Mayor Smolinski and the Board of Trustees will hold an additional meeting to update the community about its response to ComEd's proposed plan to install a new 138kV electric line through Roselle along the south side of the I-390 corridor as part of its West Central Reliability Project. This meeting will be held on Monday, March 21 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lake Park High School West Campus Auditorium, 500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Roselle.
A coalition of communities, including Roselle, Schaumburg, Hanover Park, Itasca, and Elk Grove Village, have met repeatedly over the last several weeks in an effort to develop a coordinated and multi-community response to the proposed project. This coalition has met with expert legal counsel that have previously litigated cases before the Illinois Commerce Commission (which regulates utility projects in Illinois), and lobbyist/consulting firms that have specific experience developing advocacy strategies. This work is being done in anticipation of opposing the project by intervening in ComEd's case before the ICC. While ComEd has not yet filed its proposed plan with the ICC, the utility previously stated it will do so sometime in March. Information about the coalition's work will be presented in detail at the March 21 meeting.
The Illinois Commerce Commission is currently accepting public comments regarding ComEd's proposed plan. Visit the ICC website and scroll down to the non-docketed cases to find the "Non-Docketed - ComEd Proposed New West Central Transmission Line" entry in order to comment. The ICC Consumer Services Division will also accept comments via telephone. Call 1-800-524-0795 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday to speak to an ICC representative. Additionally, State Representative Michelle Mussman is circulating a digital petition urging the ICC to stop the West Central Reliability Project. Visit the digital petition page online to sign it and leave further comments.
More information about the proposed project and Village's coordinated response can be found on the Village's website.
A coalition of communities, including Roselle, Schaumburg, Hanover Park, Itasca, and Elk Grove Village, have met repeatedly over the last several weeks in an effort to develop a coordinated and multi-community response to the proposed project. This coalition has met with expert legal counsel that have previously litigated cases before the Illinois Commerce Commission (which regulates utility projects in Illinois), and lobbyist/consulting firms that have specific experience developing advocacy strategies. This work is being done in anticipation of opposing the project by intervening in ComEd's case before the ICC. While ComEd has not yet filed its proposed plan with the ICC, the utility previously stated it will do so sometime in March. Information about the coalition's work will be presented in detail at the March 21 meeting.
The Illinois Commerce Commission is currently accepting public comments regarding ComEd's proposed plan. Visit the ICC website and scroll down to the non-docketed cases to find the "Non-Docketed - ComEd Proposed New West Central Transmission Line" entry in order to comment. The ICC Consumer Services Division will also accept comments via telephone. Call 1-800-524-0795 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday to speak to an ICC representative. Additionally, State Representative Michelle Mussman is circulating a digital petition urging the ICC to stop the West Central Reliability Project. Visit the digital petition page online to sign it and leave further comments.
More information about the proposed project and Village's coordinated response can be found on the Village's website.
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