Hinckley Dam was built in the early 1900s, creating Hinckley Reservoir for the purpose of providing water to the Erie Barge Canal System. In 1983, NYPA was granted a permanent easement to install hydropower generating units in the existing dam.

Today, Hinckley Reservoir serves as the water supply for the Canal System and as the sole source of drinking water for the greater Utica area. It provides for recreation and hydropower generation.

NYPA is using FERC’s Integrated Licensing Process (ILP) which requires consultation with state and federal resource agencies, Native American tribes and other interested parties. The ILP is timeline driven by FERC regulations and a preliminary schedule of major milestone is available:

• Schedule

To learn more about the ILP Process visit the FERC’s website.

The relicensing process of the Gregory B. Jarvis Power Project will include the active involvement of federal and state resource agencies, local governments, citizens’ groups, Native American tribes, non-governmental organizations and other interested stakeholders (collectively, “Stakeholders”). To that end, this Communications Protocol establishes a framework for dissemination of information, coordination and dialogue for the stakeholders involved in the relicensing process.

The Power Authority will compile and maintain a contact list of all stakeholders for the purpose of consultation and notification. This contact list will include stakeholder’s mailing address, email and or telephone number. The contact list will be used to provide notice of any public meetings and the availability of information for public review.  NYPA will use email notification when possible.

NYPA values stakeholders input and urge all interested partied to join our mailing list by sending an email to Jarvis.Relicensing@nypa.gov with the above mentioned information. 

During the relicensing process stakeholders will have the opportunity to provide comments to FERC.

FERC strongly encourages electronic filing of comments and interventions.

In order to eFile comments and/or interventions, interested parties must have a FERC eRegistration account.

Learn more about FERC Online

• 401 Water Quality Application (March 2022)
  
  

• Request for Extension of Time for Responses to REA Notice (March 2022)
  
  

• Ready for Environmental Analysis (REA) Notice (January 2022)
  
  

• Response to Additional Information Request (AIR)
  
  

• AIR - Appendix E
  
  

• Additional Information - Native Freshwater Mussels (Oct 2020)
  
  

• USR Supplemental Analysis – Reservoir Fluctuation Study (Sept 2020)
  
  

• NYPA Response to USR Comments (August 2020)
  
  

• Final License Application (FLA) Cover Letter (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Initial Statement (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit A (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit B (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit C (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit D (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit E (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit G (July 2020)
  
  

• FLA Exhibit H (July 2020)
  
  

• Citizens for Hinckley Lake comments on DLA (June 2020)
  
  

• Trout Unlimited comments on DLA (June 2020)
  
  

• Jarvis USR Meeting Summary (June 2020)
  
  

• FERC Comments on DLA (June 2020)
  
  

• FWS Comments on DLA (May 2020)
  
  

• DEC Comments on DLA (May 2020)
  
  

• Updated Study Report Meeting Presentation (May 2020)
  
  

• Updated Study Report (May 2020)
  
  

View Documents Prior to April 2020:

• 2020


• 2019


• 2018


• 2017


• 1982

NYPA will be hosting an Updated Study Report Meeting on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 starting at 10am via WebEx Conferencing.

This is a public meeting. Those that would like to participate are asked to RSVP by noon on Monday, May 18, 2020 by sending an email to Jarvis.relicensing@nypa.gov.

Meeting information will be sent out to registered participants by the end of the day on Monday.

For questions, please contact Tara Groom at 518-433-6748.