The Transource IEC project requires upgrades to other regional transmission lines. On the eastern half of the project, it's a rebuild of a BG&E line. On its western half, the project will require the rebuilding of an existing 138kV transmission line owned by our friends at Potomac Edison (or Perpetual Estimate, if you still haven't forgotten the billing debacle of 2013).
The proposed rebuild and enlargement of this existing transmission line to 230kV runs from Potomac Edison's Ringgold substation in Smithsburg, MD to its Catoctin substation in Thurmont. Landowners along this corridor may see taller towers and experience land disturbance.
The public hearings are for the public. If this concerns you, show up and let the Maryland Public Service Commission hear your thoughts.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 7 p.m. – Ramada Plaza by Wyndham (Cumberland Room), 1718 Underpass Way, Hagerstown, Md.
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7 p.m. – Thurmont Regional Library, 76 East Moser Road, Thurmont, Md.
If you missed the Open House presentations earlier this year, you can take a look at the project application here:
Smithsburg Library, 66 West Water Street, Smithsburg, Md., and at the Thurmont Regional Library, 76 East Moser Street, Thurmont, Md. Just ask the librarian to see the application. I'm sure they've got it packed away in a box under a table (or maybe holding up the table, depending on how well your local library is funded) somewhere.
Additionally, here's a link to the company's webpage about the project. It has a map.
In the news, FirstEnergy spokestoad Todd Meyers says,
The proposed rebuild and enlargement of this existing transmission line to 230kV runs from Potomac Edison's Ringgold substation in Smithsburg, MD to its Catoctin substation in Thurmont. Landowners along this corridor may see taller towers and experience land disturbance.
The public hearings are for the public. If this concerns you, show up and let the Maryland Public Service Commission hear your thoughts.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 7 p.m. – Ramada Plaza by Wyndham (Cumberland Room), 1718 Underpass Way, Hagerstown, Md.
Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7 p.m. – Thurmont Regional Library, 76 East Moser Road, Thurmont, Md.
If you missed the Open House presentations earlier this year, you can take a look at the project application here:
Smithsburg Library, 66 West Water Street, Smithsburg, Md., and at the Thurmont Regional Library, 76 East Moser Street, Thurmont, Md. Just ask the librarian to see the application. I'm sure they've got it packed away in a box under a table (or maybe holding up the table, depending on how well your local library is funded) somewhere.
Additionally, here's a link to the company's webpage about the project. It has a map.
In the news, FirstEnergy spokestoad Todd Meyers says,
“The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold the hearings on our application (Potomac Edison) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to modify the transmission line from the existing 138 thousand kV transmission line to a 230 thousand kV transmission line,” said Todd Meyers, Potomac Edison spokesman. “There’s a possibility that another much larger transmission that is under consideration, and I don’t know that exact route, and it has two pieces. And one of the pieces, the more westerly piece runs from an area in Franklin County and it would run down into our Catoctin substation, which is in Smithsburg.”
Ahhh.... Toad, I see you still haven't lost your magic. You can still trip over your own... tongue... while trying to deliver your company's messages.
Here's a map for the Transource IEC project.
Here's a map for the Transource IEC project.
It is indeed in two parts. And it runs somewhere. Congratulations! Maybe next Toad can learn all about what "kV" stands for. It stands for kilovolts, a unit of electromotive force, equal to 1000 volts. So, a transmission line that's 230 thousand kilovolts is... wait, let me get my calculator... *KABLAMMMMM*
Oh, Toad, you've still got it! In fact, the Transource opposition wanted to speak to you in song:
Oh, Toad, you've still got it! In fact, the Transource opposition wanted to speak to you in song:
Hahahahahaha!
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