Counties Affected by Transmission line proposals: Preston,Monongahela, Mineral,Hampshire, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Harrison, Gilmer, Doddridge and Randolph
Opposition Groups:
West VA PSC Cases to Submit Comments to:
(Note: if you don't live in WV, you can still submit comments. See the instructions below for uploading a document to a case.)
Petitions To Sign:

Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link (MARL)
Procedural Dates (References: Procedural Order, Order on Public Hearings Schedule) :
New 200' easements will be taken for the entire length of the 765kV line, the lines are proposed to be on v-structs with guyed-wire. These are the largest structures and highest voltage available. A new 765kV transmission substation (Welton Springs) is planned for Hardy County
Open Houses were held June 29 - July 29, additional open houses expected Fall of 2026
If your property is in a study area enter your comments to First Energy (Instructions are here.)
See the Valley Link North Project Site for additional information (Maps Available here )
*** Refer to the WATI Tutorial for submitting comments if you have any questions.
Submit your comments to both West VA cases its the same transmission project! ***
Watch the WATI Intervenor Video posted to the WATI Facebook page (under recent files) and
review the tutorial.
You don't need to have a lawyer to intervene at the West VA PSC - you can intervene pro - se!
To view examples of already filed pro-se petitions to intervene in the case 26-0075-E-CN - simply click the "View Pdf" button and view any document titled "Petition To Intervene" that doesn't say "filed by Counsel" Your petition to intervene can be as short as one page.
Intervene to protect your property rights! You can do this!
Please review the Easement Information and read how property owners in West Virginia were treated by the land agents in the TrAIL and PATH cases. Don't be taken Advantage of!
Sources of Information
West Virginia Ratepayers will pay over $570M revised up from the $440M estimate in the May 29, 2025 report "West Virginia Ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure build out " by Cathy Kunkel of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Read the March 24, 2026 report: "West Virginia costs for transmission infrastructure to power data centers soar"
Read the May 29, 2025 report: "West Virginia ratepayers footing the bill for infrastructure build out"
This question is best answered by Anthony “Tony” Campbell, president of West Virginians Against Transmission Injustice. He is a retired Army Colonel and a resident of Mineral County
Read his analysis in the West Virginia News opinion piece here: "Why West Virginia's Electricity Surplus Has Not Lowered Rates And Why the Problem Is Getting Worse"
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