Report offers alternative to eminent domain for transmission
“When developers of transmission projects become deadlocked with opposing landowners, they often resort to condemning the right-of-way through eminent domain.
Not only can that process be a bad deal for landowners, it can also be costly and time-consuming for developers.
The Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA), based in Lyons, Nebraska, recently published a report in which it outlines an alternative to eminent domain. Landowners – farmers, typically – in this scenario actually become shareholders, at least temporarily, in transmission projects.
Rather than being bystanders, they can have some influence in how transmission projects move ahead and can take home a larger share in the profits, said Johnathan Hladik, the Center’s senior policy advocate for energy and climate policy.”
Uhlenhuth, Kare. Midwestern Energy News 4 June 2014.
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