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CL&P has plans to add a lot more pop for its customers in North Central Connecticut, as well as Springfield, Massachusetts.
The electric company wants to run a new set of power lines, parallel to existing ones, which would stretch 34 miles from North Bloomfield to Ludlow.
The current lines carry 115,000 volts; the new ones would add another 345,000 volts, with towers which CL&P claims would only be five feet taller than the ones now.
CL&P also claims the power boost will improve reliability and cost to customers, as well as promote cleaner generated power.
Folks for and against the $714 million project gave their opinions at the East Granby Community Center Tuesday night -- the first of three public hearings before the Sighting Council.
Some homeowners, whose property borders the power line right-a-way, expressed concerns over possible health problems due to a boosted "electric magnetic field," or EMF.
"Although we can't conclusively prove that it absolutely, 100 percent, will create some health hazard for our children, they can not prove 100 percent conclusively that it will not," homeowner Talina Posson said.
The next public hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30pm at the Suffield High School Auditorium.
The Sighting Council is expected to make a decision on how and where the power lines will go in October.
The electric company wants to run a new set of power lines, parallel to existing ones, which would stretch 34 miles from North Bloomfield to Ludlow.
The current lines carry 115,000 volts; the new ones would add another 345,000 volts, with towers which CL&P claims would only be five feet taller than the ones now.
CL&P also claims the power boost will improve reliability and cost to customers, as well as promote cleaner generated power.
Folks for and against the $714 million project gave their opinions at the East Granby Community Center Tuesday night -- the first of three public hearings before the Sighting Council.
Some homeowners, whose property borders the power line right-a-way, expressed concerns over possible health problems due to a boosted "electric magnetic field," or EMF.
"Although we can't conclusively prove that it absolutely, 100 percent, will create some health hazard for our children, they can not prove 100 percent conclusively that it will not," homeowner Talina Posson said.
The next public hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 6:30pm at the Suffield High School Auditorium.
The Sighting Council is expected to make a decision on how and where the power lines will go in October.
