New hearing scheduled on proposed PPL transmission line

CLARK SUMMIT — The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has scheduled an additional hearing to receive public comment on the proposed Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line siting application filed by PPL Electric Utilities Corp. On Jan. 6, PPL filed an application to construct a new 500 kV transmission line. Known as the Susquehanna-Roseland project, the proposed line is about 101 miles long and travels through portions of Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike and Wayne counties. PPL also requested authorization to construct a new substation in Blakely Borough, Lackawanna County, to connect the 500 kV line to the regional transmission system in that area. Administrative Law Judge Susan D. Colwell will conduct a hearing at: 6:30 p.m. May 21, at Newton Ransom Fire Hall, 1890 Newton Ransom Blvd., in Clarks Summit. Information on the transmission line siting process is available on the Commission’s Web site. Members of the public are welcome to attend the hearings and provide comments. Customer testimony will become part of the record on which the PUC will issue its final decision. The PUC and state Office of Consumer Advocate, which represents residential customers in rate cases, offer tips on how to participate. They include: Sign in to testify when you arrive. The judge will call witnesses to speak from the order they have signed in. Prepare what you are going to say beforehand. Even though it is not required, you may want to write out your statement, which can be read. Bring copies. If you have a written statement you would like to give to the judge as evidence, please bring two copies for the court reporter and several copies for the other participants. Your testimony will not become part of the record in the proceeding unless you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is truthful. Plan to be questioned. Parties in the case may want to ask you a question to clarify something you said.