Allegheny Energy pledges cooperation on power line

Allegheny Energy pledges cooperation on power line

CHARLESTON (AP) -- Allegheny Energy's chief executive is pledging to support Gov. Joe Manchin's proposal to tax a proposed $1.3 billion multistate power line that would cross West Virginia.

Paul Evanson says he, too, wants to make sure the Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line benefits West Virginia and his customers. Evanson says completing the power line between Pennsylvania and Virginia should be a great benefit to all parties and he intends to work with Manchin and the state Legislature.

Manchin says West Virginia should be compensated for providing energy to other states.

An Allegheny subsidiary wants to build the 240-mile power line to bolster electrical supplies to 13 eastern states. The proposed Pennsylvania-to-Virginia route would cross over Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy and Hampshire counties.