Report on LCRA Meeting in Comfort – 5/12/09
May 14th, 2009 categories: Comfort Community News, Views & Faces
I attended the LCRA Informational Meeting in Comfort Tuesday evening regarding the proposed transmission lines carrying competitive renewable energy (e.g., wind generated energy) through the Gillespie/Kerr/Kendall area. I wanted to better understand where the transmission lines might run in and around Comfort. Here’s my take on it!
Apparently, there are two scenarios that will affect this area: The Twin Buttes to McCamey D to Westwind to Kendall Transmission Line Project (bringing wind generated electricity from the San Angelo area into the Comfort station) and the Westwind/Kendall to Gillespie to Newton Transmission Line Project (taking the electricity back out of Comfort Station toward the North and East, ultimately to Kempner). The LCRA displayed maps showing several proposed routes for both projects. Aerial photos revealed exactly whose land would be affected. Here’s a few of my observations as they relate to the Comfort area:
- All of the routes for both projects affected only areas on the North/East side of I-10 of Comfort.
- One potential route would run parallel to I-10.
- Both projects included proposed routes that could impact The Reserve and Falling Water (they would run to the West of those areas).
- Another proposed route would affect properties up FM 473 from Comfort.
- Another proposal provides for lines running parallel to the transmission lines which currently are being erected North of Comfort. Those lines (erected by a private company, not LCRA) run on the East side of Hwy 87 and cross at the base of Stieler Hill.
Obviously, no one wants big transmission lines on or near their land. Ultimately, LCRA will make a proposal which will go before the Public Utility Commission who will make the ultimate decision. The purpose of the meetings is to show the different options and get public comment.
If you would like to see copies of the maps and fill out a Questionaire in order to give your input, I would encourage you to go to the Kerrville meeting tonight, Thursday evening, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at Tally Elementary. Or, you can contact me. I have copies of the maps (not the aerial photos though) and have some extra Questionaires. But don’t delay because they are due in by the end of the month!
See also this Fredericksburg Standard article reporting on the Harper and Fredericksburg meetings.
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