Preston County Commission opposes proposed multi-state power line
KINGWOOD, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Preston County Commission approved a resolution Wednesday opposing the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link project by the NextEra Energy company, which would build a 100-mile extra-high voltage transmission line to help 'strengthen the backbone of the energy grid.'
The resolution does not stop the project, but rather is a formal move made by the Preston County Commission to show that it opposes it. Dozens of Preston County residents expressed their concerns over the proposed project, while others said they were for it.
NextEra Energy has held several open houses in the past few weeks across West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia, where the proposed transmission line would go through. However, some Preston County residents, like Rachel Stevens, said questions still remain about the benefits to Preston County.
'They have answered a lot of my questions, but I still conclude at the end of it that this doesn't serve the people who are affected by the development of the project. That's my ultimate conclusion at this point,' Stevens said.
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'There's just been nothing that has come to the forefront with dialogue with the Economic Development Authority that would even show anything great coming from this. There's no intention of dropping power into the Hazelton sub-station, there's nothing that could help promote economic development,' Preston County Commissioner Samantha Stone, who is a part of the Economic Development Authority, said during the meeting
Commissioner Hunter Thomas was behind the resolution opposing the transmission line and worked on it.
'We're coming at this with opposition right at the right time…the filing deadline is Oct. 1, so if they're going to put the project through West Virginia, they're going to file and that's probably going to be the end of it. So we need to show our opposition and put up as much of a fight so they decide that West Virginia isn't the path of least resistance. West Virginia citizens don't want this going through our area, let's put it through PA, and PA should take the burden of the powerline because they're the ones creating the energy that gets to Virginia,' Thomas said.
The commission received a letter from NextEra Energy with more details on what potential economic benefits would come to West Virginia and Preston County if the project goes through the area. In the letter, NextEra Energy's President Evan Yager said that based on the company's preliminary estimates, the line is 'expected to provide anywhere from $150,000,000 to $400,000,000 in incremental tax revenue to West Virginia.'
Yager added that the range is dependent on the final route, which will need approval by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, but that if the route passes through Preston County, tax revenue is estimated to be between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000.'
Despite the large monetary estimates, the letter does not specify a time period through which the tax revenue funds would come through, an omission that the commissioners focused on.
Although the states and counties where the project is proposed to go through have been announced, it is still unknown what path the line will take.
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