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March 1990 |
AEP announces Wyoming-Cloverdale 765 kV transmission line project. |
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August 1990 |
Universities Study Team (Virginia Tech and West Virginia University) formed to identify
best route for power line. |
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March 1991 |
AEP files application for Special Use Permit with U.S. Forest Service, lead federal
agency among U.S. Park Service and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Forest Service
to study environmental impact of transmission line crossing of Jefferson National
Forest and prepare Environmental Impact Statement. |
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August 1991 |
Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity filed with Virginia
State Corporation Commission. Environmental Assessment filed in November 1991. |
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June 1992 |
Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity filed with West
Virginia Public Service Commission. Withdrawn in August 1992 at request of PSC and
refiled in February 1993. |
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July 1992 |
U.S. Congress Designates 19.2 miles of the New River (between Glen Lyn, Va., and
Bluestone Lake, W. Va.) as a study area for wild and scenic river status under federal
guidelines. |
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February 1993 |
AEP announces the formation of the Coalition for Energy and Economic Revitalization
in support of line. Application for power line certificate refiled with West Virginia
PSC. |
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May 1993 |
West Virginia PSC dismisses refiled application and decides to await Forest Service
completion of Draft Environmental Impact Statement. |
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December 1995 |
Virginia SCC issues Interim Order citing compelling need for additional electric
capacity and directs AEP to file additional information on alternate routing, regional
transmission improvements and use and benefit to Virginia ratepayers. |
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May 1996 |
U.S. Park Service recommends denial of proposed power line crossing of the New River
in Wild and Scenic study area. |
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June 1996 |
U.S. Forest Service releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and states
its preliminary preference for no action, which would deny permit to build line
through Jefferson National Forest if it stands in the final EIS. |
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August 1996 |
U.S. Department of Energy files Report to the President on The Electric Power Outages
in the Western United States, July 2-3. Report also cites threats to reliability
in mid-Atlantic area due to delays in approval of AEP transmission line. |
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August 1996 |
U.S. Department of Energy requests three reliability councils, in coordination with
the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), to study impacts of the
delayed completion of the Wyoming-Cloverdale line. The councils are the East Central
Area Reliability Coordination Agreement (ECAR), the Mid-Atlantic Area Council (MAAC),
and the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council (SERC). |
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March 1997 |
The reliability councils, ECAR, MAAC, SERC and NERC, file their report Reliability
Impact of the Delayed Completion of the Wyoming-Cloverdale 765 kV line to the U.S.
Department of Energy.
The report concluded there is a power supply reliability risk in southwestern Virginia
and southern West Virginia. The report stated, "The addition of the Wyoming-Cloverdale
765 kV line is an effective alternative for serving AEPs West Virginia and Virginia
service areas as well as mitigating the risk of potential widespread power interruptions."
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September 1997 |
AEP files its application for certification to construct the Wyoming-Cloverdale
line in West Virginia and Virginia. The filings include a modified route for the
project as identified by the Universities Study Team. |
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May 1998 |
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia approves construction of the 765
kV Wyoming - Cloverdale line along the preferred corridor in West Virginia. |
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September 1998 |
Virginia SCC order directs AEP to fully develop the Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry 765 kV
alternative. Report due June 1, 1999. |
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May 1999 |
AEP files Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry 765 kV alternative with the SCC. |
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October 1999 |
SCC sets evidentiary hearing date for May 1, 2000. |
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May 2000 |
Evidentiary hearing conducted in Richmond. |
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October 2, 2000 |
SCC hearing examiner finds 765 kV project needed, recommends approval of Wyoming-Jacksons
Ferry 765 kV project. |
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October 27, 2000 |
AEP requests PSC of West Virginia to amend order granting approval of Wyoming-Cloverdale
765 kV line. Company requests PSC approval of project to either Cloverdale or Jacksons
Ferry. |
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May 31, 2001 |
Virginia SCC issues final order approving construction of the 765 kV Wyoming-Jacksons
Ferry line. |
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March 13, 2002 |
West Virginia Public Service Commission amends its 1998 Wyoming-Cloverdale 765 kV
project order and approves the project's construction from Wyoming Station in West
Virginia to Jacksons Ferry Station in Virginia. |
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April 24, 2002 |
US Forest Service Supervisor makes a draft recommendation to allow AEP's 765 kV
project to cross federal lands along its preferred corridor. |
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December 31, 2002 |
US Forest Service issues its Environmental Impact Statement for the Wyoming-Jacksons
Ferry project. The EIS includes a record of decision that recommends that the project
be allowed to cross federal lands. |
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December 2003 |
Right of way clearing begins for the project. |
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April 2004 |
Tower foundation preparation begins, construction underway. |
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August 2004 |
First tower on project erected |
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April 2005 |
Chinook Helicopter sets towers on WV end of the project |
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October 2005 |
The last of 333 towers is erected on the 90-mile project. The project now focuses
on wire stringing and land reclamation. |
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May 8, 2006 |
AEP dedicates the line as the completion date nears. Hundreds gather in a Wythe
County farm for the event. Speakers include Govs. Kaine and Manchin, US Rep. Joe
Barton, Texas, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, and FERC
Chairman Joseph Kelliher. |
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June 20, 2006 |
Wyoming-Jacksons Ferry project is energized. |
