A proposal to construct a new high-voltage transmission line to serve increasing demands in Plymouth may take longer to either approve or reject after an administrative delay was granted by the PSC. The delay request came from within the Public Service Commission itself. Administrators of the Commission’s Division of Energy Regulation and Analysis cited the number of projects being reviewed at the same time with straining the capacity of the staff to meet the demands for their attention.
The American Transmission Company project under review involves a proposal to construct a new, double-circuit 138 kV transmission line through the Towns of Lyndon and Mitchell in order to serve a new Plymouth Utilities distribution substation. Landowners and interested parties have filed numerous documents challenging details within ATC’s application, as well as determinations by the PSC that the impacts of the project don’t require that a full environmental review be conducted.
Given the scope of the project and its challenges, analysts with the PSC said that it’s unlikely that they would complete their review within the original 180-day deadline of August 7th. Working with a new deadline of February 3, 2025, they say, will give them the flexibility to properly review all issues, and a decision approving or rejecting the project could come before then.
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