http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,0,0,html National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC) information. Federal designation allowing federal eminent domain to site high-voltage transmission lines. http://www.pecva.org/anx/img/logo.gif http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,0,0,html Piedmont Environmental Council 60 en April 30, 2008. PEC Press Release. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,1148,-1,html Virginia Governor Kaine and Attorney General Bob McDonnell have submitted a Request for Rehearing, calling DOE's designation "unlawful" and in excess of Federal Authority. Other states including PA, MD, and NY have also filed. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,768,-1,html Led by PEC and the National Wildlife Federation, 11 regional and national environmental organizations filed suit against the Department of Energy over its final designation of a mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,767,-1,html The US Department of Energy has designated more than 116,000 square miles (from upstate New York through Ohio) for inclusion in the mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,755,-1,html Important dates related to National Interest Corridor designation. http://www.pecva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,285,754,-1,html