Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 57 - ELECTRIC SERVICE › Subchapter G - COMMISSION REVIEW OF SITING AND CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES › Section 57.72 - Form and content of application

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
					 Applications shall be in conformity with §
											1.31 (relating to form of
					 documentary filings generally). Supporting exhibits such as maps, photographs
					 and other engineering materials may be on paper not exceeding 28 inches by 40
					 inches.
(b) The application shall
					 be signed by a person having authority with respect thereto and having
					 knowledge of the matters therein set forth and shall be verified under
					 oath.
(c) An application shall
					 contain:
(1) The name of the applicant and the
					 address of its principal business office.
(2) The name, title and business address of
					 the attorney of the applicant and the person authorized to receive notice and
					 communications with respect to the application if other than the attorney of
					 the applicant.
(3) A general
					 description-not a legal or metes and bounds description-of the proposed route
					 of the HV line, to include the number of route miles, the right-of-way width
					 and the location of the proposed HV line within each city, borough, town and
					 township traversed.
(4) The names
					 and addresses of known persons, corporations and other entities of record
					 owning property within the proposed right-of-way, together with an indication
					 of HV line rights-of-way acquired by the applicant.
(5) A general statement of the need for the
					 proposed HV line in meeting identified present and future demands for service,
					 of how the proposed HV line will meet that need and of the engineering
					 justifications for the proposed HV line.
(6) A statement of the safety considerations
					 which will be incorporated into the design, construction and maintenance of the
					 proposed HV line.
(7) A description
					 of studies which had been made as to the projected environmental impact of the
					 HV line as proposed and of the efforts which have been and which will be made
					 to minimize the impact of the HV line upon the environment and upon scenic and
					 historic areas, including but not limited to impacts, where applicable, upon
					 land use, soil and sedimentation, plant and wildlife habitats, terrain,
					 hydrology and landscape.
(8) A
					 description of the efforts of the applicant to locate and identify
					 archaeologic, geologic, historic, scenic or wilderness areas of significance
					 within 2 miles of the proposed right-of-way and the location and identity of
					 the areas discovered by the applicant.
(9) The location and identity of airports
					 within 2 miles of the nearest limit of the right-of-way of the proposed HV
					 line.
(10) A general description of
					 reasonable alternative routes to the proposed HV line, including a description
					 of the corridor planning methodology, a comparison of the merits and detriments
					 of each route, and a statement of the reasons for selecting the proposed HV
					 line route;
(11) A list of the
					 local, State and Federal governmental agencies which have requirements which
					 shall be met in connection with the construction or maintenance of the proposed
					 HV line and a list of documents which have been or are required to be filed
					 with those agencies in connection with the siting and construction of the
					 proposed HV line.
(12) The
					 estimated cost of construction of the proposed HV line, and the projected date
					 for completion.
(13) The following
					 exhibits:
(i) A depiction of the proposed
					 route on aerial photographs and topographic maps of suitable detail.
(ii) A description of the proposed HV line,
					 including the length of the line, the design voltage, the size, number and
					 materials of the conductors, the design of the supporting structures and their
					 height, configuration and materials of construction, the average distance
					 between supporting structures, the number of supporting structures, the line to
					 structure clearances and the minimum conductor to ground clearance at mid-span
					 under normal load and average weather conditions and under predicted extreme
					 load and weather conditions.
(iii)
					 A simple drawing of a cross section of the proposed right-of-way of the HV line
					 and any adjoining rights-of-way showing the placement of the supporting
					 structures at typical locations, with the height and width of the structures,
					 the width of the right-of-way and the lateral distance between the conductors
					 and the edge of the right-of-way indicated.
(iv) A system map which shows in suitable
					 detail the location and voltage of existing transmission lines and substations
					 of the applicant and the location and voltage of the proposed HV line and
					 associated substations.
(14) A statement identifying litigation
					 concluded or in progress which concerns property or matter relating to the
					 proposed HV line, right-of-way route or environmental matters.
(15) Additional information as the Commission
					 may require.