Responding to a major public outcry against all of the routes proposed for the transmission lines, Duke has reconfigured its plans for upgrading the coal-fired power plan in Skyland. The revised plans eliminate the need for a Campobello, S.C. substation and a high-voltage transmission line connecting that plant with the Asheville facility.
“A very good argument can be made that if the state of North Carolina refuses to protect its citizens, the citizens in a local government have every right to pass regulations for the public good.”
“Ask any Realtor. Can you sell this house for the price it was worth before this sparking, crackling steel tower power line route was here above my house?”
“Does the [Duke Energy] Foothills Project have to destroy our priceless pristine mountain view in the process?”
