06/03/2026
Shared from Quarter Pine Tree Farm:
Over the last year, we’ve watched the proposed MARL transmission line threaten the landscapes, farms, homes and rural communities that make our areas special all while ratepayers could be left paying the price for power needs tied to data center growth in Virginia.
What started as concern for our own farm quickly became a mission to help bring awareness, transparency, and information to others across our communities.
Public Comment Hearings begin this week in WV.
Each public comment session is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m
-June 4, Potomac State College, Church-McKee Arts Center,121 B Street, Keyser;
-June 5, Hampshire County Courthouse Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 19 East Main St., Romney;
-June 10, Monongalia County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown;
-June 11, Kingwood Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton St., Kingwood.
You may not be a directly impacted landowner, but you are ratepayers, many of you will have to look at these transmission lines if the project is approved, and many of you will feel the impacts this project could bring to our communities.
So who decides if this project moves forward in WV? Ultimately, that decision rests with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia and its three commissioners.
The hearings concern the company’s application on January 30 to construct a new 107.5-mile-long MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) line from Pennsylvania through West Virginia to Virginia. The 58.9-mile Mountain State section would cross Monongalia, Preston, Mineral and Hampshire counties.
Over the last year, we’ve watched the proposed MARL transmission line threaten the landscapes, farms, homes and rural communities that make our areas special all while ratepayers could be left paying the price for power needs tied to data center growth in Virginia.
What started as concern for our own farm quickly became a mission to help bring awareness, transparency, and information to others across our communities.
Public Comment Hearings begin this week in WV.
Each public comment session is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m
-June 4, Potomac State College, Church-McKee Arts Center,121 B Street, Keyser;
-June 5, Hampshire County Courthouse Courtroom, 2nd Floor, 19 East Main St., Romney;
-June 10, Monongalia County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown;
-June 11, Kingwood Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton St., Kingwood.
You may not be a directly impacted landowner, but you are ratepayers, many of you will have to look at these transmission lines if the project is approved, and many of you will feel the impacts this project could bring to our communities.
So who decides if this project moves forward in WV? Ultimately, that decision rests with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia and its three commissioners.
The hearings concern the company’s application on January 30 to construct a new 107.5-mile-long MidAtlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) line from Pennsylvania through West Virginia to Virginia. The 58.9-mile Mountain State section would cross Monongalia, Preston, Mineral and Hampshire counties.
