Section 123. Hearing on application for certificate

1. Upon the receipt of
  an application with  respect  to  an  electric  transmission  line  that
  complies  with  section  one  hundred  twenty-two,  the commission shall
  promptly fix a date for the commencement of a public hearing thereon not
  less than sixty nor more than ninety days after such receipt. Except  as
  otherwise  provided  in section one hundred twenty-one-a of this article
  upon  the  receipt  of  an  application  with  respect  to  a  fuel  gas
  transmission line that complies with section one hundred twenty-two, the
  commission  shall  promptly  fix a date for the commencement of a public
  hearing thereon not less than twenty nor more than sixty days after such
  receipt. The testimony presented at such hearing  may  be  presented  in
  writing  or orally, provided that the commission may make rules designed
  to exclude repetitive, redundant or irrelevant testimony. The commission
  shall make a record of all testimony in all contested hearings.
    2. On an application for an amendment of a certificate, the commission
  shall hold a hearing in the same manner as  a  hearing  is  held  on  an
  application  for  a  certificate  if  the  change  in the facility to be
  authorized would result in any material increase  in  any  environmental
  impact of the facility or a substantial change in the location of all or
  a  portion of such facility other than as provided in the alternates set
  forth in the application.
    3. Unless otherwise stipulated by the applicant, a final determination
  regarding an application for a  certificate  to  construct  transmission
  facilities  for  interconnection  with a wind energy production facility
  located in the county of Lewis shall be rendered within six months  from
  the date of receipt of a compliant application.