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Haymarket News Archive
Chronological archive of the 291 articles and records collected for the Haymarket transmission-line fight. Dedicated case materials are organized separately on the case hub.
- — PrinceWilliamTimes.com: Town council opposes proposed power lines
- — Who does this power line serve?
- — Why will Dominion bury some lines but not others?
- — Power lines are forever …. act now
- — Some facts about 230 kv (industrial-grade) transmission lines
- — Primary customer: Amazon data center at Midwoods?
- — Del. Bob Marshall: Power Line Town Hall Meeting
- — News from Pete Candland's office
- — Older WashPost Article applies to all routes
- — Virginia Underground Power Line Report to SCC
- — Town of Haymarket Report on Datacenter and Powerline
- — The two pole tower is a stated option for this project
- — FAQ about the Haymarket powerline fight
- — Dominion Haymarket Transmission Line and Substation Project
- — Community Action: Antioch Baptist Church
- — Transmission Line Comparison
- — Interactive Google Map of Dominion Power's 5 Routes
- — Resource Protection Area (RPA)
- — Letter To Dominion on Potentially Impacted Historical Sites
- — Comprehensive Adverse Impact Analysis Report
- — Who speaks for beauty?
- — Washington Post: Proposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos
- — Big Success at the Town Hall – thanks!
- — This Fight Is About the Rural Crescent, Not My Back Yard
- — Great letter to Jeff Bezos (CEO and Founder of Amazon)
- — Birds and Bats!
- — Potentially Affected Roads and Streets
- — Questions for Dominion Power
- — Distance of Homes from Proposed Power Lines by Route
- — Big success at the Virginia General Assembly!
- — Turn the Mill Around Campaign
- — Great start in Richmond … but limiting Dominion will be a long term effort
- — New Haymarket Resolution
- — 700 dialed in to Hugo-Ramadan telephone town hall
- — Candland's Power Line Update
- — Bob Marshall's Power Line Legislation Update
- — Letter from Delegate Hugo
- — Senator Black's Office Responds
- — Haymarket Town Council Resolution
- — Pete Candland Launches Co-Signed Letter to SCC
- — Heritage Hunt Golf Club Community Suffers Big Loss Along Northern Route Alternative
- — Coalition Letter to Dominion Power Executives… "We Stand Firm and United"
- — Adverse Impact Analysis for the 'New Road' Alternative Route (12.2 miles)
- — Adverse Impacts of 'Western' Alternative Route (10.5 miles)
- — Adverse Impact Analysis Reports
- — Adverse Impact Analysis for the 'Railroad Alternative' Route (6.0 miles)
- — Adverse Impact Analysis for the 'Northern Alternative' Route (6.1 miles)
- — Dominion Power: Haymarket Transmission Project – Status Update
- — Letter: Tim Hugo to PWC Constituents
- — Maps
- — Press Release: Coalition Partners with Winery at La Grange to Fight Power Towers
- — Coalition Commends Candland's Statement of Opposition
- — Supervisor Candland: Dominion Power Removes Three Routes From Consideration
- — Power Line Update, June 24, 2015
- — Del. Bob Marshall: Routes Added and Routes Removed
- — Washington Post: Dominion unveils new routes for huge power line through Prince William
- — Press Release: Coalition Says Latest Dominion Information Doubles Residents at Risk
- — Press Release: Coalition Urges Residents On All Routes: Show Up, Speak Up On July 15th
- — Inside NOVA: Activists ready to fight Amazon
- — MyFoxDC: Prince William County residents fighting proposed power line for Amazon facility
- — Press Release: Coalition Praises County Board Stand For Residents Against Dominion
- — InsideNOVA: Dominion confirms Haymarket power line planned for just one business
- — WTOP: Frustrations flare over proposed power lines
- — News Coverage
- — RT Question More: A ‘very expensive extension cord’: Virginia community fights Amazon power line
- — Legislation
- — Get a T-Shirt! Get a Sign!
