the U.S. Senate, and U.S. Congress representing the Study
Area were identified by review of online district maps.

5.6 Highway Departments

County and town departments responsible for managing roads in the Study Area were identified by
review of town and county boundary maps.

5.7 Schools
School districts serving parcels in the Study Area were identified by review of county tax maps.

5.8 Emergency Responders

Fire departments, emergency responders and police or sheriff departments serving parcels in the Study
Area were identified by review of county tax maps.

5.9 Adjacent Municipalities

Towns, counties, villages, or other municipalities that are not host communities but are in the Study Area
were identified by review of municipal boundary maps.

5.10 Utilities
Companies that own gas, electric, or communications infrastructure in the Study Area were identified by
consultation with the County Planning Departments.

5.11 Public Interest Groups

Organizations that serve interests of the public in the Study Area were identified from discussions with the
County Planning Departments and from the 2018 lists of county officials that includes county and town

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historians. This category includes business organizations, county and town historians, conservation or
environmental organizations, and organized groups focused on use of the Facility Site for outdoor
recreation and agriculture.

5.12 Airports and Heliports

Organizations operating FAA-registered airfields within 12 miles of the Study Area were identified by
searching the FAA’s database on licensed airports and heliports. There are three (3) private airports and
two (2) publicly-accessible airports within 15 miles of the Facility Site. The Greater Rochester
International Airport is approximately 15 miles from the Facility Site. These airports are included as
potential stakeholders.

5.13 Adjacent Landowners

Owners of property within 2,500 feet of the proposed facility, or substation, or within 500 feet of other
Project components (e.g., collection lines, etc.) are considered “adjacent landowners.” When a Project
layout is developed, HSS will identify these owners by review of tax records. HSS plans to develop a
Project layout prior to submission of the PSS and will add adjacent landowners identified then to the
stakeholder list.

5.14 Area Residents

Residents of the Study Area that are not participating landowners or adjacent owners are included in the
stakeholder list as one group. HSS will notify these residents of the Project individually by a widespread
mailing to all unique addresses in the property tax rolls for the Study Area. The mailing will announce
upcoming open houses, share website and contact information, and include instructions on how to
register as a stakeholder, in case the residents are unable to attend the open house and register in
person. At the open houses, attendees are encouraged to join the stakeholder list if they wish to continue
to receive notice of future Project milestones (e.g., availability of the PSS, public hearing, etc.).

Going forward, HSS does not plan broad mailings to area residents that have not registered as
stakeholders or been added as adjacent landowners. But HSS will continue to notify unregistered area
residents of the Project through the public outreach activities described in Section 6, including notices in
area newspapers.

5.15 Participating Landowners

Property owners that have entered into lease, easement, purchase option, or setback agreements with
HSS that will allow construction of Project facilities on or near their property are considered “participating
landowners.” Participating landowners are included in the stakeholder list as one group, but not
individually.

HSS’s private contracts with participating landowners contain provisions for HSS and landowners to work
together on Project plans. These consultations are private discussions outside the scope of this PIP. In
addition to private communications with HSS, participating landowners living in the Study Area will be
notified of Project milestones and events in the same manner as the category of stakeholders described
above as “Area Residents.”

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6 Public Involvement Program Elements

6.1 PIP Activities, Schedule, and Goals

Appendix C lists the PIP activities HSS plans to conduct and the tentative schedule and goals for each
activity. In addition to the initial meetings, PIP activities will be conducted throughout the Article 10
process, including after the PSS and Application have been submitted.

Stakeholder Consultations
Stakeholder consultations will be arranged as described in Section 4. HSS anticipates almost all
stakeholders will be interested in a meeting or conference call. For any such stakeholder meetings or
conference calls, one or more of the representatives identified in Section 6.2 will represent HSS.

Topics covered during stakeholder consultations will vary depending on the stakeholder’s role and
potential impact. Possible topics include payment in lieu of tax agreements, highway agreements, local
laws, emergency response requirements, intervenor funds, and environmental impacts. Meetings will also
specifically cover potential synergies or conflicts with stakeholder plans. Content of stakeholder
consultation meetings will be documented in the PIP Tracking Report and comments received will be
recorded as discussed in Section 6.5.

As appropriate, HSS will conduct subsequent meetings to answer specific questions, and to discuss
studies, mitigation, or other strategies that could address stakeholder concerns.

