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DEP blasts PPL's Bucks line plan
Utility's top choice would do most environmental harm, state
says.
"Newbold said the route appears to be the
longest of the three options, not the shortest as PPL has said. He
cited the company's own environmental consultant, who advised
against ''[i]ntrusion into large, unfragmented habitats.'' Newbold
also warned of harm to the Tohickon Creek watershed."
By Riley Yates | Of
The Morning
Call
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'Who the hell do you think you are?'
At two public hearings, Upper Bucks residents object to
plan for new power line in Springfield Twp.
By Riley Yates | Of
The Morning Call
mcall.com
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PPL gets static over line route
Richland hearing brings more who don't like plan.
mcall.com
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Objections mount to PPL plan
By AMANDA CREGAN, The Intelligencer
phillyburbs.com
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notice in the News: http://www.phillyburbs.com
Springfield manager Richard Schilling says the
Allentown-based utility company has been unwilling to consider
changes to placement of the lines, citing an increase in land costs.
“They said it's much more expensive and we don't believe them,”
he said. “The township's position isn't "not in my backyard.'
We welcome them but we welcome them about a mile and a half into our
industrial area.”
Schilling says PPL's plans disregard township zoning laws. He's
concerned the power line route crosses some of the area's treasured
waterways, including the Tohickon Creek Watershed, adding PPL
typically cuts back vegetation and sprays poisons and herbicides to
reduce plant growth.
We
say: Thank you, Richard Schilling & BOS!
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How a bill passed in the wee hours by state lawmakers 12
years ago set the stage for surging electricity rates.
"Pushed by Enron and crafted behind closed doors, the 84-page
measure to deregulate Pennsylvania's electric industry was slipped
into a bill that called only for a one-word change in the state's
taxicab law."
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| Transmission line plan has potential for bias
- Bucks
County Herald (fixed)
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applaud our Township Supervisor's opposition, and most recently Senator Wonderling's PUC
filing to Oppose
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PPL petition gets major support from Springfield residents
http://www.buckscountyherald.com
pdf
"Petition signers ranged from seniors who have read about
the “Cross Country” route in the newspaper, but had no idea
where the proposed line was going to be placed, to those who
attended the special Feb. 19 meeting of the township’s board of
supervisors with PPL present.
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Power
Struggle: Test Case for New Federal Electric Transmission Corridors?
http://www.alleghenyfront.org/story.html?storyid=200804211346430.340081
"Most of Pennsylvania is included in the newly-created
National Interest Electric Corridor that allows the federal
government to approve new power projects, even if the state objects.
A transmission line is being proposed from Virginia through
southwestern Pennsylvania that could be a test case for the new
federal law. The Allegheny Front’s Ann Murray has this
report."
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NEW and active Blog: Springfield
voters want PPL to alter power line route www.mcall.com
Two-thirds of voters in Springfield on Tuesday signed an
election-day petition meant to pressure PPL Corp. to consider
alternate routes to a new power line it is proposing in Upper Bucks,
the latest signal of opposition to the proposal.
The grass-roots Springfield Bucks Undesirable Land Use group
garnered 788 signatures at Springfield polling places, compared with
a turnout of 1,182, said Bruce Whitesell, the organization's
chairman.
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PPL presents high voltage power line plan in Springtown. Heather
Radick
Bucks County Herald pdf
"PPL filed an application on Feb. 14 with the Public
Utilities Commission to build the power line. Springfield Township
Solicitor Scott MacNair explained that a public hearing will be held
at which PPL will need to establish to the PUC the present and
future necessity of the proposed line."
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| Group organizes to fight power line
Springfield supervisors welcome help in trying to re-route PPL project.
By Melinda Rizzo | Special to The Morning Call mcall.com
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Group targets planned power line
By THERESA HEGEL, The
Intelligencer phillyburbs.com
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Power pole battle in Bucks County, Walter Perez abclocal.go.com
Springfield Township Manager, Richard Schilling, says the
proposed path for the six mile power line would not only affect this
community's quality of life, it would also create serious
environmental concerns since the line would go right over the
Tohickon Watershed.
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