Opposition to Corridors

The creation of the Mid-Atlantic NIETC has created unprecedented threats to decades of conservation work of organizations and communities across Pennsylvania. Federal statutes designed to protect our environment, wildlife and cherished historic sites have been ignored. Important investments made by our state in farmland protection and natural resource conservation may be undone. And the ability of land trusts to engage future landowners to protect their lands using conservation easements is undermined.

A comprehensive list of organizations, government agencies and public officials who have come out against the NIETC with direct links to select comments filed in opposition of the NIETC to the DOE. 

NIETC Talking Points

Policy Papers

"Re-examining the Need for the Mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor" (PALTA, 2008)

"The Disconnect Between Transmission Corridor Data and Today's Energy Market" (PALTA, 2008)

Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway & the Need for a Comprehensive Process for Planning Transmission Lines in Maryland

Action to oppose NIETC

• Request for New DOE Hearings
• Congressional Hearings
• Legal Action
• Comments/Testimony
• Letters of Opposition
• Legislation - U.S. Congress
• State Legislative Action
  • PA House Resolution 297
  • PA Senate Resolution 129
• Resolutions
  • Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Resolution
  • Albuquerque Resolution #62