THE DECISION OF THE US-DOE SHOWN BELOW INDICATES
THAT
THE MID-ATLANTIC "NIETC" NOW EXISTS, HOWEVER THE PROPOSED
TRAIL
LINE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL BY THE US-DOE WITHIN
THIS CORRIDOR UNTIL ACTION HAS BEEN
TAKEN BY THE STATES,
EITHER APPROVING, DISAPPROVING,
OR NEGLECTING TO MAKE A
DECISION. THEN, THE US-DOE
CAN APPROVE THE TRAIL LINE,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE STATES DECIDE.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Subject: DOE Designates National Interest Electric
Transmission
Corridors, October 2,
2007.
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DOE
Designates Southwest Area and Mid-Atlantic Area
National Interest Electric
Transmission
Corridors
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WASHINGTON,
DC - U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Assistant Secretary for Electricity
Delivery and Energy
Reliability Kevin M. Kolevar today announced the
Department's designation of two National Interest
Electric Transmission
Corridors (National Corridors)
-- the Mid-Atlantic Area National Interest
Electric
Transmission Corridor, and the Southwest Area
National Interest
Electric Transmission Corridor.
These corridors include areas in two
of the Nation's
most populous regions with growing electricity
congestion problems. The Department based its
designations on data
and analysis showing that
persistent transmission congestion exists in these
two areas. Further information, including the
complete National Electric
Transmission Congestion
Report and the maps, is available on the Corridors
web
site at http://www.nietc.anl.gov.
For More
Information
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For more information about the
National Interest Electric
Transmission Corridors and Congestion Study,
visit
the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors and
Congestion Study Web site at
.