Interesting!

From: Patience Wait [mailto:pwaitster@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Bill Howley; John Christianson; Paul Wilson; Beth Anne Boyd; Donna Printz; Thomas and Kathy Hildebrand; Grubb, Karen; Daniel Chiotos; Mike Johnson; doug.kaplan@sugarloafconservancy.org
Subject: Fwd: FW: Governor's Letter Rips Transmission Legislation

I just received this attached letter from PEC - read, savor, and let's figure out how to use it!

Patience

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From: Bri West <bwest@pecva.org>
Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Subject: FW: Governor's Letter Rips Transmission Legislation
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Cc: pwaitster@gmail.com, rob@pecva.org

Hi everyone!

I've attached the letter from 10 East Coast governors calling into question the need or wisdom of a 'transmission superhighway'. It's better than I could have written myself, and much more strongly worded that I would have expected. Although they miss the coal-connection, the Governors are now on record saying local generation is a more reliable way to meet power needs than long-distance transmission.

I think it would be wise to thank Governor Kaine for signing on, while highlighting PATH as a project that would further disadvantage off-shore wind, energy efficiency, and distributed generation. http://www.governor.virginia.gov/AboutTheGovernor/contactGovernor.cfm

Bri