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Department of Environmental Conservation wants the Public Service Commission to rule on whether the expansion would truly make the energy supply more reliable.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has extended the deadline for National Grid’s air permit to review more than 6,000 public comments and an emissions proposal.

As energy provider National Grid awaits New York’s final answer on the air permit for two new liquid natural gas vaporizers, community groups are putting pressure on Hochul to reject it, citing violation of environmental laws.