Can Allegheny Power Take Your Land? Yes … and No!
We got an exchange from a CVC member about whether Allegheny Power can take private property for its TrAIL power line, even if people don’t want to sell an easement.
Here is part one:
Heard this from one of our neighbors in River Ridge. Sounds like the power companies are using extreme scare tactics on people to give easement rights on land or the land will be taken.
Here is what the neighbor wrote:
…Who knows when this thing will be all said and done with the power lines. All I know is I have been contacted by TrailCo and they are pursuing easement agreements with land owners and the land owners that can not agree on a easement agreement trailco will start looking at filing for eminent domain on the land as the last resort.
Part two, from Bri West of the Piedmont Environmental Council:
Allegheny (TrAILCo) has every intention of employing eminent domain if people will not sell them the easements. But the trick is, they can’t use eminent domain or even build a line on their existing rights-of-way if their application is denied by the WV PSC. The time to fight back is now.
So if you don’t want this to happen, do something about it NOW!