Landowners: eminent domain laws no longer reflect wind economy
“The eminent domain laws that will be cited as Mid-Kansas Electric Company takes 28 holdouts to court later this month no longer reflect the reality of the wind energy generation economy, a group of the…
Experts talk about erosion of property rights
“Andrew Morriss, dean of the University of Texas A&M School of Law, told 120 people attending the Montana Property Rights Conference Friday morning that a utility used condemnation proceedings to take thousands of trees off…
Ameren Uses Eminent Domain To Access Properties Around Springfield
“Ameren now has permission to use eminent domain in it’s effort to build a major power line across central Illinois. The State Commerce Commission voted unanimously to let the electric company gain access to 20…
Grain Belt Express faces eminent domain challenge
“Opponents of a planned electric transmission project hope action in the Missouri Capitol can stave off a bid to build the power network over their property. A bill filed by Rep. Dr. Jim Neely, R-Cameron,…
Pike County residents worried about proposed power line project
“These concerned citizens are raising awareness about a proposed a power line project called the “Grain Belt Express”. Clean Line Energy Partners out of Houston Texas wants to build a 750 mile long transmission line…
Guilderland residents fear eminent domain
“Residents of at least one Guilderland neighborhood are worried their homes may be taken, as a proposal made by the New York Energy Highway Task Force is carried out, “to increase the capacity to move…
PUC approves 60-mile, high-voltage line
“The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission on Thursday gave the go-ahead to PPL Electric Utilities Corp. to construct a nearly 60-mile, high-voltage transmission line that starts in Luzerne County. The 5-0 decision on the proposed Northeast…
Taking the station
“The Providence Redevelopment Agency is considering the use of the city’s power of eminent domain to “take” the South Street Power Station for a project that would create a state nursing school. Such takings, depriving…
Chili farm, RG&E at odds over substation
“For more than a year and a half, Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. went through the regulatory steps to win rights and build a substation and power lines on a farm in a Rochester suburb….
Letter to the Editor: N.H. doesn’t need or want this power line
“PSNH/NU/Northern Pass have all said the project is not dependent on RPS subsidies. Why was NU the biggest lobbyist in Connecticut for ratepayer subsidies of foreign government-owned large-scale hydro? It’s the same company that sent…