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Settlement considered in power line dispute
BY BRIAN C. JONES
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Signaling possible resolution of the dispute about whether power lines across the Providence and East Providence waterfronts should be buried, Narragansett Electric Company has proposed a 10-point settlement. The electric company, which owns the 1.2 mile-long network of steel towers and heavy-duty transmission lines, says it’s willing to negotiate with parties to the controversy, including Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch.
In a letter to the state Energy Facility Siting Board and the Public Utilities Commission, the company suggested extending official deliberations two weeks to facilitate the talks. On Monday, January 12, the Siting Board rejected the delay, but Narragansett spokesman Frederick L. Mason III says "discussion and exchange of ideas" are continuing anyway. The company wants the Department of Transportation to give it until the spring of 2006, rather than November 2005, to complete the shift.