Appendix B provides a tentative schedule of initial consultations.

Town Board Meetings

HSS will present at regularly-scheduled monthly board meetings of the local town boards in the Facility
Site. HSS will also request to present the project to the County Legislature at one of its regularly-
scheduled meetings.

As part of the presentation given at each meeting, HSS introduces Invenergy, the Project, and the Article
10 process, including Intervenor Funding, and will respond to questions from the board and members of
the public.

HSS representatives will be available to attend future town board meetings as requested by the boards
and will offer to attend town board meetings in adjacent communities in the Study Area.

The above meetings and any future presentations at town board meetings will be documented in the PIP
tracking report.

Open House
HSS will hold an open house style public meeting prior to submittal of the PSS. At least two
representatives of the HSS’s development team will be present at the meeting. The meeting will feature
poster displays on the Project, solar energy, and the Article 10 review process. A brief presentation by
one of the HSS representatives will start the meeting and then ample time will be allowed for review of
displayed materials and one-on-one discussions with the HSS representatives.

A location for the open house has yet not been selected.

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The open house will be advertised at town board meetings, by a mass mailing to names listed in the tax
rolls for the Study Area, on the Project website, and in the most commonly read local papers.

6.2 Communication Tools

Project Representatives
Invenergy has two representatives available to implement this PIP and answer questions from
stakeholders:

Marguerite Wells Eric Miller

123 S. Cayuga St Suite 201 120 N. Lee St.
Ithaca, NY 14850 Falls Church, VA 22046
Manager, Renewable Development Vice President, Renewable Development
[email protected] [email protected]
(607) 330-0399 (301) 610-6413

Contact information for local representatives is posted on the project-specific website. Additionally, this
information will be made available at stakeholder consultations, town board meetings and open houses.

Toll-Free Number
Invenergy also maintains a toll-free number (1-866-378-4580) connected to an automated voicemail that
it will advertise on the Project website and all PIP mailings and will monitor for questions on the Project.
This line operates even during non-business hours. This line is not dedicated, so callers should identify
the project they are calling about. HSS will make reasonable efforts to confirm receipt within one day of
an inquiry and provide substantive responses within three business days.

New York State Office

HSS has an office in Ithaca, New York, at address 123 South Cayuga Street, Suite 201, Ithaca NY 14850.
Mail may be addressed to this office. HSS’s Project Developers manage the local office and are able to
answer questions on the Project. The office maintains regular business hours.

Website
HSS has established a user-friendly website dedicated to the Project that is written in plain English
(www.HorseshoeSolar.com). HSS will update the website as the Project develops and more information
becomes available. When available, the following items will be posted on the website:

 Project description and location;

 Project benefits and need;
 Project layout maps;
 Project milestones and timeline
 Project contact information, including an email address and a telephone number local to the
Facility Site;
 Summary of the Article 10 process;
 Summary of the intervenor funding process with instructions on how to apply;

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 Addresses of local document repositories;

 Links to the Article 10 siting board webpage and to case-specific documents file for the Project;
 Notices for public outreach events, filings, and public hearings;
 PIP tracking report,
 Publications or educational materials presented at the open house(s) or distributed to
stakeholders;
 Instructions on how to join the stakeholder list.

Document Repositories
HSS will maintain hard copies of the PIP, the PSS, and the application, plus any additional outreach or
informational materials, at the following locations:

 Caledonia Library 3108 Main St., Caledonia, NY

 Caledonia Town Hall, 3109 Main St, Caledonia, NY
 Avon Free Library 143, Genesee St., Avon NY

Stakeholder Notifications
HSS will notify stakeholders of Project milestones as discussed in Section 4.3.

Notifications to the General Public

In addition to its direct notifications to Project stakeholders and the general mailing described in Section
5.14, HSS will publish notices as required by the Article 10 regulations, including posting notices of PSS
and application filings on the Project website and in the following newspapers of record for the host
community towns:

 Livingston County News

 Henrietta Post
 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

6.3 PIP Materials

For initial presentations given at town board meetings and at open house(s), HSS will present information
on HSS, the Project, and the Article 10 process including intervenor funding. Presentations will contain
maps, timelines, and other Project-specific material developed by HSS.

PIP materials will cover some solar power basics and unique aspects of HSS and the Project, and the
Article 10 review process.

