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Friends Of The Cheat Distribute Resource Booklet About Transmission Line Construction
A new pamphlet offers landowners information about how their property may be impacted by construction of a new transmission line.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPSC Staff Submit Further Evidence Against Need For MARL Transmission Line
A staff engineer testified that there is little evidence of the project’s benefit to West Virginians and the most likely outcome of the MARL project not being built is the energizing of fewer data centers in Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPublic Hearing On Data Center Power Rules Scheduled
A public hearing is planned after the West Virginia Legislature passed the Power Generation and Consumption Act (House Bill 2014) and asked the commission to propose rules for legislative approval outlining how the PSC would carry out new duties and responsibilities assigned to it under the law.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCommunity Orgs Voicing Support For Delay, Dismissal Of Transmission Power Line Application
Three organizations have submitted letters supporting a PSC staff report submitted Aug. 19 that recommends the application for the MARL transmission line be delayed or dismissed.
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New Transmission Line Sees Resistance And The State Has A New Secretary Of Tourism, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, plans for a new transmission line may be in trouble, a former state delegate is indicted, and the state has a new secretary of tourism.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDocumentarian Ken Burns Joins Opposition Of Valley North Project
Ken Burns, known for his expansive documentaries on topics ranging from jazz music to baseball and most recently the American Revolution, expressed his love for Jefferson County and the Shenandoah Valley, calling the region the center of our shared national history.
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