Below is the critical part of the PSC Order filed Oct. 3.
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On March 30, 2007, Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo) filed an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for the construction and operation of the West Virgin-a segments of a 500 kV electric transmission line and related facilities in Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy and Hampshire Counties. By Commission Order issued on September 27, 2007, the Commission directed that the Commission's Division of Administrative Law Judges hold public comment hearings in Morgantown, Canaan Valley, Grafton and Moorefield, West Virginia, in addition to the public comment hearings to be held before the Public Service Commission in Charleston, in November. Accordingly, the following public comment hearings have been scheduled for this proceeding:
1. On October 23, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Erickson Alumni Center, West Virginia University, Fine Arts and Patteson Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia;
2. On October 24, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Reception Room, 1"' Floor, Taylor County Senior Citizens, Inc., at the intersection of US Routes 119 and 250 South in Grafton, West Virginia;
3. On October 29, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Spruce Room, Canaan Valley Resort & Conference Center, Route 32 North, Canaan Valley, Davis, West Virginia;
4. On October 30, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., in the Conference Room, South Branch Inn, 1500 US Route 220 North, Moorefield, West Virginia; and
5. Qn November 28 and 29, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on both days, in the HMC Hearing Room, Public Service Commission Building, 201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West Virginia.
Anyone interested in this proceeding may appear at any of the designated public comment hearings and make such statements as may be deemed appropriate with respect to this proceeding.