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PALTA Position
Comments Filed Opposing DOE Proposal
Letters Opposing Corridor Designation
NIETC Public Comment Meetings
U.S. House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Hearing
Additional Letters Opposing DOE Proposal

PALTA Position
In May of 2007, PALTA partnered with fourteen other organizations in a joint statement of concern over the way in which the federal government is proceeding with the process of designating national interest electric transmission corridors (NIETCs).Comments Filed Opposing DOE Proposal. [Learn More]

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Comments Filed Opposing DOE Proposal
The following organizations filed comments in response to the Department of Energy's public comment period on the draft designation of the Mid-Atlantic Corridor, which closed July 6, 2007. This is not a complete list of comments [View All Comments].

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Letters Opposing Corridor Designation

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NIETC Corridor Public Comment Meeting (6/13/07)

June 13, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

May 15, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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U.S. House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Hearing on Domestic Policy (4/26/07)
On April 26, 2007 there was a hearing on the implementation of Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Testimony from that hearing before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy can be found at the links below:

Testimony in Opposition

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Additional Letters Opposing DOE Proposal

Conservation and preservation organizations are advocating for appropriate protections of natural and historic resources,  proper implementation of existing federal  law, and an adequate and balanced public comment process which would remedy the imbalances of the process to date.
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List of Governors & Organizations Opposing NIETC

What Others Are Saying

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