PALTA's Position
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NIETC Talking Points
PALTA Issue Papers
"National Interest" Electric Transmission Corridor Threatens PA Landowners, Local Control, Community Character, Public Health, Sensible Energy Policy, and National Security", Observations by Andy Loza, Executive Director, PA Land Trust Association, January 30, 2008.
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association. "Re-examining the Need for the Mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor", January 16, 2008.
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association. "The Disconnect Between Transmission Corridor Data and Today's Energy Market", January 18, 2008.
PALTA Position Letters
06/08/07 letter to U.S. Congress
06/07/07 letter to PA General Assembly
06/05/07 letter to House Appropriations Committee
5/9/07 letter to Congress
5/1/07 Joint Press Release
4/25/07 joint letter to Subcommittee on Domestic Policy
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The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association along with ten other regional and national environmental organizations filed a law suit on January 14, 2008 against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) over its final designation of a proposed Transmission Corridor for Mid-Atlantic States. Learn More.
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). This letter was submitted to the Congressional Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on April 25, 2007. Key concerns described in that statement reflect the fact that a number of statutory requirements of the Energy Policy Act have not yet been met, including the following:
Others signing on to this statement included: the Alliance to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Brandywine Conservancy, Civil War Preservation Trust, Coalition for Smarter Growth, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Lands Trust, Natural Resources Defense Council, Piedmont Environmental Council, Southern Environmental Law Center, Upper Delaware Preservation Coalition, Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, and The Wilderness Society.
The full text of this statement is available here.
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