Delaware lawmakers are moving to intervene in the proposed plan for the state’s utility users to pay for a transmission line to the Artificial Island nuclear power plant.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that a legislative committee met late last week to act as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gets set to rehear the plan for construction of the controversial power line.
The plan would place 60 percent of the cost on Delaware residents while Maryland would pick up 35 percent.
The Delaware General Assembly voted to reject those percentages last month.
Both Delaware Governor Jack Markell and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan have sharply criticized the plan.
The new lines which would run under the Delaware River to the substation is now expected to cost $272 million.
They are part of a $400 million upgrade to the power plant.