At the open house, HSS will have poster board displays on topics such as:

 Environmental, emissions offset, and fuel offset benefits of solar energy,

 Solar panel dimension(s) and technology detail;
 Project schedule;
 Economic benefits of the Project to the local economy;
 Facility Site, Study Area, and proposed solar panel layouts when available.

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For meetings following the open house, HSS anticipates the items of most interest will be maps showing
proposed locations of project facilities. HSS will generate such maps in large format for display as part of
its presentations after the open house.

HSS has developed materials on the above topics using information from its solar panel suppliers and its
knowledge of the Article 10 process. Versions of these materials are available on the Project website.

6.4 PIP Tracking Report

HSS will maintain a log documenting PIP activities, meetings, and consultations. For each event, the log
will document the event date, location, attendees, summary of topics discussed, and any follow-up steps.

Every three months, HSS will file the PIP tracking report with the Secretary to the Siting Board and post it
on the Project website.

6.5 Comment Tracking

HSS will maintain an internal log of comments or questions that cannot be answered in a few words or
that may have interest to a broad audience. HSS will refer to this comment log in development of the PSS
and application to ensure that comments are being adequately addressed.

7 Environmental Justice Areas

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) provides map files of
Potential Environmental Justice Areas it identifies as census block groups from the 2000 census with
populations that meet one or more of the following thresholds:

 51.1% or more of the population in an urban area reported themselves to be members of minority
groups; or

 33.8% or more of the population in a rural area reported themselves to be members of minority
groups; or

 23.59% or more of the population in an urban or rural area had household incomes below the
federal poverty level.

There are no Potential Environmental Justice Areas are in the Study Area, but the following is within
10 miles of the Facility Site:

 Census Block Group ID 360510302013 is located approximately 2 miles south of the Facility Site.
This area is in Livingston County between Avon and Geneseo. It’s categorized as a rural area, and
the 2000 census statistics show that 7.57% are minorities and 48.97% are below the federal poverty
level.

Because the areas above are outside of the Study Area, the Project is not expected to negatively impact
these or any other environmental justice areas.

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8 Language Access
Article 10 regulations require the PIP to identify any language other than English spoken (1) by 5,000 or
more persons, according to United States Census data, residing in any 5-digit zip code postal zone in
which any portion of such zone is located within the Study Area; and (2) by a significant population of
persons residing in close proximity to the proposed facility, alternative locations, or interconnections.

Table 1 lists the 5-digit zip codes extending into the Study Area and the most prevalent non-English
languages spoken. As shown by Table 1, there are no zip codes touched by the Study Area where 5,000
or more people do not speak English. The Spanish-speaking and Other Indo-European-speaking
numbers are included in the Non-English totals and are a sub-set thereof.

Table 1. Primary Language Spoken at Home by County

English Non-English Spanish Other Languages

Caledonia 3853 98 23 75

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

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Appendix A
Stakeholder List

Host Communities
Town of Caledonia Livingston County
Laurie Sattora, Town Clerk Ian M. Coyle, County Administrator
Daniel Pangrazio, Town Supervisor David L. LeFeber, Chairman of the Board
3109 Main Street Livingston County Government Center
Caledonia, NY 14423 6 Court St., Rm 302
Geneseo, NY 14454

Document Repositories
Avon Free Library Caledonia Library
143 Genesee St. 3108 Main St.
Avon, NY 14414 Caledonia, NY 14423
Caledonia Town Hall
3109 Main Street
Caledonia, NY 14423

County Agencies
Livingston County Planning Livingston County Industrial Development Agency
Angela Ellis, Director Philip S. Brooks, Chairman
Heather Ferrero, Deputy Director 6 Court St., Rm 306
6 Court St., Rm 305 Geneseo, NY 14454
Geneseo, NY 14454
Soil and Water Conservation District
Robert Stryker, District Manager
11 Megan Dr., Suite 2
Geneseo, NY 14454

Adjacent Municipalities
Town of York Town of Avon
Gerald L. Deming, Supervisor David L. LeFeber, Supervisor
2742 Chandler Rd. 4910 Littleville Rd.
Piffard, NY 14533 Avon, NY 14414
Town of Rush Monroe County
Shivaun Featherman, Deputy Town Clerk Adam Bello, County Clerk
Cathleen Frank, Town Supervisor 39 W. Main St., 101 County Office Building
5977 East Henrietta Road Rochester, NY 14614
Rush, NY 14543

