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Residents press council for moratorium on LERTA south of Susquehanna as 500 kV power-line and data-center plans draw protest
Summary
Residents urged Luzerne County Council to enact a moratorium on new tax-abatement (LERTA) awards south of the Susquehanna power plant and to reconsider past approvals, citing a proposed 500 kV transmission line and prospective data centers.
Residents from Sugarloaf and south-county communities urged Luzerne County Council to block future LERTA tax abatements and to reconsider previously approved LERTA grants for projects south of the Susquehanna power plant, saying a proposed 500 kV transmission line and potential data centers threaten homes, farmland and public health.
John Zola of Sugarloaf, who identified himself as founder of the Alliance to Stop the Line, said his group has gathered thousands of signatures opposing the 12-mile, 500 kV line proposed by the utility and asked council to place two separate items on next month’s agenda: (1) a moratorium on all future LERTA approvals south of the…
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