By Editor | February 16, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Steve Elsea, manager of member services for Citizens Electric Corporation (CEC), updated Ste. Genevieve County commissioners on the planned 69,000-volt transmission line that would run 19 miles, through the northern and western part of the county at last Thursday’s commission meeting.
The line and supporting towers will be put up by Wabash Valley Power Alliance, the wholesale electricity provider that supplies CEC.
The proposed project had ignited some opposition last year, when Wabash Valley hired ORC Associates from St. Charles to try to get landowners along the projected path of the project to sign easements. The firm was accused of using “strong-arm” tactics and making implied threats to get paperwork signed.