Schools
Avon Central School District Caledonia-Mumford Central School District (adjacent)
Aaron Johnson, Superintendent of Schools Robert Molisani, Superintendent
191 Clinton St. Christine Thompson, Secretary to the Superintendent
Avon, NY 14414-1495 99 North Street
Caledonia, NY 14423
Airports
Greater Rochester International Airport Smiths Land Base
Andrew G. Moore, Interim Airport Director Paul Smith
1200 Brooks Ave 438 Five Points Rd.
Rochester, NY 14624 Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Lakeville Geneseo Airport
John Bodine John Swanson
3601 West Lake Road 3489 Big Tree Lane, P.O. Box 185
Geneseo, NY 14454 Geneseo, NY 14454

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Emergency Responders
Caledonia Fire Department Livingston Emergency Medical Services
Jeff Faugh, Fire Chief Karen Dewar, Director
P.O. Box 358 3360 Gypsy Lane
Avon, NY 14414 Mt. Morris, NY 14510
Livingston Office of Emergency Management Caledonia Fire District
Kevin Niedermaier, Director Mike Churchill, Fire Chief
3360 Gypsy Lane 3089 Main St.
Mt. Morris, NY 14510 Caledonia, NY 14423
Rush Fire District Livingston County Sheriff’s Office
Jim McNeil, District Chief Thomas J. Dougherty, Sheriff
1971 Rush Mendon Rd. 4 Court Street
Rush, NY 14543 Geneseo, NY 14454

Federal Agencies
US Army Corps of Engineers US Federal Aviation Administration
Buffalo District Carmine Gallo, Eastern Region Administrator
1776 Niagara St. 1 Aviation Plaza
Buffalo, NY 14207 Jamaica, NY 11434
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration US Fish and Wildlife Service
Karl B. Nebbia, Associate Administrator, Office of Tim Sullivan,
Spectrum Mangagement 3817 Luker Road
1401 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Cortland, NY 13045
Washington, DC 20230

Highway Departments
Livingston County Highway Department Avon Highway Department (adjacent)
Donald Higgins, Superintendent Tom Crye, Highway Superintendent
Elaine Szoczei-Brehm, Highway Administrative Manager Dick Rumfola, Deputy Superintendent
4389 Gypsy Lane 5390 Agar Road
Mt. Morris, NY 14510 Avon, NY 14414
Caledonia Highway Department Rush Highway Department (adjacent)
Mark Schroeder, Superintendent Mark David, Highway Superintendent
3109 Main St. 804 Rush West Rush Rd.
Caledonia, NY 14423 Rush, NY 14543

Legislative Representatives
State Senator, 59th District US Senate, State of New York
Patrick M. Gallivan Charles E. Schumer, Senator
District Office: 2721 Transit Rd., Suite 116 Regional Office: 100 State St., Rm 3040
Elma, NY 14059 Rochester, NY 14614
US House of Representatives 27th District Livingston County Legislature
Chris Collins, Congressman Eric R. Gott
128 Main Street, Unit 2 P.O. Box 43
Geneseo, NY 14454 Livonia, NY 14487
Member of Assembly, 133rd District US Senate, State of New York
Joseph Errigo Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Senator
District Office: 30 Office Parkway Regional Office: 100 State St., Rm 4195
Pittsford, NY 14434 Rochester, NY 14614

Public Interest Groups

Genesee Valley Conservancy Livingston County Farm Bureau
Benjamin Gajewski, Exec. Director Joe Swyers, President
One Main St., P.O. Box 73 9607 Kenney Rd
Geneseo, NY 14454 Dansville, NY 14437
Genesee Valley Rural Preservation Council, Inc. Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, Livingston
Jill Alcorn, President & CEO County Area
5861 Groveland Station Rd. Laura Lane, President

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Mt. Morris, NY 14510 4635 Millennium Drive

Geneseo, NY 14454

Public Interest Groups (Outdoors Clubs)

Livingston County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway
Marc Osypian, President PO Box 42
2551 Lakeville Rd. Mt Morris, NY 14510
Avon, NY 14414
Genesee Valley Audubon Society The Nature Conservancy
PO Box 15512 274 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14615 Suite B261
Rochester, NY 14607

