PSE’s Energize Eastside project would result in industrial blighting of Bellevue and the other four cities the project would cut through and it does not preserve neighborhood character as is the policy of our city and our currently elected officials. And the project may be completely unnecessary.

PSE (owned by an off-shore foreign controlled hedge fund) is racing the technology clock as new energy solutions are rapidly advancing and many are already here.

PSE has refused to show data that would justify the need for its project. And because the city does not have the necessary expertise, the Bellevue City Council has called for an Independent expert to provide review. But the expert has not yet been hired.

The council should not let the EIS process commence until the independent expert weighs in with results.

Anything else would be premature.

Steve O’Donnell, Bellevue