Subject: Legislative fight for fairness in court costs!! (McCord).
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 153309 -0500
From: Roy Beavers
To: guru
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Hi everybody:
.........Guru is VERY interested in the legislative fight described
by Nancy below. The present law in most states is the same as she
describes in Virginia..... It is MOST unfair to property owners!!!
It is a HUGE obstacle to justice in these matters!!! Most property
owners simply give up and don't fight because the legal costs, alone,
can be prohibitive. The power companies know that!!!!
They rely on that huge advantage to **bully** property owners when
negotiating for property values of seized property......
They will even pursue a strategy (in the courts) which is designed to
drive UP the legal costs ... knowing that they (the power companies) can
afford to invest $$$$million$$$ more than the property owners......
The companies figure that it is worth that -- to intimidate other
property owners, as well.....
This "legal costs" matter is but one among a number of other injustices
in the law of **eminent domain** that (in virtually all states) heavily
"tilts the playing field" in favor of the power companies against the
property owners......
These laws were written many years ago, mostly in the 1920s and 1930s,
when the utilities were "all powerful" in state legislatures...... These
laws are desperately in need of updating with more fairness to property
owners.....
Cheerio.....
Roy Beavers (EMFguru)
roy@emfguru.com
It is better to light a single candle
than to curse the darkness..
WEBSITE: http://emfguru.com
People are more important than profit$$
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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 23:45:24 -0400
From: "Nancy McCord"
Reply-To: "Nancy McCord"
To: "Roy Beavers"
Dear Roy,
Thanks for the quick response and for posting the message. You provide a
valuable conduit for those of us who are struggling with this problem. AEP
has now moved the line in Virginia to an even more rural area of the state
where the population does not have the resources either academic, Virginia
Tech associates, or financial that we have around Blacksburg. The company
recognizes no threat from EMFs and act like they are just being nice,
generous to take anything within a total of 200' of the towers.
The most amazing position they take "with a straight face" is that
powerlines do not damage property values. This is not complicated like
EMFs, and because it is more easily understood, completely destroys their
credibility. If they will distort the truth here then why should we believe
them about EMFs. I could go on and on.
We are now in a battle to get our legislature to make the condemnor
"reimburse property owner litigation expenses" if the court finds that the
condemnor did not offer a fair price for the property taken for corridors.
They have pulled out their big guns to fight us and won last year but the
issue is still before the legislature, so we have another chance.
Keep up the good work for all of our sakes and thank you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Beavers
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Width of Corridor for High Voltage 765kv Towers (McCord)...
Nancy:
I am sending this to the EMF-L list, as you suggest. However, as I
wrote some years back (on my original web-site at FEB, I believe)
-- ALL such existent right-of-way "rules" were established 50 or 60
years ago. They have absolutely **no relationship whatsoever** with
the EMF hazards we know about today!!
Oh, you may get some feedback that certain power companies have become
more "considerate" of the risk -- and have extended their right-of-way
distance by a hundred feet or so.... But those are not mandated rules
or regulations. Those are attempts by the industry to practice some
"prudent avoidance" when it is convenient to do so......
And, to thereby "quiet" the public on the issue......
I am very doubtful that you will get back any information that will help
you much..... I have known about that line in Virginia for years......
After all the trouble they have had about that -- I cannot imagine that
they would try to build it with less than a 500 to 750 foot easement on
each side of the center-line.........
As I wrote recently (it is on my website in "Current Messages, "I believe):
when the public knows more about the true EMF hazards ... the public
isn't going to believe the government standards, anyway...... The public
is more likely to think in terms of miles than hundreds of feet.....
....guru........
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Width of Corridor for High
Voltage 765kv Towers
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:25:57 -0400
From: "Nancy McCord"
Reply-To: "Nancy McCord"
To:
Dear Roy and Fellow Concerned Citizens, Our legislature, in Virginia, is
considering the possibility of requiring electric utilities to widen the
corridors for high voltage 765kv powerlines. The required width now is 200
feet, and some of the utilities take any hone within another 100' of the
corridor. I would appreciate any information you might send about corridor
width in you area and if you know it, the justification the state used to
determine this width. The only number I currently have is that in Maine a
high voltage line can not be within 300' of a residential dwelling. Thank
you very much for any assistance you may give. This is our one big chance
in Virginia and as you can imagine, the utilities are fighting us all the
way. Nancy McCord
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Subject: Width of Corridor for High Voltage 765kv Towers (McCord)...
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Dear Roy,
Thanks for the quick response and for posting the message. You provide =
a valuable conduit for those of us who are struggling with this problem. =
AEP has now moved the line in Virginia to an even more rural area of =
the state where the population does not have the resources either =
academic, Virginia Tech associates, or financial that we have around =
Blacksburg. The company recognizes no threat from EMFs and act like =
they are just being nice, generous to take anything within a total of =
200' of the towers. =20
The most amazing position they take "with a straight face" is that =
powerlines do not damage property values. This is not complicated like =
EMFs, and because it is more easily understood, completely destroys =
their credibility. If they will distort the truth here then why should =
we believe them about EMFs. I could go on and on. =20
We are now in a battle to get our legislature to make the condemnor =
"reimburse property owner litigation expenses" if the court finds that =
the condemnor did not offer a fair price for the property taken for =
corridors. They have pulled out their big guns to fight us and won last =
year but the issue is still before the legislature, so we have another =
chance.
=20
Keep up the good work for all of our sakes and thank you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Beavers
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Date: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Width of Corridor for High Voltage 765kv Towers (McCord)...