Public Interest Groups - Historians

Livingston County Historian Livingston County Historical Society and Museum
Amie Alden Anna Kowalchuk, Museum Administrator
5 Murray Hill Drive 30 Center St.
Mt. Morris, NY 14510 Geneseo, NY 14454
Caledonia Historian
Eileen LaFave-Bickford
3109 Main St.
Caledonia, NY 14423

State Agencies and Authorities

NYSERDA NYS Department of Environmental Conservation,

Alicia Barton, President and CEO Division of Environmental Permits
Doreen Harris, Program Manager, Basil Segos, Commissioner
Large Scale Renewables Chris Hogan, Chief, Major Project Management
17 Columbia Circle 625 Broadway, 4th Floor
Albany, 12203 Albany, NY 12233
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, NYS Department of Public Service, Office of Energy
Region 8 Offices Efficiency and the Environment
Mke Wasilco, Biologist Hon. Kathleen Burgess, Secretary
6274 E. Avon-Lima Rd Andy Davis, Utility Supervisor
Avon, NY 14414-9519 James Denn, Public Information Officer
Lorna Gillings, Outreach Contact
3 Empire Plaza
Albany, NY 12233
NYS Department of Health New York Independent System Operator
Howard Zucker, Commissioner, Jessica Gamache, Interconnection Project Coordinator
Nathan Graber, MD, MPH, Director Ctr. for Env. Health, 10 Krey Blvd.
Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Room 1619 Rensselaer, NY 12144
Albany, 12237
NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency NYS Department of Transportation
Services Kevin Bush, Director, Region 4
John P. Melville, Commissioner 1530 Jefferson Road
1220 Washington Avenue, State Office Campus, Rochester, NY 14623
Building 7A Suite 710
Albany, NY 12242
NYS Department of Transportation NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Paul Karas, Acting Commissioner Richard Ball, Commissioner
50 Wolf Road 10B Airline Drive
Albany, 12232 Albany, NY 12235
NYS Office of General Services NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic
RoAnn Destito, Commissioner Preservation
41st Floor, Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza Rose Harvey, Commissioner
Albany, 12242 John Bonafide, Director, Technical Preservation Bureau
PO Box 189
Waterford, NY 12188

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NYS Department of State Empire State Development Corporation

Rossana Rosado, Secretary Howard Zemsky, President and CEO
One Commerce Plaza, 99 Washington Avenue 625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12231 Albany, New York 12245

Utilities
Frontier Communications National Grid
Main St. One Metrotech Center, 16th Floor
Red Creek, NY 13143 Brooklyn, NY 11201
Spectrum Communications Water and Sewer Authority, Livingston County
2620 W.Henrietta Rd Michelle Baines, Executive Director
Rochester, NY 14623 1997 D'Angelo Drive, P.O. Box 396
Lakeville, NY 14480

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Appendix B
Stakeholder Consultation Schedule

Name Target Date for Status

Initial Contact
Adjacent Landowners  Jul‐18  Done 
Airports  Jan‐19   
Area Residents  Jul‐18  Done 
Avon Central School District  Nov‐18   
Avon Highway Department  Dec‐18 
Avon Free Library  Nov‐18   
Caledonia Fire District  Nov‐18 
Caledonia Highway Department  Nov‐18 
Caledonia Historian  Nov‐18 
Caledonia Public Library  Nov‐18   
Caledonia‐Mumford Central School District  Nov‐18 
Time Warner  Jun‐19 
Livingston County Farm Bureau  Nov‐18 
East Avon Fire Department  Apr‐18 
Empire State Development Corporation  Nov‐18 
Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway  Nov‐18 
Genesee Valley Audubon Society  Nov‐18   
Genesee Valley Conservancy  Nov‐18   
Livingston County Area Chamber of Commerce  Nov‐18   
Livingston County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs  Dec‐18 
Livingston County Highway Department  Dec‐18 
Livingston County Historical Society and Museum  Dec‐18 
Livingston County Industrial Development Agency  Aug‐18  Done 
Livingston County Legislature  Nov‐18   
Livingston County Office of Emergency Management  Apr‐19   
Livingston County Planning Department  Nov‐18   
Livingston County Soil and Water Conservation District  Nov‐18   
Livingston Emergency Medical Services  Feb‐19   
Monroe County (adjacent)  Jan‐19   
National Grid  Jun‐18  Done 
New York Independent System Operator  Jun‐18  Done 
NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets  Oct‐18   
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation  Oct‐18 
NYS Department of Health  Nov‐18 
NYS Department of Public Service  Sep‐18 
NYS Department of State  Jan‐19 
NYS Department of Transportation  Jan‐19 

