Elsinore Power Lines Victory Reported

[SHGA Communications]

"We're claiming this as a victory for us and the sport."

From the North County Times


By: JOSE CARVAJAL - Staff Writer
LAKE ELSINORE ---- The latest plan for a high-voltage transmission line that would serve a proposed hydroelectric power plant in the hills southwest of the lake calls for a segment of the line to be buried underground, federal administrators said Thursday.

That would eliminate the risks posed by the transmission line to hang gliders, who say the area is a world-renowned hotbed for the sport.
"We are claiming this as a victory for hang gliding," Elsinore Hang Gliding Association representative Ken Niemi said Thursday. "It seems that (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) has recognized this. It seems they're doing something now. We're claiming this as a victory for us and the sport."

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