- — Videos
- — Washington Post: Pr. William backs a route that would bury most of high-voltage power line
- — InsideNOVA: Board votes to support partially-buried Haymarket power line
- — Adverse Impacts
- — Send Email: Thank Supervisors for their support of the Resolution
- — Five Quick Facts…
- — Letter to Amazon: Inappropriately Placed Data Center Will Harm Residents and Community in Haymarket/Gainesville
- — Send Email: Letter to Amazon and Jeff Bezos
- — HaymarketBeat: Coalition of PWC Address Amazon CEO
- — SCC (State Corporation Commission) Transmission Line Process
- — Nov. 5, 2015 – Dominion Power Notice to PW Supervisors Concerning Preferred Route…
- — Press Release: Dominion Filing Friday November 6th Still Puts Residents at Risk
- — Haymarket Town Council Resolution #2015-016
- — Del. Bob Marshall Responds to SCC Concerning Hearing Dates
- — State Corporation Commission Email
- — Route 66 Declaration Form
- — Press Release: SCC Bias in Amazon/Dominion Power Line Case?
- — SCC Procedural Schedule for Haymarket project PUE-2015-00107
- — USEFUL INFO
- — Bull Run Observer: SCC hearings on power line proposal similar to court proceedings
- — Amazon – Haymarket AWS data centers
- — SCC Sets Additional Public Hearing for Haymarket Transmission Line Project
- — Questions on Water to Cool Haymarket Data Center
- — Carver Road and Madison Routes
- — Bull Run Observer: SCC begins hearings on power line Feb. 24; another hearing May 2
- — Haymarket Beat: Prince William Coalition Plans Press Conference before SCC Dominion Power Hearing
- — What's Up Woodbridge: SCC hearing tomorrow in Haymarket for Dominion power lines
- — Press Release: Dominion Damaging Communities to Hang Amazon Extension Cord
- — Statement from Delegate Bob Marshall entered into the record at the Feb. 24 SCC hearing
- — Haymarket Beat: Prince William Coalition Plans Press Conference before SCC Dominion Power Hearing
- — Bull Run Observer: SCC Listens to Residents Testify about Power Line
- — Feb. 24th SCC Local Hearing Testimony
- — Bull Run Observer: Group representatives like what they hear, as neighbors testify at first SCC hearing on power lines on Feb. 24
- — Exciting Updates!
- — SCC Local Hearings Testimony Documents
- — PWC BOCS Withdraws as Respondent
- — Bull Run Observer – Some speakers hit on protecting property values and local landscape at second round of power line hearings
- — Be a Somebody
- — Easy Email to Board Supervisors – Approve April 12 Resolution
- — Ask the PWC Board of Supervisors Approve April 12 Resolution
- — Final Resolution approved by the BOCS – April 12, 2016
- — Press Release: BOCS Reaffirms Commitment to Help Unplug Amazon Extension Cord
- — Ask Planning Commissioners to Vote for Alternative A Zoning Text Amendments
- — SEND EMAILS – Planning Commission Zoning Text Amendment Vote April 20
- — Planning Commission: UNANIMOUS YES!
- — Press Release: Come, add your voice to ours…the citizens of Haymarket and Gainesville
- — Bull Run Observer: Final SCC hearing here on power line
- — Bull Run Observer: Board to back citizens on power line, after all
- — DON'T FORGET – FINAL LOCAL SCC HEARING – TONIGHT!
- — Jeremy and Annie – Emails after May 2 SCC Hearing
- — Public Testimonies
- — SCC probing Wheeler, New Rd. routes and asking DVP other hard-hitting questions
- — Send Email: PWC Supervisors, Approve ZTA Alternative A
- — Citizen Email: May 17 BOCS Meeting – Approve ZTA A
- — Bull Run Observer: Power line hearing at BHS ends before all can testify
- — Press Release: BOCS Shows Leadership, "Gets It 100% Right" with Zoning Text Update
- — Bob Marshall: SCC Finds Amazon is Main Customer for Haymarket Power Line
- — Press Release: Amazon Knew Haymarket Site Unsuitable, Dominion Power Admits
- — Bull Run Observer: Power line issue: SCC staff backs hybrid route
- — Press Release: Dominion Diverts Amazon Attention, Changes Tune In SCC Testimony
- — Press Release: DEFENSIVE DOMINION CALLS ON CORPORATE CRONIES, LAMBASTS LOCAL LEADERS
- — Press Release: DOMINION’S REGULATOR SEES POSSIBLE PATTERN OF EXPLOITING RATEPAYERS
- — Pete Candland: SCC Legal Team Weighs in on Dominion's Preferred Power Line Routing
- — Bob Marshall: Good News – Haymarket Power Line
- — We Need Your Help – Dominion wants a 'Do-Over'!
- — We Respond to Dominion
- — SCC Hearing Examiner – Final Recommendation
- — SCC Examiner's Recommendation – NOT GOOD!
