Federal Department of Energy Hearing on new Federal Eminent Domain Rules for Power Lines
Tuesday, June 12th - 1 pm to 7 pm
RIT Inn & Conference Center
5257 West Henrietta Road
West Henrietta, NY 14586
What You Can Do:
1. Speak at the U.S. Department of Energy Hearing - register now < http://www.energetics.com/NIETCpublicmeetings/registration.shtml>
2. Send written comments now to the Dept. of Energy. Tell them to stop taking us backwards, to cancel the power line proposal,
and to work on smart energy solutions that will help us stop global warming. < http://nietc.anl.gov/involve/comments/index.cfm>
3. Spread the word! Tell everyone to attend the hearing and submit comments.
Power Line Corridors: What's at stake?
The energy industry wants massive new transmission lines to carry electricity from coal plants. Now the Bush Administration proposes bypassing local and state regulations to declare huge areas, including the entire state of New Jersey and most of New York and Pennsylvania, as "corridors," allowing power companies to take private land to build the power lines.
The "Corridor" designation would allow the federal government to override state and local government powers to review and permit transmission lines. The federal government would also be allowed to override state and local energy plans. Above all, backers of this provision believe that energy companies should be allowed to construct power lines and pipelines anywhere they see fit in order to increase their own profits, regardless of what's in the public interest.
More coal fired power plants in the Midwest and South will greatly increase air pollution in the northeast. More power plants will also create more greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. Instead of building more power plants, the federal Department of Energy should be pushing aggressive energy efficiency and renewable energy programs that would make
new transmission lines unnecessary.
Come to the hearing and help us tell the Federal DOE:
* Withdraw the proposed rules to create "National Interest Electric Transmissions Corridors"
* Preserve state and local powers to review and permit transmission lines
* Repeal the federal legislation that gave the federal Department of Energy power of eminent domain over state and local government should be repealed - Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
* Adopt aggressive energy efficiency and renewable energy programs to fight global warming, save money, create jobs and eliminate the need for new power plants
More details:
* Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope's blog on the politics of the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors - 'Mindlesser and Mindlesser’: http://www.sierraclub.org/carlpope/2007/05/mindlesser-and-mindlesser.asp
* U.S. Department of Energy's website for the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors and Congestion Study www.nietc.anl.gov/congestionstudy/index.cfm
* Map depiction of "Draft Mid-Atlantic National Corridor," www.nietc.anl.gov/documents/docs/DraftMidAtlanticCorridor.pdf
Contact Information: For more info contact Bob Muldoon at 212/791-3600, x32 or email Bob.Muldoon@sierraclub.org
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