Kingfisher Landowner Shares Eminent Domain Experience

Private landowners in Oklahoma are beginning negotiations with Clean Line Energy Partners who is seeking a right-of-way easement to begin construction on its Plains and Eastern transmission project, a power line that will transport energy from the Oklahoma Panhandle, across Arkansas, and into western Tennessee. Bill Murray of Kingfisher, Okla. can relate to the landowers' current struggle. In 2007, Murray and his wife were notified that their land was being condemned for public use by OG&E Energy Corporation. They were not originally in the power line’s path. However, as he describes in this video, OG&E changed its mind after meetings with private landowners. Murray and his family originally bought the scenic piece of property to build their dream home with a view. The power line, however, crossed exactly where the house would have been built. He feels that major corporations such as Clean Line Energy and OG&E abuse eminent domain authority to make a profit.

VIDEO: Catherine Combes, 1:35