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Missouri wants to block emiennt domain authority for Missouri electric transmission companies that do not contribute electricty to the regulated electric grid for the use of Missouians.
To receive eminent doamin authority, the electric transmission compnay would have to demonstrate a need or benefit to Missouri. Land woner groups, agricultural groups, and cattle groups support the bill.
Add it to the laundry list of new eminent domain regulations that reign in eminent dom…
Texans love their private property rights. It’s a toss up who loves Texas private property rights more: Libertarians? Republicans? Ranchers? Cattlemen?Farmers ?Wild Life enthusiasts?
This month’s issue of The Cattleman looks at easements for pipelines and power lines. They run through pros and cons, and here they are:
Pros of Pipelines and Power Lines Running Through Pastures:
Iowa is polling on everything from potential Presidential candidates to private companies using eminent domain. Private companies using eminent domain is as popular in Iowa as it is in Texas.
Iowans like energy projects, but they strongly dislike these same companies using eminent domain.
A vocal group at a transmission line public meeting echoed the refrain- no eminent domain for private gain. It rhymes which makes it good for protest marches.
A Houston Company is the target of this group of landowners. The company, Clean Line Energy Partners, is seeking the federal government’s buy-in to a wind energy project in Oklahoma & Arkansas. If the federal government gets involved, then the company gets eminent domain authority.
200 landowners showed up to a m…
A Wichita Falls jury validated property owners’ right to collect reasonable damages when electric power lines lower the value of their land.
It boils down to a question of the value of the remainder of the land after every one agrees eminent domain is proper.
The electric provider offered the landowner $140,000 for an easement 1.7 miles long, that bisects the landowner’s property. The jury sided with the landowner appraiser who said the value is $393,165.
In an effort to keep utilities off private lands for surveying, bills in Virginia look to reign in the ability to survey within eminent domain powers.
Democrats are lining up to defend the utilities right to access private lands. Republicans are lining up on the other side.
Republicans also want utilities with eminent domain authority subject to open records. Watchdog.org
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This week TPPF released a private property rights paper about a pipeline company facing a judgment in excess of $1.6M against it. The judgment is unpaid and no bond is posted for appeal. It has ruffled feathers.
In the paper, TPPF reminds us transmission lines are no different that pipelines in that they both are private companies that have the power of eminent domain.
TPPF stresses 2 major points:
The South San Joaquin Irrigation District was granted approval to enter the retail electric market. South San Joaquin has its eyes on acquiring PG&E’s transmission lines, transformers and poles.
South San Joaquin co-owns hydroelectric damns. It’s not new to electric world. PG&E wants $600 million for its infrastructure. South San Joaquin wants to pay $125 million.
The two sides are far apart in compensation. Since South San Joaquin has the authority to use eminent…
In 2012 the Commonwealth amended its constitution to allow a landowner to petition for up to 3 years worth of profits from a project that used eminent domain. Imagine the revenue impact for profit sharing on electric transmission or oil and gas pipelines in Texas. [The National Law Revie…