=20
Nancy:=20
I am sending this to the EMF-L list, as you suggest. However, as I =
wrote some=20
years back (on my original web-site at FEB, I believe) -- ALL such =
existent right-of-way=20
"rules" were established 50 or 60 years ago. They have absolutely no =
relationship=20
whatsoever with the EMF hazards we know about today!!=20
Oh, you may get some feedback that certain power companies have become =
more=20
"considerate" of the risk -- and have extended their right-of-way =
distance by a hundred=20
feet or so.... But those are not mandated rules or regulations. =
Those are attempts by=20
the industry to practice some "prudent avoidance" when it is =
convenient to do so......=20
And, to thereby "quiet" the public on the issue......=20
I am very doubtful that you will get back any information that will =
help you much.....=20
I have known about that line in Virginia for years...... After all =
the trouble they have=20
had about that -- I cannot imagine that they would try to build it =
with less than a=20
500 to 750 foot easement on each side of the center-line.........=20
As I wrote recently (it is on my website in "Current Messages, "I =
believe), when the=20
public knows more about the true EMF hazards ... the public isn't =
going to believe=20
the government standards, anyway...... The public is more likely to =
think in terms of=20
miles than hundreds of feet.........guru........=20
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Width of Corridor for =
High Voltage 765kv Towers=20
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:25:57 -0400=20
From: "Nancy McCord" =20
Reply-To: "Nancy McCord" =20
To: =20
Dear Roy and Fellow Concerned Citizens, Our legislature, in Virginia, =
is considering the possibility of requiring electric utilities to widen =
the corridors for high voltage 765kv powerlines. The required width now =
is 200 feet, and some of the utilities take any hone within another 100' =
of the corridor. I would appreciate any information you might send about =
corridor width in you area and if you know it, the justification the =
state used to determine this width. The only number I currently have is =
that in Maine a high voltage line can not be within 300' of a =
residential dwelling. Thank you very much for any assistance you may =
give. This is our one big chance in Virginia and as you can imagine, =
the utilities are fighting us all the way. Nancy McCord=20
=20
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Dear Roy,
Thanks for the quick =
response and for=20
posting the message. You provide a valuable conduit for those of =
us who=20
are struggling with this problem. AEP has now moved the line in =
Virginia=20
to an even more rural area of the state where the population does not =
have the=20
resources either academic, Virginia Tech associates, or financial =
that we=20
have around Blacksburg. The company recognizes no threat from EMFs =
and act=20
like they are just being nice, generous to take anything within a total =
of 200'=20
of the towers.
The most amazing position =
they take=20
"with a straight face" is that powerlines do not damage property =
values. =20
This is not complicated like EMFs, and because it is more easily=20
understood, completely destroys their credibility. If they will =
distort=20
the truth here then why should we believe them about EMFs. I could =
go on=20
and on.
We are now in a battle to =
get our=20
legislature to make the condemnor "reimburse property owner litigation =
expenses"=20
if the court finds that the condemnor did not offer a fair price for the =
property taken for corridors. They have pulled out their=20
big guns to fight us and won last year but the issue is still =
before the=20
legislature, so we have another chance.
Keep up the good work for =
all of our=20
sakes and thank you.
-----Original =
Message-----
From:=20
Roy Beavers <roy@emfguru.com>
To:=20
undisclosed-recipients:; =
<undisclosed-recipients:;>
Date:=20
Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:45 AM
Subject: Width of =
Corridor=20
for High Voltage 765kv Towers (McCord)...
=20
Nancy:=20
I am sending this to the EMF-L list, as you suggest. However, =
as I=20
wrote some
years back (on my original web-site at FEB, I believe) =
-- ALL=20
such existent right-of-way
"rules" were established 50 or 60 years =
ago. They have absolutely no relationship
whatsoever =
with the=20
EMF hazards we know about today!!=20
Oh, you may get some feedback that certain power companies have =
become more=20
"considerate" of the risk -- and have extended their right-of-way =
distance=20
by a hundred
feet or so.... But those are not mandated rules =
or=20
regulations. Those are attempts by
the industry to practice =
some=20
"prudent avoidance" when it is convenient to do so...... =
And, to=20
thereby "quiet" the public on the issue......=20
I am very doubtful that you will get back any information that will =
help=20
you much.....
I have known about that line in Virginia for=20
years...... After all the trouble they have
had about that =
-- =20
I cannot imagine that they would try to build it with less than =
a=20
500 to 750 foot easement on each side of the center-line.........=20
As I wrote recently (it is on my website in "Current Messages, "I =
believe),=20
when the
public knows more about the true EMF hazards ... the =
public isn't=20
going to believe
the government standards, anyway...... The =
public=20
is more likely to think in terms of
miles than hundreds of=20
feet.........guru........=20
-------- Original Message --------=20
| Subject: |
Width of Corridor for High Voltage 765kv Towers |
| Date: |
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:25:57 -0400 |
| From: |
"Nancy McCord" <nbmccord@adelphia.net> |
| Reply-To: |
"Nancy McCord" <nbmccord@adelphia.net> |
| To: |
<roy@emfguru.com> |
Dear Roy and Fellow =
Concerned=20
Citizens, Our=20
legislature, in Virginia, is considering the possibility of requiring =
electric=20
utilities to widen the corridors for high voltage 765kv powerlines. =
The=20
required width now is 200 feet, and some of the utilities take any =
hone within=20
another 100' of the corridor. I would appreciate any information you =
might=20
send about corridor width in you area and if you know it, the =
justification=20
the state used to determine this width. The only number I currently =
have is=20
that in Maine a high voltage line can not be within 300' of a =
residential=20
dwelling. Thank you very much for any assistance you may give. =
This is=20
our one big chance in Virginia and as you can imagine, the utilities =
are=20
fighting us all the way. Nancy McCord
=
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