Public Comment Sessions For Electric Transmission Lines Set For June

Area residents can offer their feedback in person next month on a proposed electric transmission line in northern and eastern West Virginia. 

The Public Service Commission of West Virginia scheduled four public comment hearings for June concerning developer NextEra Energy’s application on January 30 to construct a new 107.5-mile-long MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) line from Pennsylvania through West Virginia to Virginia.   

The 58.9-mile section in West Virginia would cross Monongalia, Preston, Mineral and Hampshire counties.  

The public comment events are reserved for nonparties to the case, as opposed to those who have applied to be legal interveners in the case.   

They will be held:  

• June 4, Potomac State College, Church-McKee Arts Center,121 B Street, Keyser 

• June 5, Hampshire County Courthouse Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 19 East Main St., Romney  

• June 10, Monongalia County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown  

• June 11, Kingwood Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton St., Kingwood   

Each public comment session is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.  

Interested parties should note that the location of the Keyser and Morgantown meetings were moved since the original announcement of the public comment meetings in April. 

Public comments may also be filed online by clicking the “Formal Case” link or by sending them to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Comments should include the case name (Nextera Energy Transmission Midatlantic, Inc.) and number (26-0075-E-CN) .  

The commission reports it has already received a number of comments in support and in protest of the MARL.  

 The project has been approved by regional transmission operator PJM but still requires state regulatory approval.    

The commission set regulatory hearing dates for late October and early November, with a decision due date of March 6, 2027.