We were eager to work with your council in the past and wish to continue the fight with you. I am sending this to the whole Sierra Club Energy Committee so that all will know of your interest and have an opportunity to respond to you. We are continuing to raise money to fight TrAIL and PATH and welcome you as an ally. We have need of more funds for consultants and legal expenses. I am also sending our press release in case you have not seen it.
Karen Grubb
Sierra Club Executive Committee
From: Rob Marmet [mailto:rmarmet@pecva.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:40 AM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: TrAIL line
Karen-I got your name off the Sierra Club West Virginia web site. Could you pass along this email to the appropriate contact? I am with Piedmont Environmental Council in Virginia. We have been fighting the TrAIL line here. I see that you have gotten an adverse ruling from the West Virginia Public Service Commission. We got a similar result from the Hearing Examiner in Virginia. Piedmont Environmental Council is willing to work with the Sierra Club in West Virginia to continue to oppose the TrAIL line. If there is any interest, please have the appropriate person contact me. Thanks.
Robert G. Marmet
Piedmont Environmental Council
45 Horner Street
PO Box 460
Warrenton, VA 20188
540 347 2334 Phone
540 454 9536 Cell
Rob:
The WV Chapter is considering a range of appeal strategies and tactics, but we firmly intend to move forward as expeditiously as possible. TrAILCo indicated that they intend to start work "immediately" once they have the certificate from the PSC, but the PSC certificate is contingent on them getting approval from all three states, as the alternative would leave them with potentially huge stranded costs if they sink significant dollars into construction here, and other states block or re-route the line. (Are you surprised that TrAILCo's PR people would misrepresent this to the news media?)
Meanwhile, the WV Governor Joe Manchin is making a big deal of his proposed "transmission tax" which is intended to reimburse WV ratepayers for any added costs associated with rate increases imposed by PJM or FERC to pay for TrAILCo, and Allegheny Energy's President was quoted this week as supporting that tax (probably only after significant arm-twisting by Go. Manchin). You may wish to point out that this would further increase the costs to Virginia ratepayers, as TrAILCo would certainly try to recover the cost of the tax from other ratepayers, plus their 12+ % incentive rate of return, yet another increase in the cost to ratepayers. Obviously, TrAILCo should have no objection to a transmission tax, if they make !2 % on every tax dollar they pay.
Has this been in the news in Virginia?
Jim Kotcon 304-293-8822 (office) 304-594-3322 (home)
"Grubb, Karen" Karen.Grubb@fairmontstate.edu 8/6/2008 2:34 PM >>>
We were eager to work with your council in the past and wish to continue the fight with you. I am sending this to the whole Sierra Club Energy Committee so that all will know of your interest and have an opportunity to respond to you. We are continuing to raise money to fight TrAIL and PATH and welcome you as an ally. We have need of more funds for consultants and legal expenses. I am also sending our press release in case you have not seen it.
Karen Grubb
Sierra Club Executive Committee
From: Rob Marmet [mailto:rmarmet@pecva.org] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:40 AM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: TrAIL line
Karen-I got your name off the Sierra Club West Virginia web site. Could you pass along this email to the appropriate contact? I am with Piedmont Environmental Council in Virginia. We have been fighting the TrAIL line here. I see that you have gotten an adverse ruling from the West Virginia Public Service Commission. We got a similar result from the Hearing Examiner in Virginia. Piedmont Environmental Council is willing to work with the Sierra Club in West Virginia to continue to oppose the TrAIL line. If there is any interest, please have the appropriate person contact me. Thanks.
Robert G. Marmet
Piedmont Environmental Council
45 Horner Street
PO Box 460
Warrenton, VA 20188
540 347 2334 Phone
540 454 9536 Cell
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James Kotcon