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Cayuga Lakeshore Solar

Aurelius, Cayuga County · Finger Lakes Clean Power · Docket 22-F-0417

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SolarDecisionApprovedORES 25MW+

94 MW on 610 acres of retired industrial and agricultural land near the former Cayuga coal plant. Redevelopment framing and an early labour agreement kept opposition below the regional average.

Developer

Finger Lakes Clean Power

Location

Aurelius, Cayuga County

Capacity

94 MW

Docket

22-F-0417

Next milestone

Aug 12, 2025

22Low

Risk score

Opposition intensity 52/100 across 4 tracked actors and 6 filed documents.

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Permitting Timeline(6 milestones)Every recorded procedural event on this docket, with the actor responsible and whether the outcome helped or hurt the project.Every recorded procedural event on this docket, with the actor responsible and whether the outcome helped or hurt the project.

1 adverse event
  1. Feb 27, 202394-c application filedProcedural

    Finger Lakes Clean Power

    610 acres, 180 of them brownfield acreage adjacent to the retired Cayuga generating station.

  2. Jun 14, 2023Project labour agreement signedFavourable

    Central & Northern NY Building Trades

    Roughly 240 construction jobs committed at prevailing wage; unions testified at every hearing.

  3. Nov 2, 2023Viewshed objections filedAdverse

    Preserve Cayuga Shores

    31 comments on lake views; ORES required an additional visual simulation set.

  4. Apr 18, 2024Supplemental visual assessment acceptedFavourable

    NYS ORES

    Twelve added vantage points; two rows of modules removed from the northern ridge.

  5. Nov 8, 2024Siting permit grantedFavourable

    NYS ORES

    Approved with standard conditions; no adjudicatory hearing was required.

  6. Aug 12, 2025Notice to proceed targetedUpcoming

    Finger Lakes Clean Power

    Interconnection facilities study complete; construction start planned for late summer.

Full docket historyFiled Feb 27, 2023 · decided Nov 8, 2024

Opposition at this Project(19 appearances)Organizations and individuals recorded in hearing minutes, filings, and monitored channels for this docket.Organizations and individuals recorded in hearing minutes, filings, and monitored channels for this docket.

  • PCPreserve Cayuga Shores7 appearancesAggrieved NeighborVisual / AestheticProperty Value ClaimsLakefront homeowners; largely satisfied by the northern ridge redesign.
  • ECEmpire Center for Public Policy4 appearancesLaundered AcademicOther / UnknownPublished a ratepayer cost study cited in three comment letters.
  • CFCitizens for Responsible Energy3 appearancesAstroturf OperatorProperty Value ClaimsEnvironmental ImpactAttempted a chapter launch in Aurelius; folded after four months.
  • POPatrick O'Shaughnessy5 appearancesMedia AmplifierVisual / AestheticOther / UnknownRadio host in Auburn; softened after the building trades agreement.
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Arguments Deployed(79 statements)Every recorded public statement on this docket, classified into the platform's argument taxonomy.Every recorded public statement on this docket, classified into the platform's argument taxonomy.

79Statements

Dominant framing

Visual / Aesthetic accounts for 37% of statements on this docket — hover a category for the counter-framing note.

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Documents & Filings(6)Source documents ingested for this project: ORES and local board filings, adopted local laws, hearing minutes, studies, and press coverage.Source documents ingested for this project: ORES and local board filings, adopted local laws, hearing minutes, studies, and press coverage.

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Recommended Counter-Measures(3)Interventions ranked by expected impact on this specific decision point, drawn from the counter-measures playbook.Interventions ranked by expected impact on this specific decision point, drawn from the counter-measures playbook.

Pillar 3
  • 1Package Cayuga as the reusable brownfield templateRedevelopment framing plus an early labour agreement is the pattern to repeat in Steuben and Niagara.Low effortHigh impactOngoing
  • 2Rebut the Empire Center cost study once, properlyA published rebuttal blocks its reuse; the same study is already cited in four other dockets.Medium effortHigh impactQ3 2025
  • 3Keep the building trades engaged through constructionJob counts land better when the union hall says them; schedule quarterly local media availability.Low effortMedium impactThrough 2026
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