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We want utility companies to responsibly limit their environmental impact in Western Massachusetts to only that necessary for protecting the grid.
We want utility companies to responsibly limit their environmental impact in Western Massachusetts to only that necessary for protecting the grid.
To that end, we aim to inform and support community advocacy and legislation, both for the transmission line projects that are currently being planned, and for all the projects to come:
To that end, we aim to inform and support community advocacy and legislation, both for the transmission line projects that are currently being planned, and for all the projects to come:
1. Current, major transmission line projects planned for Western MA
1. Current, major transmission line projects planned for Western MA
WT-11 Transmission Right-of-Way Reliability Program (TRRP) Project
Impacting: Northfield, Erving, Wendell, Montague, Leverett, Shutesbury, Pelham, Belchertown, Amherst, Granby, and Ludlow
Central to Western Massachusetts Energy Improvement Project
Impacting: Auburn, Belchertown, Conway, Deerfield, East Brookfield, Leicester, Leverett, Millbury, North Brookfield, Pelham, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Spencer, Sunderland, Ware, and West Brookfield
2. Future transmission line projects in Western MA (and beyond)
2. Future transmission line projects in Western MA (and beyond)
After the two projects at left, there are far more to come. Eversource, for one, is proposing another ~20 transmission line projects in Western MA in the next 7 years, totaling about 2000 acres of clear-cutting.
Rather than depending on the public to oppose each project 's excesses individually, we need legislation so that all such projects start off with some basic, environmentally responsible principles baked in.
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