Congressman Steve Womack (AR-3) today sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz expressing concern over the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) consideration for a partnership with Clean Line Energy Partners through the Plains & Eastern transmission line project and frustration about the Department’s refusal to offer satisfactory answers to questions raised in past correspondence.  The letter says, in part:

“As you know, the path of the proposed transmission line runs directly through the Third District of Arkansas.  Therefore, I am extremely concerned about Clean Line’s authorization.  Respectfully, I am also very frustrated by one of your Department’s disingenuous responses to my letters that identified ‘public interest’ as one of the considerations given to the Clean Line application.  There has been an astounding lack of assurance that my district – and the State of Arkansas – will have any interest in this project at all and no guarantee that Clean Line will supply power to my constituents and my state.”

The letter goes on to request a formal meeting with the DOE to obtain answers to the legitimate questions raised regarding the Clean Line application process and to discuss the unacceptable responses that have been sent to both Congressman Womack’s office and stakeholders within the Third District.

The full text of the letter can be found here.

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