PSC schedules MARL public comments for June

PRESS RELEASE

CHARLESTON – The Public Service Commission of West Virginia scheduled four public comment hearings for June on the proposed NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic, Inc., (NEET MA) line in northern and eastern West Virginia.

Comments will be received from nonparties to the case. The deadline to petition to intervene in the case is June 1.

The hearings concern the company’s application on January 30 to construct a new 107.5-mile-long MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) line from Pennsylvania through West Virginia to Virginia. The 58.9-mile Mountain State section would cross Monongalia, Preston, Mineral and Hampshire counties.

The Commission has received a number of comments in support and in protest of the MARL.

Each public comment session is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

They will be held:

–June 4, Potomac State College, Church-McKee Arts Center,121 B Street, Keyser;

–June 5, Hampshire County Courthouse Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 19 East Main St., Romney;

–June 10, Monongalia County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown;

–June 11, Kingwood Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton St., Kingwood.

Public comments may also be filed online at https://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/onlinecomments/default.cfm by clicking the “Formal Case” link or by sending them to Karen Buckley, Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 812, Charleston, West Virginia 25323. Please include the case name and number in your comments.

More information on this case can be found on the PSC website: www.psc.state.wv.us. Click on “Case Information” and access Case No. 26-0075-E-CN.