§ 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.