Wilson, Idaho, another casualty of Idaho Power's cavalier condemnation of its rural customers' communities and lives:
Small Idaho community frustrated with Idaho Power
updated 4/19/2009 by Scott Evans (see Channel 7 video)
http://www.ktvb.com/news/canyoncounty/ktvbn-apr1809-frustrated_community.ea871599.html
MELBA -- A small community in Owyhee County is frustrated after watching Idaho Power start construction on a new substation and a potential power line - that once built, will surround them on every side.
This community of two to three dozen people says they have heard nothing from Idaho Power about the construction going on around them.
They want answers and right now, but they say no one is talking.
This secluded community just off the Snake River feels hopeless and alone when it comes to their opinion on what's going on around them.
"We had no idea the power lines were going to come anywhere near us, we thought that if they were going to build a station, the power lines, they were going to build it further out past us, but it's coming right through our community here," said Roger Francois.
About six weeks ago, Idaho Power broke ground on the Hemmingway Substation that is just across the street from these disgruntled homeowners. . .
We spoke with an Idaho Power spokesperson about why these homeowners aren't in the loop. She said that they are required to notify people who live within two-thirds of a mile from the site. . .
"There’s so much open space out here. They don't have to put it right here, right through a community," said Schramm.
Those we spoke to say they feel as though they are powerless when it comes to the future of their community.
An Idaho Power spokesperson says the location of the substation is set, as well as the power line going to Boise, but the location of the power line that would surround this community has yet to be decided. They are still taking public input on that matter.
Just ask Parma, Kuna, Burley, American Falls, Payette, Bruneau, Adrian, Ontario, Baker City, etc. about PUBLIC INPUT
