At tonight's meeting held by MAPP officials at the Holiday Inn Express located in Cambridge, Maryland there was overwhelming public opposition to basically all three of Pepco and DP&L's -proposed MAPP route plans through Dorchester County.
In fact - excluding the utility mapping representatives themselves - there was no one who spoke in favor of the proposed transmission lines. Many of the opponents included critical areas representatives as well as overwhelming public opposition to the proposed concept.
There was a motion made by opponents to the transmission lines that included complete withdrawal of the proposed transmission line concept because a feasibility study had not ascertained that the lines are even needed. There were in excess of 100 individuals to a standing room only crowd. Reasons cited for opposition to the proposed transmission lines included; advances in renewable energy technology - (solar, wind) - changing utility legislative policies - (proposed feed-in tariff for renewables) - and detrimental environmental conditions.
The dollar amounts quoted for each of the proposed routes through Dorchester County ranged from 550 million to over 1 billion dollars.
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11 comments:
Those same 100 individuals will be the first ones to bitch when there isn't enough electricity for them someday.
It will happen regardless. Doesn't make a difference how many are opposed.
Use this money to add solar to homes, and there will be no need for a new line.
Amen to that 9:50.
They have already abandoned the MAPP line slated from Indian River Power plant into New Jersey citing reduced demand.
With all of the solar being generated in New Jersey and Delaware I wonder why the utility even wants to expand.
We need it. Rather than be against everything, people need to decide upon the least worst of the plans.
This line is NOT needed. The last RTEP retooling showed there was no plausible justification for the Indian River to Salem leg and the rest of it was delayed, and $50 says even PJM will admit with the next RTEP that the whole thing is not needed. Just last week, the PATH promoters redid their studies taking load, new generation and efficiency and withdrew the app! The new PJM 2010 Load Forecast is out. It shows PJM regional peak was in 2006, 145,951MW, and now it's now way below that peak, at 126,944. For Delmarva Power, its 2006 peak was about 4,300 MW and it's down to about 3,900. It's not needed. This is transmission for coal, to help DEC get the coal generated electricity from the new plant they want to build with Dominion. The states of DE, MD and VA have entered into a memorandum of understanding about transmission for offshore wind. It's a no-brainer -- utilize offshore FREE fuel, generate renewable jobs... even state governments are getting it. Delmarva - withdraw MAPP
Yup, after those people kill the transmission line project then they can go home and shiver in the dark while they "Beat the Peak"
Isn't the wife of the Daily Times boss the one who is pushing MAPP?
I thought she was some hard core
lefty democrat?
Renewable offshore power generation is part of the answer, I agree but isn't another part of the answer CLEAN coal? Has a feasability study been done to make Vienna a clean coal burner? We shouldn't just keep those Vienna jobs here, that plant should be expanded, providing local jobs and local power generation. The shipping of coal from WVA by rail and barge would help revitalize Maryland's economy. Oh wait, maybe if O'malley hadn't wasted our stimulus we could afford to bring Delmarva's rail system back from the brink. These lefty democrats are so big on public transportation, why hasn't our rail infrastructure been upgraded and revitalized? Might be a way to get folks back and forth to the beach too.
they also abandoned the line that was proposed for n. va.
Today PEPCO and PJM's Steve Herling requested that the MAPP project be suspended. Primary documents here:
http://legalectric.org/weblog/4620/
Also, the New Jersey BPU has delayed the decision on the Susquehanna-Roseland line, and will be taking notice of the PATH withdrawal. Last week, PA also announced it was delaying its decision on Susquehanna-Roseland.
These three are all connected, were proposed together based on the 2007 RTEP, which was based on 2006 demand info. Look at PJM's peak demand here, it's tanked since 2006: http://legalectric.org/weblog/4605/
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