PATH Seeks Delay in Transmission Line Proceeding in West Virginia

Dec 21, 2010 2:40 PM
Allegheny Energy

Allegheny Energy, Inc. and American Electric Power have announced that their affiliates have asked the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to extend the current procedural schedule for reviewing an application to build the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) project in the state.

The request will allow the PATH companies to prepare updated testimony that reflects information from the preliminary 2011 Load Forecast Report issued today by PJM Interconnection (PJM). The draft report differs from prior PJM forecasts and could potentially have an impact on the PATH project’s in-service date. However, the draft report alone does not change the projected in-service date for PATH or any other transmission expansion project. PJM recently re-affirmed the need for the PATH project by June 1, 2015.

The filing calls for the PATH companies to submit supplemental testimony by March 31, 2011, and requests an extended procedural schedule that moves the deadline for a Public Service Commission decision on the PATH project to February 2012. Similar requests will be filed in Virginia and Maryland this week to ensure a consistent review of the project across all jurisdictions.

The PATH project is a joint venture between Allegheny Energy and AEP to build a 765-kV, 275-mile transmission project from Putnam County, West Virginia, to Frederick County, Maryland.

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