RE: Forwarded message from Jim Kotcon.
1. I make a motion that the Energy Committee of the Sierra Club of West Virginia
go on-record in opposition to the Consent Agreement between the WV Consumer
Advocate and the TrAILCo.
2. I make a motion that the Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition go on-record in
opposition to the Consent Agreement between the WV Consumer Advocate
and the TrAILCo.
Notes:
1. This Agreement is a front page story in the Morgantown Dominion Post
today. This Agreement was posted yesterday on the web site of the Public
Service Commission and is attached to this forwarded message; or, it can be
2. It is particularly disturbing that the offer of free electricity will be available
only to a select group of people, not all those that are affected by the Line.
And, from an overall point-of-view, the cost of this free electricity will be
charged back to the customers of Allegheny Energy in West Virginia, as
I understand it.
3. Herbicides could still be used, just not sprayed from aircraft.
4. This Agreement reflects an arbitrary decision by the Consumer
Advocate, without consideration of whether it is fully supported
by the affected citizens, or the people of the State who will
need to pay the the proposed Line.
Duane Nichols, Member.