In addition to concerns expressed by farmers, local businesses relying on eco-tourism are opposed to the lines, which they fear would permanently blight places of significance like Harriet Tubman's birthplace and the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

Landowners, environmentalists and businesses that oppose the power line are urging representatives to consider alternatives, such as wind power or burying the lines.

If the project is rejected at the State level, PHI could invoke federal eminent domain powers, under the Energy Policy Act of 2005:

In the event that the Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway is not approved by the Maryland Public Service Commission, PHI would be able use the power of eminent domain under Federal authority. Section 1221 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 provides authority for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review and override state siting decisions as well as other federal and state laws and policy and . . . .

and confer federal eminent domain to private companies for transmission line siting. The ability to override a decision by the Maryland Public Service Commission, as well as other state and local zoning ordinances, conflicts with policies concerning conservation, agriculture, transportation, and other land use decisions.

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