Capon Valley Coalition

The Washington Post reported today (January 28, 2007):

Dominion Virginia Power, which is planning to build a high-voltage power line through scenic parts of Northern Virginia, is exaggerating the state’s electricity problems to justify a project that benefits other areas, according to several industry specialists studying the issue.

The relatively modest problem for Virginia, they say, has better solutions than an unsightly cluster of cables atop a series of 125-foot steel towers, strung through some of the state’s most beautiful and fiercely guarded open spaces.

“The proposed line is really intended to address mid-Atlantic transmission needs. I’m convinced it is a high-cost, high-risk, high-impact and sub-optimal solution,” Hyde Merrill, a respected industry specialist hired by the slow-growth Piedmont Environmental Council of Warrenton to analyze the project, wrote in an e-mail. “I think that there are other solutions that are better and that deserve a harder look.”

Read the entire article or leave a comment for the reporter at WashingtonPost.com.

Take a look at the row of buttons just under the name of our Web site.

We have added two new pages:

• News, which contains news articles about Allegheny Power, TrAIL, the Capon Valley Coalition and our allies.
• Tools, which contains information for getting the word out to family, friends, neighbors and coworkers.

Finally, take another look at our “Take Action” page. We added contact information for Gov. Joe Manchin.

We need to let EVERYBODY know that this power line is a bad idea and we oppose. We expect our elected representatives to oppose it, too.

We found a very interesting piece while trolling the Internet looking for insights into how Allegheny Power decided to run a new power line through our communities … that don’t benefit us.

Something called “The State Journal” ran a long story back in August about TrAIL under the headline “Power Line May be on Fast Track.”

The gist of the piece is that Allegheny strategy is to have the federal government step in “if state authorities do not process transmission applications within one year.”

Read it … and then take action!

The Cumberland Times-News reported today (January 26, 2007):

KEYSER - Two of the most often asked questions concerning a proposed high-voltage power line to be constructed through the region were answered by Allegheny Energy officials at a Keyser Rotary Club meeting Thursday.

Why can’t a new line be put underground?

Read the entire article at www.times-news.com.

The Hampshire Review reported today (January 24, 2007):

Read the PDF file here.

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