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Power Line Dispute Flares Up Northeast Utilities Shareholders.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2004
By Stacy Wong, The Hartford Courant, Conn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 12--CROMWELL, Conn. -- Controversy over a proposed Middletown-to-Norwalk power line spilled into the Northeast Utilities annual meeting Tuesday, triggering a spirited exchange of shareholder opinions about potential health threats posed by the line.
The debate began when two new shareholders -- both members of an activist group, one of them a medical doctor -- raised concerns about radiation emanating from the line. It progressed when a retired lineman who spent years working on power lines dismissed their concerns as unfounded.
The activists' comments before shareholders signaled the latest push by opponents of the 69-mile project to get NU to put more...
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