RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) will hold a public hearing on November 19, 2009 in Lovettsville on an application by Allegheny Energy and American Electric Power to build 31 miles of a 765-kilovolt electric transmission line in northern Virginia.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. in the Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way in Lovettsville. Any person wishing to testify at the hearing should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff. Public witnesses are sworn in and are subject to cross-examination.

The Lovettsville hearing will be in addition to a hearing on the proposal already scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, in Richmond. The Richmond hearing will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building at 1300 East Main Street. Public witnesses may comment at the Richmond hearing in addition to the local hearing in Lovettsville, but the Lovettsville hearing will be for the sole purpose of receiving testimony from public witnesses.

Written comments on the transmission line application must be submitted by January 12, 2010. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, and refer to case number PUE-2009-00043.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website: www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2009-00043.

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Case Number PUE-2009-00043