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RESOLUTION RE: CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED
"PATH" 765 - KILOVOLT TRANSMISSION LINE
WHEREAS, in September 2007 PJM directed construction of $1.8 billion in electric
transmission upgrades in the PJM region; and
WHEREAS, said upgrades include a 250 mile, 765 - kilovolt transmission line extending
from a substation in southwestern West Virginia to a proposed substation in Kemptown,
Maryland located near Frederick, Maryland; and
WHEREAS, said transmission line is proposed to pass through northern Frederick County
scarring our rural area; and
WHEREAS, this Board and its constituents have concerns relative to the impact and
benefit of this proposal on Frederick County; and
WHEREAS, this Board and its constituents oppose locating the proposed "PATH" 765 -
kilovolt transmission line through Frederick County to serve areas to the east.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Frederick County Board of Supervisors
strongly encourages Allegheny Power and all of those entities involved in the location
and construction of this 765- kilovolt transmission line to perform their due diligence in
this project and make known the need and justification to Frederick County; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should the need for the improvement be justified, the
Frederick County Board of Supervisors strongly encourages Allegheny Power to
implement improvements to the local electrical distribution system so that planned land
uses within the County would benefit from this significant high - voltage transmission line
construction project.
ADOPTED this _10th_ day of December, 2008.
VOTE:
Richard C. Shickle
_Aye_ Gary A. Lofton _Aye_
Gary W. Dove
_Aye_ Bill M. Ewing _Aye_
Gene E. Fisher
_Aye_ Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. _Aye_
Philip A. Lemieux
_Aye_
VN
10 n Riley, Jr.
Fr erick County Administrator
Resolution No.: 31 -08