Friday, October 23, 2009
West Virginia Lung Association Joins Protest
The Public Service Commission is considering whether to allow Allegheny Energy and its partner American Electric Power to build a 765-kilovolt Potomac-Applachian Transmission Highline, a 275 mile line which would run from AEP's John Amos coal-fired plant in Putnam County to a substation near Kempton, Maryland. The American Lung Association of West Virginia has joined others in opposition to the proposed $1.9 billion project, saying construction of the multi-state power line would only serve to continue the nation's reliance on coal-generated electricity. However, the utilities say the line is necessary to ensure the reliability of the mid-Atlantic region's electrical distribution system past 2014. The PSC expects to issue a decision by June 21, 2010.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 10:11 AM 