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NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services  Jan‐19 
NYS Energy Research and Development Authority  Nov‐18 
NYS Office of General Services  Nov‐18 
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation  Dec‐18 
Participating Land Owners  Mar‐18  Done 
State Assemblyman for 133rd Assembly District  Mar‐19   
State Senator for 59th Senate District  Jan‐19   
The Nature Conservancy of CWNY  Jan‐19   
Time Warner Cable (cable TV)  Jan‐19   
Town of Caledonia Town Board  Sep‐18  Done 
Town of Caledonia Building Code Inspector  Aug‐18  Done 
Town of Rush (adjacent)  Dec‐18 
Town of York (adjacent)  Feb‐19   
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers  Feb‐19 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  Feb‐19 
U.S. Representative for District 27  Feb‐19   
U.S. Senator for NY (Schumer)  Mar‐19 
U.S. Senator for NY (Gillibrand)  Mar‐19 
Water and Sewer Authority, Livingston County  Mar‐19   

Appendix C
Schedule and Goals for PIP Events

Activity / Schedule Goalsi Notes

Milestone
Stakeholder Ongoing Basic introduction. Identify points of See PIP Section 5.1.1.
consultations contact for each stakeholder. Identify Appendix B has target dates
areas of interest in the project design and for each consultation.
review process. Identify other
stakeholders. Emphasize importance of
reviewing the PSS and submitting
comments within 21 days of its filing.
Website Through CODii Basic introduction. Facilitate notification www.HorseshoeSolar.com
of Project milestones and PIP activities.
Facilitate submittals of comments and
requests to be on the stakeholder list.
Caledonia Town Sept 7, 2018 Basic introduction. Encourage and See PIP Section 5.1.2
Board Meeting explain ways to be involved in the review
process.
Newspaper November, 2018 Introduce project to region.
Article
Mailing Winter 2018 Post card mailed to all stakeholders
announcing open house and website.
Newspaper Ads Winter 2018 Announce open house and website.
Open House(s) Spring Basic introduction. Encourage community
2019 members to be involved with the review
process.
Newspaper 3 days or more Inform general public of the Project, new Required by Section 16
Placement of before PSS information availability, and the timeline NYCRR 1000.5(d)
PSS Summary Filing for commenting on the PSS.

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Stakeholder 3 days or more Inform stakeholders of the Project, new Required by Section 16
Mailing before PSS information availability, and the timeline NYCRR 1000.5(d).
Filing for commenting on the PSS.
PSS Filing Target date
Newspaper 3 days or more Inform general public of the Project, new Required by Section 16
Placement of before information availability, timeline of NYCRR 1000.7. Will include
Application Notice application filing commenting on the application. a project map.
Stakeholder 3 days or more Inform stakeholders of the Project, new Required by Section 16
Mailing before information availability, timeline of NYCRR 1000.7. Will include
application filing commenting on the application. a project map.
Town Board 0-8 weeks after Explain latest Project plans. Explain next See PIP Section 5.1.2
Meetings PSS Filing steps in Article 10 review process.
Application Filing Late 2019 Target date
Stakeholder 2-4 weeks Inform stakeholders of the public hearing
Mailing before hearing time and place.
Public Hearing Estimated date

Permit Decision 2020 Estimated date

Stakeholder ~1 week after Inform stakeholders of the permit
Mailing permit decision decision.
Stakeholder ~1 week before Inform stakeholders of start of
Mailing start of construction
construction
Participating ~1 week before Introduce landowners to the construction
landowner start of team. Explain construction schedule and
meeting construction procedures.
Start of Spring 2021 Estimated date
Construction
Town Board As required Present Project construction status.
Meetings during Collect comments from town board.
construction
COD 2021 Estimated date
Stakeholder ~1 week after Inform stakeholders of COD
Mailing COD

i Basic introduction includes an overview of the Project, Invenergy, and the Article 10 review process, including

instructions on how to obtain intervenor funding, to join the stakeholder list, and to submit comments to be included in
the design and study of the Project.
ii COD = Commercial Operations Date

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