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12 <br /> Based on the array of factors considered (93 factors within 8 evaluation <br /> categories), comments received from the public, the results of a <br /> community survey and the application of a comprehensive siting process <br /> by experienced professionals, Piedmont is confident that all routes (A ,B, <br /> C and D) were viable routes when compared to any other possible routing <br /> opportunity in the study area. <br /> Question 3: Why does the study area constrain the investigation to routes from the <br /> south and east only, and not the north or west? <br /> At the beginning of the routing study in April, 1997, Piedmont EMC <br /> assumed that possible routing opportunities existed to the north where <br /> existing Duke Power transmission 100,000 and 44,000 volt lines could be <br /> tapped to provide bulk power to the proposed substation. Additionally, <br /> PEMC believed that an existing Duke 230,000 volt line north of the <br /> electrical load center(the substation site) could serve as a source of bulk <br /> power. PEMC instructed its siting consultant to simultaneously study <br /> routing opportunities from these Duke lines and to open discussions with <br /> Duke regarding their possible use as sources of bulk power. Three <br /> developments occurred which ruled out the practicality of a supply from <br /> the north: <br /> 1. Duke would not allow use of the 230 kV or 44 kV lines as a <br /> power source because of electrical capacity and reliability <br /> reasons <br /> 2. Duke indicated that the fee associated with tapping the 100 kV <br /> line would be an amount that would be unreasonable to <br /> recover from our consumers; and <br /> 3. Our siting consultants, Duke Engineering & Services, <br /> determined that intense development between the Duke 230, <br /> 100, 44 kV lines, and the load center would rule out any <br /> routing opportunities which would minimize effects on the <br /> environment and people when compared to routing <br /> opportunities to the east and south. <br /> There were no bulk power sources to the west, and therefore no alternate <br /> routes. <br /> Question 4: Will Piedmont agree to connect power to the new substation from a <br /> source to the north of the substation? If the answer is no, please <br /> explain your reasoning. <br /> See response to question 3. <br /> 2 <br />