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What's that hideous cacophony?  It's the sound of PJM's spokeswoman sawing away like mad on her out-of-tune violin.  "It's a matter of caring," DuPont-Kidd said. "It's a responsibility of ours."

Okay, stop laughing, PJM really, really cares for you!!!  Really, they do, you believe them, right?

A couple of reporters from The Shepherdstown Chronicle got to the rotten, black, shriveled heart of the PATH project while researching a story this week.  Good job, ladies!  They got the story that all the other big media outlets missed.

"She said after analyzing the transmission needs of the area, the company will undergo what is called the 'stakeholder process.'  DuPont-Kidd said this means talking with those who have a say in if the line should be built. She said by the fall, based on the analysis and stakeholder results, PJM will make a presentation to its board."

We have until fall before PATH makes its encore with PJM's newly manufactured "need" projections.

And who are these "stakeholders" supposed to be?  Seems like the "stakeholders" should properly be the regulatory commissions of the three states involved, since they are the only ones at this point who actually have the final authority.  And what is PATH doing?  They're burning their bridges with arrogant filings and by trying to skip out without providing the results of studies ordered by the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

Why are they guarding the results of these tests so vociferously?  Perhaps those results will make their planned rebirth this fall as a B-movie zombie impossible.


 


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bh link
03/11/2011 2:38pm

Hey, I'm a stakeholder. Wonder if they'll ask me?

The only "stakeholders" PJM cares about are their members -- especially their biggest members like FirstEnergy and AEP. That's the way cartels work.

I also liked the way the reporters called PJM a "company" instead of an "agency" or some other vague term.

I also find it funny that after screaming "reliability" and "blackouts and brownouts" for five years, PJM is suddenly explaining to us how complicated transmission planning is.

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Keryn
03/11/2011 6:04pm

Someone pointed out to me this evening that we are all "stakeholders" because we intend to be holding the stake that eventually goes through PATH's undead, zombie heart.

And who needs to be invited to crawl up PJM's posterior like a bad hemorrhoid? We love to crash a good party! These blustering buffoons get quite uncomfortable when we insert ourselves into their private playpens. :-)

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