| The Public Service Commission of West Virginia issued an order denying the motions to dismiss the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline case.
But the project has been delayed, for the fourth time.
The proposed 275-mile, 765-kilovolt electric transmission line and coal-fired generating plant would cross 14 counties, including Calhoun, in West Virginia and part of Virginia, ending in Maryland.
The project would affect about 70 Calhoun landowners.
In December, The WV-PSC filed a motion to dismiss the filing.
The revised schedule calls for the evidentiary hearing to run from Oct. 11-26, 2011.
The deadline for the commission's decision has been moved from July 28, 2011 to Feb. 9, 2012.
In the order, the PSC stated it was reluctantly denying the motion to dismiss and that all parties should proceed with the understanding that the commission "intends to complete the case within the revised deadline."
PATH would generate coal-fired electric in WV and use gigantic transmission towers and lines that would cross WV counties, delivering electric to the eastern corridor.
Opposition has mounted over the project from West Virginians having to help pay to build the project, to opponents concerned about increased pollution from coal-fired power plants in the state.
See also calhounpowerline.com
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