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Monongalia County Commission approves letters opposing NextEra transmission project
Summary
The county commission voted Sept. 17 to send letters to West Virginia's governor and the state Public Service Commission opposing the proposed Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link transmission project by NextEra Energy Transmission Mid Atlantic Inc.
On Sept. 17 the Monongalia County Commission approved sending letters to Governor Patrick Morrisey and to the Public Service Commission of West Virginia expressing the county's opposition to the Mid-Atlantic Resiliency Link (Marl) project proposed by NextEra Energy Transmission Mid Atlantic Inc.
A commissioner moved to approve the letters and another seconded; commissioners voted in favor by voice vote. No additional details of the county's objections were read into the record during the motion beyond the motion language to send the letters as presented.
County staff did not specify any required follow-up timetable in the meeting minutes; the letters as approved will be transmitted by the commission office per normal correspondence procedures.
