Reprinted from New York Property Rights Clearinghouse Vol. 11 No. 4, Fall 2007
The Federal Government is Establishing Power Line Corridors
in New York
Large corridors through the Southwest and mid-Atlantic regions
that the federal government is designating to improve the flow
of electricity and prevent blackouts will include areas of New
York State. The Department of Energy announced two “national
interest electric transmission corridors” where the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will have the power to approve
construction of electric lines if states delay approval. The grids
encompass all or part of ten states where high voltage lines are
not capable of handling growing demand. Expanding the use of eminent
domain is a concern raised in an Associated Press article where
this appeared in New York Outdoor News on October 19.
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