The Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) was a proposed 290 mile 765 kilovolt[1] electric power transmission line designed to supply power from the Amos Substation in Putnam County, West Virginia, to a proposed electrical substation to be constructed in Frederick County, Maryland.
[10] The commission found a substation of this size and at this location to be "inconsistent with the county's comprehensive plan.
[15][16] Regional grid manager, PJM Interconnection, "has several times shifted the date by which the line must be in service to address overloads, from 2012 to 2013 and 2014 and, most recently, to June 2015.
"[17] On December 20, 2010, Allegheny Energy and AEP requested a procedural delay with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
"Recent dramatic swings in economic forecasts and evolving public policies, particularly with respect to renewable energy, are adding greater uncertainty to our planning studies," PJM President and CEO Terry Boston said in a prepared statement.
[20][21] Dick Ishler, President of the Citizens Against the Kemptown Electrical Substation (CAKES) says this is a huge victory for the little guy; "This is but the latest example of David beating Goliath, concerned citizens banding together, in this case, to stop a toxic coal-fired transmission line.
[24] In August 2012, "the board of PJM Interconnection, which oversees the needs and movement of wholesale electricity in the region, formally removed the project from future plans.
"[28] In December 2008 PATH Allegheny Transmission Company, LLC purchased two contiguous properties in Kemptown, Maryland comprising 152.2 acres for $6.83 million.