West Virginia cases
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Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek application not filed as of 10/1, Valley North Case Opened for Protests
Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek application not filed as of 10/1, Valley North Case Opened for Protests
Counties Affected by Transmission line proposals: Preston,Monongahela, Mineral,Hampshire, Putnam,…
Counties Affected by Transmission line proposals: Preston,Monongahela, Mineral,Hampshire, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Harrison, Gilmer, Doddridge and Randolph
Opposition Groups:
- West Virginians Against Transmission Injustice (WATI) here or Facebook (MARL and Valley Link North)
- Jefferson County – VOLT here or Facebook (Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek and Valley Link North) Check out their Resources Page for a No Trespassing Notice for Valley Link North and additional info for affected property owners
- Block Valley Link Barbour County WV Facebook
- Stop Valley Link – Calhoun County Facebook
- Stop Valley North – Hampshire County
- Stop Valley Link North Harrison County Facebook
- Stop Valley Link — Kanawha County WV Facebook
- StopValley Link Lewis County Facebook and Website
- Stop Valley Link North – Roane County Facebook
- Stop Valley North – Upshur County Facebook
- Valley North Opposition Alliance –Connecting all 20 West Virginia Counties affected by Valley Link North
- West Virginia Transmission Truth Facebook
- StopPATH WV Blog
West VA PSC Cases to Submit Comments to:
(Note: if you don’t live in WV, you can still submit comments. See the instructions below for uploading a document to a case.)
- WV PSC 26-0075-E-CN Opposing MARL
- WV PSC NOIE Potomac Edison 26C Opposing Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek
- WV PSC FP Valley Link 26A (This is not an application its a case for submitting comments to the West VA PSC before the application is filed)
Petitions To Sign:
- WATI Petition Opposing MARL/ Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek and Valley Link
- Jefferson County – VOLT Petition Opposing Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek and Valley Link
- Barbor County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Gilmer County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Harrison County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Hampshire County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Hardy County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Lewis County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Randolf County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Roan County Petition Opposing Valley Link North
- Tucker County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Upshur County Petition Opposing Valley Link
- Upshur County Petition – Halt Valley North
West Virginia Transmission Case Details
West Virginia Transmission Case Details
WV PSC MARL Case 26-0075-E-CN, In-Progress
Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link (MARL)
- WV PSC MARL Case: 26-0075-E-CN
- Impacts: Preston 15.8 miles, Monongahela 5.9 miles, Mineral 10.9 miles and Hampshire 26.2 miles, proposes to take a new 200′ easement for the entire 58.9 miles
- Status: Active
- See NextERA’s MARL Project Map
- Submit your comments to NextERA Energy 26-0075-E-CN: here
Procedural Dates (References: Procedural Order, Order on Public Hearings Schedule) :
- June 1, 2026 Intervenor Deadline
- June 4, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Potomac State College, Church Mckee Arts Center, 121 B Street, Keyser
- June 5, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Hampshire County Courthouse (the “Old Courthouse”), 2nd Floor , 19 East Main Street, Romney
- June 10, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Mon County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown
- June 11, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Kingwood Civic Center 311 Tunnelton Street, Kingwood
- August 14, 2026 Discovery Deadline for preparation of Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony
- September 8, 2026 Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony Due
- September 15, 2026 Deadline for preparation of Rebuttal Testimony in response to Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony
- October 7, 2026 Rebuttal Testimony
- October 19, 2026 Discovery Deadline in response to Rebuttal Testimony
- October 26 to October 30 and November 2, 2026 Evidentiary Hearing 9:30 am Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room,PSC Building,201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West VA
- November 23, 2026 Initial Briefs/Proposed Orders
- December 4, 2026 Reply Briefs
- March 6, 2027 Decision Due Date
WV PSC Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Case NOIE Potomac Edison 25D, Application not filed
- WV PSC Case Number: NOIE Potomac Edison 26C
- In West VA a NOIE must be filed at least 30 days before a main application for routing and construction is filed and it expires within 90 days. First Energy submitted another NOIE 9/4 This gives First Energy a window between October 1, 2026 and December 29, 2026 to file their Application for the Jefferson County, West VA segment (Note NOIE Potomac Edison 25C and 25D Expired – don’t forget to have these comments moved to the application when it is filed! )
- Impacts: Jefferson
- Status: Application has not been filed
- See First Energy’s Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Project Map
- Submit your comments for NOIE Potomac Edison 26C: here
WV PSC Valley Link North Case TBD, Application Expected Fall 2026
New 200′ easements will be taken for the entire length of the 765kV line, the lines are proposed to be on v-structs with guyed-wire. These are the largest structures and highest voltage available. A new 765kV transmission substation (Welton Springs) is planned for Hardy County
Second set of Open Houses to be held in November
- West VA PSC Case Number: FP Valley Link 26A
- Impacts: Preston,Monongahela, Mineral,Hampshire, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Harrison, Gilmer, Doddridge and Randolph
- Status: Application has not been filed
- Submit Protest Comments here
Open Houses were held June 29 – July 29, additional open houses expected Fall of 2026
If your property is in a study area enter your comments to First Energy (Instructions are here.)
