Comments about ‘Tooele residents boo power-line plan’

What a bunch of hypocrites! The people of Tooele are fine with a bunch of radioactive waste in their back yard and now they are complaining about a power line. LOL

With all the open land out there, why do they have to go so close to populated, or soon-to-be populated areas. It just boggles my mind. Same with oil refineries. Move them all out past Dugway proving grounds and keep them as far from residential areas as possible. Duh!!!

Shortest route usually means 'dump on people'.

It seems it would be more cost effective and maintenance free to run these power lines underground to distribution stations. Then make them follow planning where proposed roads may route. We have and can see the major issues with overhead power lines as areas develop and grow. Easements would not be affected except more care in developing land across these easements. There has to be some give and take with utility companies spreading their service and I don't think the residents are being unreasonable to keep power lines out of sight and out of mind. Water lines are buried, gas lines are buried, and power lines are buried in developments, so why not bury the transmission lines?

These are high-tension transmission lines and cannot feasibly be run underground. Local distribution lines get buried, but it costs more than ten times as much to do so. High Voltage lines are not buried because it's way too expensive and too hard to repair if they fail due to flooding, earthquake, backhoes, etc.

Tooele countians are happy to have Utah be the world's radioactive waste dumping ground, and they're whining about power lines?

Seems to me the line would be on the wrong side of the mountains. Why does it go through Tooele to get to West Jordan? That part doesn't make sense.

We are NOT happy about having radioactive waste in our backyard, that was forced upon us! We had no choice in the matter! This issue we may have a choice on. So instead of adding on to our heath risks we are fighting it! We aren't saying Rocky Mountain Power can't run it through Tooele, we are saying that we want it run somewhere that is less damaging and less populated! We are sick of being dumped on just because we are over the mountain and out of the view of Salt Lake City. This power is not for us! There is not a single line in these plans that will supply power to Tooele. So why should we be effected this drastically for something that will not benefit us AT ALL! Not only will it not benefit us, it drastically hurts us! @No Sympathy you need to do your research or at least listen to the news before you voice your opinion!

Tooele citizens have never been happy about being the world's radioactive waste dumping ground, we were all forced to have that in our county. How much more should Tooele have to have in our county that affect our health and well being? Tooele is not against power lines being run, we are against the proposed route RMP has planned because it affects the whole future of Tooele County and is the most detrimental route they could have planned. Citizens of Tooele, Tooele's Mayor and City Council, and Tooele County Commissioners have all asked and pleaded with RMP in numerous meetings over the last year to come up with a better route that does not affect so many residents and not only that but we have actually found better routes and proposed those routes to RMP and they refuse to listen to us or compromise with Tooele County in any way. RMP is worried about there own profit in this project and not about the city and county that will be affected because of it. There is plenty of open space in Tooele County where the line could be ran that would affect the least amount of people!

Good luck, Tooele. My guess is that Rocky Mountain Power will put it wherever they want, just like they did with the power line they're running up through the Malad Pass in Idaho. You should see the mess they've made of the landscape and how close they've put the poles to my sister's house! And, did they tell you where the customers are they plan to service? My guess is they are in California.

Is there really any difference in the risk of failure overhead or underground in an earthquake?

How likely is underground failure due to a flood in utah vs. overhead failure due a nasty snow or thunderstorm, vehicle accident, downed tree, etc?

When you consider long term maintenance cost savings from burying lines vs. running them overhead burial is worth the initial investment. Of course, it is more profitable to put them overhead and have all of the maintenance continually reimbursed by the state and county.

Toole should approve the route conditionally. The condition being that residents must be fully compensated by RMP for all current and future losses in property value. Then perhaps RMP will get a taste of the true cost of overhead lines.

Even if you win at the county level they will just go to the state and get legislation that will let them go right over your heads. We fought really hard in Sandy to get legislation to have lines buried and won. Then they went to the county and got permission to override municipalities for "county" lines.

Maybe everyone posting comments should educate themselves before they comment. Tooele is not against power or power lines. We understand they are vital. It is the route they are taking that is unacceptable. There is a ton of open space in Tooele that RMP can run these lines. Tooele is not a radioactive waste dumping ground. The chemicals stored in Tooele are disposed of out of site and in open space and have not been proven to negatively effect the health of our residents. Tooele does our share in disposing of governmental waste but enough is enough! These are not just little power lines. They are huge 250ft. transmission lines and require a 300ft pathway through our Mountain side. The proposed route is close to many homes and the Power generated will not benefit Tooele at all. The Mayor, City counsel, County Commissioners, and citizens in Tooele and Grantsville have all publicly stated the route is unacceptable and proposed better routes. RMP has not adequately taken Tooele's concerns to heart. WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN.