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INFORMATION FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN OR MONITORING ORES PERMIT APPLICATIONS


There are several options available for those who wish to participate in or monitor a particular permit application. Please read the details of each and decide which is the best option for you..


PARTY LIST SERVICE LIST WEB MONITORING
Generally, parties commit to contribute to the development of a complete record in a proceeding by conducting discovery, submitting testimony, briefs, or other formal written comments, and/or participating in evidentiary hearings, procedural conferences and other formal events conducted in the permit application. (Non-parties participate in ORES proceedings by filing written comments, such as letters, in contrast to the formal petitions and other submission filed by parties in response to ORES notices. Non-parties also participate by offering oral comments at public comment hearings held on applications before ORES.)

Registered users who subscribe to the party list will receive information from parties involved in the permit application proceeding. Subscribing to the party list does not automatically confer party status. When you subscribe to the party list here, you will be provisionally added to the party list. Persons seeking party status to participate in the issues determination procedure and any subsequent adjudicatory hearing must also file a written petition explaining whether their request is for full party status or amicus status. Formal party status is conferred upon the ruling of the ALJ.

For the required contents of petitions for full party status, see 16 NYCRR §1100-8.4(c)(1) and (2). For the required contents of a petition seeking amicus status, see 16 NYCRR §1100-8.4(c)(1) and (3). Petitioners may also file written briefs in support of their petitions.

Deadlines and instructions for requesting party status for a specific permit application will be provided in the combined notice issued on the permit application. The combined notice will be issued at the same time a draft permit on the application is issued. Petitions for party status are subject to the right of other parties to object and subject to the determination of the ALJ.

Interested persons who wish to monitor the proceedings of a particular permit application can do so without the formal commitment to become a party in the proceeding. Persons who subscribe to the service list of a permit application will receive an e-mail with a direct link to the documents issued by the Office, such as orders, notices, and rulings.

If you are a registered user of the NYS Department of Public Service Document and Matter Management system (DMM), you may submit your service list subscription by clicking on the button below. Registration saves time and allows you to see and manage all of your service and party list subscriptions.

Another significant advantage of on-line registration is that registered users who subscribe to a service list for a permit application have the option to receive an e-mail with a direct link to all documents filed by the parties to the permit application, such as testimony, briefs, correspondence and formal comments, as well as Office-issued orders, notices and rulings.
Interested persons who choose not to sign up to receive e-mail notifications, can view our web site at their convenience to check on the status of a permit application. All documents filed by parties, correspondence, hearing transcripts, and documents issued by the Office in a given permit application are posted on the website for that permit application. In addition, all comments submitted by the public are reviewed by the Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission before being posted under the 'public comments' tab for the same permit application.
If you do not wish to register on the NYS Department of Public Service Document and Matter Management system (DMM), you can download the Subscribe to Party List form using the hyperlink below. Please follow the instructions on the form.

To register as a representative of a party on the party list, download the Party Representative Form using the hyperlink below.


If you do not wish to register on the NYS Department of Public Service Document and Matter Management system (DMM), you can download the Request for Service List form using the hyperlink below. Please follow the instructions on the form.


No registration is required.

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Service List - How to Subscribe - Step by Step instructions on how to subscribe to the Service List of Matter and Cases.