Save the Ozarks filed a new motion with the Arkansas Public Service Commission today, March 17, 2015. In this new filing, STO has asked the Commission to be allowed to submit its surreply to claims made jointly by SWEPCO, Southwest Power Pool (SPP), and Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (AECC). In particular STO seeks the opportunity to address the claim by SWEPCO, […]
One more nail in the coffin for SWEPCO’s transmission line project
According to an article in yesterday’s RTO Insider, members of the Southwest Power Pool met last week and “recommended the Board of Directors withdraw the [Notification to Construct] NTC for the 41-mile Kings River-Shipe Road 345-kV line.” Southwest Power Pool’s V-P of engineering, Lanny Nickell, pointed to 50% drop in load growth rates in the area critical […]
SWEPCO and the Southwest Power Pool must be held accountable
Save the Ozarks is asking the Arkansas Public Service Commission to hold SWEPCO and the Southwest Power Pool accountable for their actions. Rather than allowing SWEPCO and SPP to walk away on their own no-fault terms, we ask the APSC to acknowledge that SWEPCO and SPP are at fault by denying SWEPCO’s application; declaring Save the Ozarks […]
“Don’t let SWEPCO walk away scot-free,” says Save the Ozarks to the APSC
Today, in response to SWEPCO’s notice to withdraw its application to the Arkansas Public Service Commission for approval to build a 50-mile transmission line through the Ozarks, Save the Ozarks asked the Commission not to allow SWEPCO simply to walk away, but instead to issue an order denying SWEPCO’s application. The all-volunteer citizens group also […]
Community will celebrate demise of SWEPCO transmission line project
Save the Ozarks is sponsoring a community celebration of the successful, 21-month struggle to stop SWEPCO from building a 50-mile, 345 kV transmission line across Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. The celebration will take place on Sunday, Jan. 11, at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center, 207 West Van Buren, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Doors open at 2:30 pm and […]