See the Valley Link North Project Site for additional information (Maps Available here )
WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
WEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
- West VA PSC MARL Case Activities: 26-0075-E-CN
- West VA PSC Online Comment Submission MARL: 26-0075-E-CN
- West VA PSC Online Comment Submission Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek: NOIE Potomac Edison 26C
*** Refer to the WATI Tutorial for submitting comments if you have any questions.
Submit your comments to both West VA cases its the same transmission project! ***
- West VA PSC Docket Search
- West VA PSC – Daily Submission Search – this page allows you to select a date and see what has been submitted that day
- West VA Public Service Commission Home Page
- How to Register and subscribe to a West VA PSC Case – this will send you a notice when documents are filed in the case you subscribed to
Watch the WATI Intervenor Video posted to the WATI Facebook page (under recent files) and
review the tutorial.
You don’t need to have a lawyer to intervene at the West VA PSC – you can intervene pro – se!
To view examples of already filed pro-se petitions to intervene in the case 26-0075-E-CN – simply click the “View Pdf” button and view any document titled “Petition To Intervene” that doesn’t say “filed by Counsel” Your petition to intervene can be as short as one page.
Intervene to protect your property rights! You can do this!
West Virginia Additional Information
- West VA Code Chapter 54. Eminent Domain
- Institute For Justice On West VA Eminent Domain Laws
- StopPathWV: Demystifying Eminent Domain
- StopPathWV: Just Say No To Utility Representatives Sneaking Around Jefferson County
- StopPathWV: Landowner Experiences with PATH and TrAIL Land Agents
- WATI – Info and Documents
- Easement Information
- Jefferson County – VOLT – Resources
- Property Value Impacts
- West VA FAQs
Please review the Easement Information and read how property owners in West Virginia were treated by the land agents in the TrAIL and PATH cases. Don’t be taken Advantage of!
MARL \ Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek WATI, Jefferson-VOLT DOCS
MARL \ Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek WATI, Jefferson-VOLT DOCS
Sources of Information
2026 02 10 WATI Land Owners Rights – Post Filing (pdf)Download2026 01 31 WATI Updated Landowner Information (pdf)DownloadMARL/GoreDoubsGooseCreek Reasons To Intervene (pdf)DownloadIntervening in GoreDoubsGooseCreek (pdf)Download Sample Petition To Intervene at the WestVA PSC (pdf)Download
How to Register and Subscribe to a West VA PSC Case
How to Upload Comments To A West VA PSC Case
West Virginia MARL/Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek And Valley Link F
West Virginia MARL/Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek And Valley Link F
How much will West Virginia’s ratepayers pay for the MARL/Gore-Doubs Goose Creek and Valley Link transmission lines?
West Virginia Ratepayers will pay over $570M revised up from the $440M estimate in the May 29, 2025 report “West Virginia Ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure build out ” by Cathy Kunkel of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Read the March 24, 2026 report: “West Virginia costs for transmission infrastructure to power data centers soar“
Read the May 29, 2025 report: “West Virginia ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure build out“
Why has West Virginia’s Electricity surplus not lowered rates?
This question is best answered by Anthony “Tony” Campbell, president of West Virginians Against Transmission Injustice. He is a retired Army Colonel and a resident of Mineral County
Read his analysis in the West Virginia News opinion piece here: “Why West Virginia’s Electricity Surplus Has Not Lowered Rates And Why the Problem Is Getting Worse“