Progress on the PSC Front
CVC Cochairman Bill Golemon reports on what the steering committee has been doing in the last few weeks of feverish activity:
We have interviewed two great pro bono lawyers but are still looking for the right person to represent the Capon Valley Coalition before the WV Public Service Coalition. Warning: This could get expensive.
We are scheduled to spend 15 minutes with Gov. Joe Manchin when he visits Romney next week. Grady Bradfield, Jim Matheson, County Commissioner Steve Slonaker, John Anderson and I are attending. I hope this will make him aware of the degree of opposition to the power line and the NIETC designation, which he has supported so far.
(NIETC stands for National Interest Energy Transportation Corridor, which is how Allegheny Power hopes to ram the TrAIL power line through over the objections of local residents and property owners and even the state and local governments in the path of these power lines.)
On Sunday Don Kesner of The Hampshire Review interviewed three residents of River Ridge and myself for an upcoming article focusing on the negative economic impact of the power line. (See County landowners continue battle over power lines.)
There have been numerous articles in other papers and journals, particularly since Allegheny’s announcement of the second proposed power line, and the DOE’s NIETC designation. (Read deeper into the Web site to view some.)
I hope people are contacting their congresspeople to urge them to sign on to and support the Hinchey-Wolf bill to repeal section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act, designating the NIETCs.