WEST VIRGINIA Land Owner Resources

Mid-Atlantic Resiliancy Link (MARL)

• WV PSC MARL Case: 26-0075-E-CN
• Impacts: Preston, Monongahela, Mineral and Hampshire, proposes to take a new 200' easement for the entire 107 miles
• Status: Active,  Read August 19, 2026 WV PSC Staff Motion to Toll or Dismiss
• See NextERA's MARL Project Map
• Submit your comments to NextERA Energy 26-0075-E-CN: here 

Procedural Dates (References: Procedural Order,  Order on Public Hearings Schedule) : 

• June 1, 2026 Intervenor Deadline
• June 4, 2026  Public Hearing 5:30pm Potomac State College, Church Mckee Arts Center, 121 B Street,  Keyser
• June 5, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Hampshire County Courthouse (the "Old Courthouse"), 2nd Floor , 19 East Main Street, Romney 
• June 10, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Mon County Center, 270 Mylan Park Lane, Morgantown
• June 11, 2026 Public Hearing 5:30pm Kingwood Civic Center 311 Tunnelton Street, Kingwood
• August 14, 2026 Discovery Deadline for preparation of Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony 
• September 8, 2026 Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony Due 
• September 15, 2026 Deadline for preparation of Rebuttal Testimony in response to Staff/Intervenor Direct Testimony
• October 7, 2026 Rebuttal Testimony 
• October 19, 2026 Discovery Deadline in response to Rebuttal Testimony
• October 26 to October 30 and November 2, 2026 Evidentiary Hearing 9:30 am Howard M. Cunningham Hearing Room,PSC Building,201 Brooks Street, Charleston, West VA
• November 23, 2026 Initial Briefs/Proposed Orders 
• December 4, 2026 Reply Briefs 
• March 6, 2027 Decision Due Date 

Gore-Doubs-Goose Creek 

• WV PSC Case Number: NOIE Potomac Edison 25D  
• In West VA a NOIE must be filed at least 30 days before a main application for routing and construction is filed and it expires within 90 days. This gives First Energy a window between July 1, 2026 and August 29, 2026 to file their Application for the Jefferson County, West VA segment  (Note NOIE Potomac Edison 25C Expired - don't forget to have these comments moved to the application when it is filed! )
• Impacts: Jefferson 
• Status: Application has not been filed
• See First Energy's Gore-Doubs-GooseCreek Project Map 
• Submit your comments for NOIE Potomac Edison 25D: here 

Valley Link North

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

• West VA PSC Case Number: TBD
• Impacts: Preston,Monongahela, Mineral,Hampshire, Putnam, Kanawha, Roane, Calhoun, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur, Barbour, Tucker, Grant, Hardy, Jefferson, Harrison, Gilmer, Doddridge and Randolph 
• Status: Application has not been filed

Open Houses were held June 29 -July 29 

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 ) 

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