Opposition to Coal-by-Wire Transmission
Utilities have proposed two unnecessary high-voltage transmission lines that would connect to the oldest and dirtiest coal-fired generation in the United States. Learn more about the approved TrAIL line and the proposed PATH line.
On January 27, 2010 the Virginia State Corporation Commission granted PATH Allegheny's request to withdraw its application for a line through Virginia. PATH is still pursuing its application through MD and WV, and may reapply in Virginia later this year.
Can we save the climate without building new energy infrastructure on conservation lands across America? PEC answers yes--in this article for the Fall 2009 Land Trust Alliance magazine.
In June, PEC President Chris Miller was one of 12 experts from across to country called to testify before Congress on transmission policy. Read more details of the testimony in this article from the Piedmont View.
PEC map shows American Electric Power's conceptual transmission line plan for wind, overlaid instead on U.S. coal resources.
The PATH 765-kV transmission line is a partnership between American Electric Power and Allegheny Power. The line would start near the Amos coal plant in West Virginia, travel northeast and pass through parts of Maryland and Virginia.
TrAIL is a 500-kV transmission line that was proposed by Dominion and Allegheny Power in 2007 and approved to be built in 2008. The line will run from southwest Pennsylvania, through West Virginia, and end in Loudoun County, Virginia.
In December 2007, Piedmont Environmental Council submitted the testimony of nine expert witnesses to the VA State Corporation Commission. These witnesses outline the many reasons the TrAIL line should have been denied.
Coverage from local and national media.
Read past articles, postings, reports related to transmission lines -- the TrAIL line in particular.
