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Ackerman & Ackerman, P.C.

Key Takeaways from ITC Easement Offers in Mid-Michigan Transmission Line Project

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The International Transmission Line (“ITC”) and its subsidiary, the Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC (“METC”), are currently seeking easements to install new transmission lines as part of their Long-Range...more

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Transmission Lines and Eminent Domain: What Property Owners Need to Know

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One of the most common types of cases we handle is utility takings for transmission lines. As governments attempt to improve the electrical grid to support the transportation of wind and solar energy, this type of case is...more

Lowndes

Developers: Be Wary of Utility Company Easement Forms (UPDATED)

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A utility company that provides service to an owner’s property usually requests the owner to sign a standard form of easement. The form of easement allows the utility company to enter onto the owner’s property to install and...more

Nossaman LLP

Balancing the Grantor and Grantee’s Rights to Use an Easement

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Some easements will contain express language that delineates the respective rights of the grantor and grantee to make use of the easement. Other times, even absent express language, a grantor can be prevented from using an...more

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Unpublished Decision Looks at Valuation Methodologies

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In Freeport Reg’l Water Auth. v. M&H Realty Partners VI, L.P., 2019 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6126 (Sept. 16, 2019), the court walked through a complicated fact pattern involving – in its simplest form – a 40-foot easement for...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

NC Department of Transportation Condemnation: What Do They Mean By Permanent Utility Easement?

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When the North Carolina Department of Transportation ("DOT") exercises its power of eminent domain, in addition to taking private property in fee simple, it will often take various easements, including Permanent Utility...more

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