http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,0,0,html Information on National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC), a designation allowing federal eminent domain to site high-voltage transmission lines. http://pecva.org/_images/logos/pec/Logo336633-113x82-5bit.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en View a map of the Southwestern and Eastern NIETCs (designations now vacated by the Feb 2011 Decision by the 9th Circuit). http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,3752,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,3752,-1,html April 30, 2008. PEC Press Release. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,1148,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,1148,-1,html Virginia Governor Kaine and Attorney General Bob McDonnell have submitted a Request for Rehearing, calling DOE's designation "unlawful" and in excess of Federal Authority. Other states including PA, MD, and NY have also filed. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,768,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,768,-1,html The US Department of Energy has designated more than 116,000 square miles (from upstate New York through Ohio) for inclusion in the mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,755,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,755,-1,html Important dates related to National Interest Corridor designation. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,754,-1,html http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,754,-1,html