The New York State Public Service Commission accepted Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation's (RG&E) demolition and remediation plan detailing, among other things, the scope and sequence of work and environmental protection measures that would accompany the demolition of the company's 257 megawatt coal-fired Russell Generation Station decommissioned in 2008.

To facilitate the cost review process, and provide for ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the Plan, the Commission will require RG&E to make additional compliance filings concerning: the competitively-selected D&R contractor; cost control and quality assurance efforts; and quarterly reporting, starting in October 2012, listing environmental permits and approvals obtained, as well as detailed progress on structural demolition and site remediation once the D&R contractor commences operations. Also, RG&E is required to provide ground and surface water monitoring data in the reports.