Capon Valley Coalition

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SAY NO TO 12-15 STORY POWER LINES!

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Please sign our petition opposing Allegheny Power’s proposal to run a 500 -kilovolt power line through Hampshire and Hardy Counties in West Virginia.

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Please return your signed petition to:

Capon Valley Coalition, P.O. Box 158, Yellow Spring, WV 26865.

As citizens and friends of the Capon Valley in West Virginia, as Allegheny Power ratepayers, as property owners and residents of the impacted area, we the undersigned reject Allegheny Power’s line transmission proposal as a vision for our land, our homes and neighborhoods, and for America’s air and energy policy.

The potential use of Federal and state condemnation powers for the proposed transmission line from Mt. Storm to Loudoun County, Virginia, through our communities in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, West Virginia, is NOT acceptable. There has been no public and transparent study or clear understanding provided of why the use of such extraordinary powers is justified.

Further, we protest the effort by PJM Interconnection, Allegheny Power, and Dominion Power to request early National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor designation in our communities by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy for the following reasons:

1) There has not been an adequate consideration of specific alternatives to new transmission lines, including a full range of demand management and peak demand reduction measures; energy conservation measures; and alternative transmission technologies and upgrades;

2) There has not been an assessment of impacts on the environment, a requirement by the National Environmental Policy Act which is reasonable given the demonstrated potential impacts on historic, scenic, natural, and cultural resources in the proposed corridor; and,

3) Dominion and Allegheny should be required to provide the public with the data and assumptions to enable independent verification of the claimed potential for power disruptions.

Finally, we call on our elected officials from the Federal level down to the local level to do everything in their power to prevent this transmission line proposal from moving forward until all of our questions are answered

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