The natural gas connection moratorium will begin on March 15. The natural gas connection moratorium will begin on March 15.

WHITE PLAINS—Westchester County Executive George Latimer, along with a number of state and local officials, were scheduled to meet with Con Ed officials sometime today to discuss the impending new natural gas connection moratorium set to begin on March 15 that could adversely impact a host of major projects on the drawing boards in the county.

The meeting with the County Executive was not open to the public or the press but was geared as a fact-finding session by County Executive Latimer to ascertain from the utility the reasons behind the imposition of the moratorium on new natural gas connections that is scheduled to begin on March 15 for all of southern and central Westchester County.

Meanwhile, the state Public Service Commission has scheduled public hearings beginning the week of Feb. 11 on the new natural gas connection ban in Westchester County. Specific dates and locations for the sessions has yet to be released by the PSC.

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John Jordan

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