At a public hearing in 2004, residents, concerned citizens and SCELP raised questions about the use of existing right-of-ways for the construction of the power line, rather than the destruction of natural, undisturbed habitats. Yet DHEC approved the project even though Central Electric failed to meet the legal requirements of showing a lack of feasible alternatives.

We asked the Administrative Law Court to reverse DHEC’s approval of this project, and to protect this untouched riverine system.