Since 2002, when the U.S.Government authorized the formation of regional utility organizations to indpendently plan transmission, the regional ISO's have formuated many different transmission additions to expand their markets. The proposals greatly increase the overall capacity of our existing robust grid in order to move much higher volumes of power primarily from lower cost coal-generation sources in the Midwest towards markets in the east where profits are higher.

Over the past 4 years, astute local governments and ratepayers have begun questioning the cost effectiveness and limited benefits of these utility proposals. Ratepayers look at the very high costs they would be forced to assume over the next 40 years ($55- $978 billion) and observe that comparable investments in energy efficiency and local power would deliver benefits they and their communities much prefer. In states where investment in efficiency is emphasized. benefits include lower home/farm/businsess operation costs, many locally created jobs, greater energy self-sufficiency and net carbon emission reductions that are guaranteed and less costly to realize.

Below is a partial list of active ratepayer groups and local governments who are responding to high capcity transmission expansion proposals.

Other Organizations & Resources

Responsible Electricity Transmission for Albertans
News - http://retasite.wordpress.com/latest-news/
Listed North American Opposition Groups - http://retasite.wordpress.com/links/

The Power Line Blog (Bill Howley)
http://calhounpowerline.com/

StopPATHWV Blog (Keryn Newman, Patience Wait)
http://www.stoppathwv.com/stoppath-wv-blog.html

No CapX2020 (Carol Overland's Blog)
http://nocapx2020.info/

Town of Stark, Energy Planning & Information Committee [EPIC]
http://fieldpost.org/StarkEnergy/Resources.htm

Citizens Energy Task Force [CETF]
http://cetf.us/

Block Rock Island Clean Line - BLOCK RICL
http://www.blockricl.com/

Juneau County Decline the LineS!
Jane Powers <sdjwpowers@hotmail.com>

Better Energy Transition Through Efficiency & Renewables (Rob Danielson's Blog)
http://starkenergyplan.org/better/

Institute for Local Self-Reliance - John Farrell
http://www.ilsr.org/john-farrell/

E3 Coalition - Energy Efficiency & Economics
http://www.e3coalition.org/

Crawford County Stewardship Project
http://crawfordstewardshipproject.org/

Wisconsin Farmers Union
http://www.wisconsinfarmersunion.com/farmers_union_policy.phtml

Coulee Region Sierra Club
http://wisconsin.sierraclub.org/coulee/Energy.htm