“Guess she wants to be on the grid, just wants the power lines in someone else’s back yard.”
So she shouldn’t have a say on what happens to her property?
In New York bars often hire moonlighting cops as bouncers/security. You can guess at how many illegal activities they must overlook to do that work.
Individuals can not stop a power line, if they could, none would ever get built.
How long could you survive with out electricity in your town?
Power lines are absolutely for the common good, and not at all like some darned boneheaded redevelopment scheme, like the asshats in Kelo, elected their representatives to pursue.