So, we have some really exciting news to report today! As many of you may know, we have been working on a couple Plains and Eastern Clean Line opposition projects. To those of you who have signed, we had a chance to explain it to you. To those of you who have not had a chance to speak with us, here is what we have been doing:

Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC, filed a petition to become a public utility in Tennessee this past April. They did so through the Tennessee Regulatory Authority, which is Tennessee's version of our Arkansas Public Services Commission. This is an ongoing process, and this matter has not been decided yet, so we have a unique opportunity to have our voice heard in this process.

This is where we come in. We have drafted a letter to the Tennessee Regulatory Authority as a group of Arkansans who are opposed to this project. The letter we have written in opposition urges the Directors to deny Clean Line public utility status in Tennessee. If this becomes the case, we feel like it will be a pretty substantial blow to the Plains and Eastern Clean Line project.

Today, we submitted the letter and the first round of signatures to the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. The Staff and the Directors of the TRA who make the decision will view our letter and 276 signatures and ultimately take it into account when making their decision. The docket can be viewed here:

http://www.state.tn.us/tra/dockets/1400036.htm

The letter can be viewed here:

http://www.tn.gov/tra/orders/2014/1400036x.pdf

We would like to thank everyone who has helped us get to this point. We feel like this is a big step in the fight against this unnecessary burden on Arkansans. The fight is not over, though. We are going to continue gathering signatures for this. When we obtain an acceptable level of additional signatures, we will, again, send them in as an amendment to our original letter. We will continue to gather signatures and submit them as long as this docket is open.

If you would like to know how to help, please let us know!