Regional residents held a first community meeting
at Arnoldsburg to protest the construction of a
high-voltage line through Calhoun and regional counties
By Bob Weaver
A public meeting was held Friday in Arnoldsburg regarding a multi-billion dollar, giant tower, high voltage line that will be crossing Calhoun and the region.
Calhoun and regional citizens heard several presentations about the impact of the line.
Questions have been raised regarding the impact of the widened right-of-way with the placement of giant transmission towers.
Others expressed concern about West Virginia bearing the environmental burden for producing coal-produced electricity for the northeast grid. State consumers would assume part of the cost.
In 2006 the Hur Herald had an article saying it was likely a mega-tower 765 kilovolt electric transmission line would cut across Calhoun County.
While the story, facts and status have changed in the past two years, the line is scheduled to come through a number of WV counties, from the John Amos power plant in Putnam County to Maryland.
The Power Line www.calhounpowerline
Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline www.pathtransmission.com
Citizens Against Path www.stoppath.net
See previous articles:
HIGH-VOLTAGE LINE WILL LIKELY USE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY ACROSS CALHOUN
CALHOUNER'S URGED TO ATTEND RALLY OPPOSING HIGH-VOLTAGE LINE
TRANSMISSION LINES APPROVAL SHAPES WV ENERGY FUTURE
BIG TOWER POWER LINE COULD CUT THROUGH THIS REGION
AEP HAS BOUGHT 27,000 ACRES WV COAL RESERVES
CONTENTIOUS $3 BILLION POWER LINE CROSSING REGION - Will West Virginians Get Short End?
GIGANTIC HIGH-VOLTAGE LINE CROSSING REGION HAS NEGATIVES - Arnoldsburg Rally Set Friday
GIANT POWER LINE WILL COME THROUGH CENTRAL WV - AEP/ALLEGHENY Finalize Billion $2 Project
WILL GIANT ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE COME THROUGH CALHOUN?
GIANT ELECTRIC POWER LINE SLATED FOR REGION - St. Albans To Maryland
GIANT POWER LINES - What's Happened So Far In Mountain State
MEGA-POWER LINE PROJECTS BEING CHALLENGED - One Project Will Go Through Region
RATES FOR GIANT 290-MILE TRANSMISSION LINE APPROVED - Straight Shot Route Through Calhoun?
MEGA-POWER LINE DRAWS WV OPPOSITION - Second Project Could Cross Calhoun
SIERRA CLUB SAYS POWER LINE FIGHT NOT OVER
PA RESIDENTS HAVE POWER LINE RE-ROUTED - West Virginians Mad, Arnoldsburg Rally Scheduled
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