U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) – along with Congressmen Rick Crawford (AR-1) French Hill (AR-2), Steve Womack (AR-3), and Bruce Westerman (AR-4) – today requested that the Department of Energy (DOE) extend the comment period for the need and feasibility review of the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project. 

In a letter to DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz, the members request a minimum of 60 additional days for comments, citing  inadequate communication to let stakeholders know they can submit input on this project.

“The Department is engaged in a new process that justifies a deliberative and thorough review, with greater transparency and public participation,” the members wrote.  “The 45-day comment period has proven inadequate.”

The current comment period is scheduled to end on June 12, 2015.

In January 2015, members urged Secretary Moniz to extend the comment period for the environmental review of the project for additional input from stakeholders.  The comment period was extended for one month.

The full text of the letter can be found here.

Stakeholders who wish to submit comments should address written comments as follows: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-20), 1222 Program, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.  Electronic comments can be emailed to plainsandeastern@hq.doe.gov.  The DOE will make comments available as they are received.  Additional information from the DOE is available here. 

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