Puget
Sound Energy plans to build a new substation and upgrade approximately
18 miles of existing transmission lines from Redmond to Renton.
Over 6000 trees on the Eastside will be chopped down as a result
of this project. As
part of this effort, a new 3-mile-long, 115,000 volt transmission line
will be installed along 148th Avenue and NE 8th Street here in Bellevue.
In the process, about 300 trees would be removed.
Here are some of the ways in which PSE's "Energize
Eastside" could impact YOU, as a Bellevue resident:
1) Your
electric bill. PSE
plans to charge customers more to pay for the new transmission lines.
Your
bottom line is going to go UP!
2)
Your
safety. Mayor
Rich Crispo (Newcastle, Wa.), for example, said he shares the concerns
of some of his constituents who worry about the installation of 85- to
100-foot metal poles next to high-pressure jet fuel lines on a 100-foot
right of way with houses along both sides.
(Seattle Times Feb 29, 2016).
Consider:
What
could possibly go wrong?
(Bellingham,
Wa. explosion of a pipeline damaged
during construction, 1999, 3 dead) (Seattle
Times, July 14, 2017).
3)
Do
you want to live in a park? Or
in an industrial park?
