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…
Be skeptical of Clean Line deal
“I am on the board of the Preservation of Rural Iowa Alliance, a nonprofit organization formed to opposed the transmission line proposed by Rock Island Clean Line, or RICL. The intended 375-mile route through Iowa…
Alexander, Fincher Raise Questions About Proposal For TVA Purchase Of Oklahoma Wind Power
“U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander and U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) Wednesday sent a letter to Bill Johnson, president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority, to raise questions about a proposal for the utility to…
Grain Belt Express power line plan stirs opposition
“Property owners opposed to a planned network of transmission towers and power lines that would carry wind-generated electricity from western Kansas to Indiana through a portion of southern Randolph County fear the possibility of eminent…
It’s wrong to force us to sell power easements
“Rock Island Clean Line is a proposed 3,500-megawatt direct current transmission line that would carry wind energy from yet-to-be-built wind turbines in northwest Iowa to near Chicago to provide electricity to yet-to-be-determined customers. The output…
Eminent Domain Proceedings Underway in Crisfield
“The owners of a property near the Crisfield Wasterwater Treatment Plant could soon lose their land to the city. City Attorney Michael Sullivan said eminent domain proceedings—the right of government or its agent to take…
Crisfield begins eminent domain proceedings
“City officials have begun eminent domain proceedings to take over property that sits in the middle of a planned wind turbine project at the sewage treatment plant. Crisfield City Council members approved the measure because…
Iowa GOP lawmakers propose limits on eminent domain, Rock Island Clean Line
“Three eastern Iowa legislators say they will co-sponsor bills to strengthen Iowans’ private property rights by limiting the taking of private property through the use of eminent domain to “public use” purposes. The target of…
Wind energy industry: 2013 Legislature created mixed results
“During the 2013 session of the Wyoming Legislature, members of the wind energy industry closely watched four bills, including potential laws for eminent domain, utility rates and state permitting. The industry opposed three of the…
Wind energy plan tests power of farmers
“The first high voltage electric transmission line to dissect their crop and pasture land arrived in 1967, when Sunflower Electric paid Edwards County farmer Anthony J. Brake $1,413 for the privilege. The second line –…