Resident warns county against mixed messages on transmission lines, data centers
During public comment Bonnie Finchem urged the Planning Commission to avoid comprehensive-plan wording that she said would ease siting of high-voltage transmission lines and data centers in Orange County, warning of potential 500 kV and 765 kV builds and the risk of property loss.
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Bonnie Finchem of Wardensville told the Planning Commission she reviewed materials the Board of Supervisors sent and voiced concern that draft comprehensive-plan changes could unintentionally invite transmission lines and data centers into Orange County. "We're saying we're against the, you know, doing the transmission lines, but yet we're going to change our comprehensive plan to accommodate them," she said.
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