The Pennsylvania PSC Commissioners voted 4-1 to ignore the recommendations of their trial staff, law judges and technical experts. The one Commissioner who voted against the project, Vice-Chairman Tyrone Christy, said that "transmission line siting cases present two fundamental issues to this Commission - whether the need for the line exists; and, whether the proposed route is the best of all alternatives considered. It is painfully apparent from the record that TrAILCo did not come close to meeting its burden of proof in this case on either count."

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