The Charleston Gazette - Lines of Power

PSC drops power-line oversight hearing plan

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Read more about the power line. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- State regulators have dropped plans to hold a comprehensive oversight hearing before giving final approval for Allegheny Power t...

High-voltage power line gets nod of Va. regulators

(The Associated Press) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:00:00 -0400

RICHMOND, Va. -- State regulators said Tuesday that a proposed high-voltage power line that would cross from Pennsylvania to West Virginia will ensure a reliable power source for the Mid-Atlantic states as they approved the northern Virginia segment.The St...

Power co. to reroute big power line in Pa.

(The Associated Press) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0400

PITTSBURGH -- Allegheny Energy Inc., bowing to intense community opposition in southwestern Pennsylvania, has agreed to reroute a proposed multistate high-power line and move its end point so that only one mile of it passes through the state.The 500-kilovo...

Manchin wants utility to back power line tax

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Gov. Joe Manchin said Tuesday he hopes to tax new high-voltage transmission lines and use part of the revenue to offset electricity rate hikes that fund construction of such projects.Manchin repeated his plans to introduce legislation to create a new &...

Power line fight not over

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The fight over a $1.1 billion transmission line across northern West Virginia is far from over, despite a wholehearted endorsement of the line from the state Public Service Commission.On Saturday, the state Sierra Club vowed to appe...

TrAIL power line fight to continue

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400

The fight over a $1.1 billion transmission line across northern West Virginia is far from over, despite a wholehearted endorsement of the line from the state Public Service Commission.On Saturday, the state Sierra Club vowed to appeal the PSC decis...

PSC approves TrAIL power line

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400

The state Public Service Commission late Friday approved Allegheny Energys plans to build a huge electric transmission line that will stretch across much of Northern West Virginia.Just hours before a midnight deadline, commissioners issued a "cert...

PSC approves TrAIL power line across W.Va.

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:35:44 -0400

@bod:The state Public Service Commission approved Allegheny Energys plans for a huge electric transmission line stretching across much of northern West Virginia. Commissioners on Friday evening issued a "certificate of public convenience and necessit...

Power line projects moving foward

kward@wvgazette.com (Ken Ward Jr.) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400

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