NIMBY in China Hills, SoCal!

[Bateluer]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011...dents-fuming-over-200-foot-electrical-towers/

Uh guys, you want electricity or not? Renewable too.

CHINO HILLS (CBS) — Some Chino Hills residents are upset that Southern California Edison is putting 200-foot electrical towers in their neighborhood. Actually, upset is an understatement.

Someone once said fences make good neigbors…but electric towers? Not so much. One says, “It’s astounding they could do this. They could put this monster in my backyard.”

The towers are within 15 yards of homes. As one resident said to KCAL9′s Greg Mills, “If one of those poles falls over, it’s taking out my house, my family, my children.”

It’s part of a 173-mile project Edison is undertaking to bring renewable energy to customers from the Antelope Valley to San Bernardino County.

Mills reports Edison insists they have control of the existing right of way and they repeatedly notified residents of their plans to build and held community forums to get feedback.

Customers admit they understand Edison controls that area. But, the new poles are twice as high as previous towers and residents feel the obvious eyesores will hurt the re-sale value of their homes. And not only that, many are not thrilled that those towers are carrying 500 kilovolts of power.

Neighbors have spent 4-5 years fighting the project and Chino Hills Mayor Ed Graham says, “2.4 million” of tax payer money has been spent in the fight. Property values will drop.”

SCE had the chance to put the towers through a non-residential area (specifically Chino Hills State Park) but decided on a different route. The California Public Utilities Commission signed off on the location.

The previous power lines were inactive, for decades, but SCE insists residents moving in should have known new or larger towers were possible.

The City of Chino Hills is currently in a lawsuit and appealing the Commission’s decision.

 

[Eli]

The power company owns the easement...

And has long before the houses were built?

Not seeing the problem.

 

[AlienCraft]

Not surprising. Most people are stupid this way.

 

[Cogman]

Not surprising. Most people are stupid this way.

Yeah, like the people in my home town. They wanted to put a power line through the outskirts of our home town (the area was completely unoccupied). It would have been a rather big power line so it would be visible from the valley. Because of that, people came up with all sorts of crap. One guy claimed that the power lines would cause his irrigation pipes to corrode faster. Another claimed (and I'm not joking about this) that the lines would give his cows cancer.

The rest just started pulling up all sorts of nonsense claims about the power lines, (things like, "Oh, they will be right over our houses!" even though they were 10 miles from the nearest house and 20 miles from the town.).

Whats worse, the power company was willing to give our community a fairly hefty sum of money to allow the power line to go through our area. It would have meant more stable power for our area and the ability to open up a power plant.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

The towers look beautiful. *fap*

 

[MotF Bane]

The power company owns the easement...

And has long before the houses were built?

Not seeing the problem.

Too bad for the homeowners then.

 

[Wyndru]

Could be worse, they could be windmills...eyesores, noisy and killing the birds and bats. That's what all the farmers are bitching about in northern ny.

 

[brainhulk]

i would try to negotiate for free electricity for life

 

[Anubis]

Could be worse, they could be windmills...eyesores, noisy and killing the birds and bats. That's what all the farmers are bitching about in northern ny.

yea except they are quiet and don't kill many birds

the older smaller ones that spun much faster killed birds the large ones not so much

there are 2 farm within 20 miles of my house ive been to both and they dont make any more noise then a light breeze does

 

[Wyndru]

yea except they are quiet and don't kill many birds

the older smaller ones that spun much faster killed birds the large ones not so much

there are 2 farm within 20 miles of my house ive been to both and they dont make any more noise then a light breeze does

Oh maybe the new technology is better then. I've been close to a couple of windmills in malone and they are loud, (loud enough to hear over the sound of an idle atv) and there are dead birds and bats lying on the ground around them. They were installed about 2-3 years ago.

 

[Anubis]

if the large ones are loud its because the gearbox is not being properly maintained

 

[waggy]

we have a few wind farms near us. the things are huge and you can't hear them at all.

 

[her209]

i would try to negotiate for free electricity for life

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