- — Act Now to Make a Difference
- — Bull Run Observer: Del. Marshall critical of SCC examiner's choice of Carver Rd. alternative route for power lines
- — Bull Run Observer: Coalition raises issues with SCC examiner's Carver Rd. choice
- — Press Release: Coalition Legal Counsel Rejects – and Refutes – SCC Hearing Examiner's Report
- — Coalition Legal Counsel Rejects & Refutes SCC Hearing Examiner's Report
- — Pete Candland: Dominion Doubles Down on the I-66 Above Ground Option
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Hybrid Route is Best Choice
- — Send Email: Formal Request for Hearing by Army Corps of Engineers
- — ACTION REQUIRED: Email Army Corps of Engineers
- — ACTION REQUIRED: Email General Assembly
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Power Lines Don't Belong on Carver
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Power lines would endanger community
- — Derecho – HB1766 and SB1110 Preparing To Take A Dirt Nap?
- — The Jeffersoniad: Riggleman: Dominion Power Must Be Stopped
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch Letter to Editor: Decision on power lines was unfair
- — Community-Wide Notification
- — Send Email: Va. Senate Must VOTE NO
- — Press Release: Habeeb-Stanley "Trojan Horse" Aims to Eliminate Local Voice in Utility Regulation
- — InsideNOVA: General Assembly bill to clear up language has some worried that an amendment would benefit Dominion
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion underground line bill, Appalachian bill bypassing local zoning, clear committee
- — Link to Senate Video – 2/16/17 – HB 1766
- — The Derecho: "Now Let Us Have Our Way And Be Gone"
- — Press Release: Virginia House and Senate Amend Legislation; Stopping Short-Circuit of Local Voice in Infrastructure Zoning
- — Coalition Follow-Up to USACE 3/8/17 Meeting
- — Dominion-Amazon Haymarket Site Pictures
- — Send Email: PWC Planning – Defer PLN2013-00182 and PLN2014-00190
- — SCC Commissioner Ruling – Full Text
- — Del. Bob Marshall: It's All For The Money
- — Press Release: BREAKING NEWS – SCC Commissioner Ruling
- — WTOP: Va. regulators punt power line decision to Prince William County
- — Richmond Times Dispatch: State Corporation Commission authorizes contentious transmission line for Amazon data center
- — Data Center Knowledge: New Power Line for Amazon may run above Railroad despite opposition
- — InsideNoVa: State rejects Prince William's preferred Dominion Power line route
- — Some Things for ALL of us to consider….
- — Send Email: PWC Supervisors re: Haymarket Substation
- — Somerset HOA: Letter to PWC – 5/8/17
- — Somerset HOA – Deed of Gift of Easement – 1/8/15
- — PWC: SCC Encourages Board support Railroad Route for Haymarket transmission line – 5/25/17
- — Inside NoVa: Amazon data center, Dominion power line under federal scrutiny
- — Bull Run Observer: Feds question data center and power line impact on historical value
- — Inside NoVa: Supervisors reject both routes for power lines at Haymarket data center
- — PWC Response/Resolution to Dominion request to cross Easement for Railroad Route – 6/1/17
- — BOCS refuses either route choice put forward by SCC
- — Dominion requests Carver Rd. route to SCC for Haymarket data center transmission line
- — Bull Run Observer: Supervisors want neither Railroad nor Carver Rd. power line location
- — SCC Final Order: Carver Rd. Route
- — Send Email: Jeff Bezos
- — Coalition Letter to Jeff Bezos – 7/2/17
- — Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened
- — Send your own email: Time for Jeff Bezos to hear our collective voices: Don't destroy our homes, Don't be a Greenwash hypocrite
- — Motions for Rehearing or Reconsideration – 7/13/17
- — Washington Post: Va. panel to reconsider power line route that would uproot ex-slave's descendents
- — SCC Order Granting Reconsideration – 7/14/17
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch: Filing claims Amazon doesn't need controversial Prince William County transmission line for data-center – 7/17/17
- — Washington Post: Prince William to donate $30,000 to legal effort against proposed power line route
- — Prince William Times: Supervisors pledge $30,000 to power-line fight in western Prince William – 7/19/17
- — Advisory Council for Historic Preservation (ACHP) followup letter to Army Corps of Engineers – 7/21/17
- — SCC: Order Directing Additional Pleadings 7/24/17
- — Dominion: Mathe Letter to Carver Rd. residents – 072417
- — Dominion: McGuire Letter to Chairman Stewart, BOCS – 7/24/17
- — InsideNOVA: New hurdle for Dominion power line could quash Carver Rd. route
- — Dominion: Motion to Hold Proceeding in Abeyance for 60 Days and for Expedited Conveyance – 7/24/17
- — SCC: Order on Requested Abeyance – 7/25/17
- — The Derecho Blog: Dominion Energy, The Monopoly that Can't Shoot Straight – 7/25/17
- — Coalition: Email and Press Release – Call to Action! – 7/26/17
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion gets delay on Prince William transmission line that has sparked resistance
- — Dominion's current description of Haymarket project on their website – July 2017
- — Del. Marshall: Letter to SCC – 7/3/17
- — Washington Post Dominion Energy OpEd: Standing in the way of improving a county's power
- — Thanks!
