Half-Truths (or Non-Truths) from Allegheny
We saw a copy of the newsletter that Allegheny Power sent out Feb. 16 extolling the wonders of TrAIL. If you got a copy, hold your nose. If not, let me reprise a few items:
Need
If TrAIL is not built … “leading independent experts [warn] of blackouts as early as 2011.”
Horse hockey. Give us the data. Let us do our own analysis. Let us see what your “independent experts” — no doubt paid for by Allegheny — considered and did not consider. For instance, did they consider putting a power plant outside Philadelphia? Or Baltimore? Or Washington?
And how much of that energy will stay in West Virginia? Only what oozes off the power lines and makes our pets, our livestock and ourselves glow.
New Maps
They changed them once and “The proposed route filed with state commissions for approval may differ from these routes …” In other words, Allegheny is NOT GOING TO TELL us where the power line will go. A moving target is always harder to hit.
Open Houses
About 1,500 people attended 10 open houses … held between Thanksgiving and Christmas. There’s a great way to ensure that crowds stay small. (We noticed that none of the open houses was held in a mall … where the people were at that time.)
Valued Input
“At Allegheny, we value your input.”
Good. Get your stinkin’ power line out of our state!
Regulatory Filings
Allegheny says it plans to file in “early Spring 2007″ … just after the state legislatures in West Virginia and Virginia go home for the year. Now there’s a coincidence.
We’ll be watchin’ … and waitin’.