NextEra and First Energy Applications

Our team continues to track the MARL Line and Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek (GDGC) Line at

the WV PSC. You can lodge your comments in opposition to these two proposed lines that

will take WV power to benefit datacenter growth in northern Virgina. These comments will

be reviewed by the PSC when both NextEra and FirstEnergy file their applications later this

year. We think both companies are waiting for mid-December to file their applications in

order to distract us during the holidays. These underhanded tactics should tell you how

unpopular these lines are with West Virginians and what these out-of-state corporations

will do to win at YOUR expense. WATI will continue to hold a spotlight to prevent these

backdoor antics, and we will fight to keep the window open to allow property owners and

other impacted citizens to register with the PSC as interveners.

This week the PJM rejected NextEra’s request to string a second 500 Kv line on the MARL

project. This should tell you that the “demand” cry coming from northern Virginia is not

credible. Also, many of our local leaders were given the impression that this second line

would allow WV counties to have substations – this is not true. Please watch the video from

WATI’s Vice President, Bryan Hockman, on the WATI Facebook page. He shares his

knowledge as an electrical engineer debunking the false claims of speculative substations.