- — Derecho Blog: Dominion CEO Makes It Personal and Ratchets Up The Fear
- — WJLA: Dispute pitting neighbors against power company and Amazon in Prince William County
- — PWC Board passes unanimous resolution challenging NEED for Haymarket project
- — The Derecho Blog: The more things change, the more Dominion stays the same
- — Dominion Full Page Ad – 8/2/17
- — Daily KOS: Amazon needs land – so they're taking it from elderly Black folk descended from freed slaves
- — Where's the Need? Citizen Letter
- — Lee Carter: Corporate greed trumps human need: Dominion is at it again
- — Exit Heritage Realty – Haymarket Homeowner: Dominion Virginia Power Line Project
- — Bull Run Observer: Carver Rd. residents battle against power lines
- — Washington Post Letter to the Editor: Corey Stewart – It's Dominion that would leave customers behind in Prince William
- — Washington Post: Dominion – Corey Stewart turn power line dispute into larger political battle
- — The Derecho Blog: Chuck Penn and Dominion double down on Arrogant and Stupid
- — InsideNOVA: Dominion attacks Corey Stewart over power line project
- — Dominion's Bully Tactics and Alternative "Facts"
- — StopPATH WV Blog: How Dare you, Dominion!
- — My Six Cents on All the Razzmatazz
- — Coalition email: Alert! CRITICAL UPDATES
- — Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion insists need for controversial Haymarket transmission line hasn't gone away
- — Dominion Response to Motions for Reconsideration – 8/16/17
- — Inside NoVa: Dominion turning away from controversial route for Prince William power line
- — Haymarket Update: Dominion Energy Files Response to Petitions for Rehearing or Reconsideration
- — Delegate Marshall: Dominion's SCC Deceit, Deception, and Dishonesty
- — Washington Post: Dominion says it may seek to build power lines along I-66 amid opposition to route in Prince William near descendants of ex-slave
- — WAMU: How do you power an Amazon data center? Longtime Prince William residents don't want to find out
- — Protest: August 19
- — Coalition Press Release: Looking for Clarity in the Chaos – Don't Let Dominion Redefine the Issues at Stake
- — WTOP: Historic black neighborhood may be spared from Dominion Energy power line
- — Prince William-Gainesville Times: An open letter to Dominion: Where's the need?
- — Washington Post: Dominion abandons plan to build power lines near descendants of ex-slave in Northern Virginia
- — Coalition Press Release: Don't Believe the Hype: No Decision Has Been Made!
- — Community Day on Carver Road: September 30
- — Del. Marshall: Underground route ONLY! There is no Plan B!
- — Inside NOVA: Prince William Power Line: No rest for opponents after Carver Road win
- — SCC Issues Order Remanding Further Proceedings on proposed Haymarket project
- — Inside NoVa: New hearings ordered for controversial Gainesville powerline
- — Coalition Press Release: Dominion’s Regulator and Coalition Agree; Powerline Need Unproven – 12/6/17
- — Breaking News: SCC delivers lump of coal to Dominion
- — Supervisor Jeanine Lawson: SCC Orders New Proceedings
- — SCC Schedule for Remand Hearing
- — SCC Staff Questions to Dominion
- — A Rare Opportunity: You can Make the Difference
- — Dominion Response to SCC Staff Interrogatories
- — Dominion Remand Testimony 010518
- — Dominion's Proposed Overhead and Hybrid Maps – 010818
- — InsideNOVA: Legislation would bury controversial Haymarket power line
- — Coalition Press Release: Next 30 Days May Determine Next 30 Years
- — They Listened – and We Need to Do More
- — Inside NOVA: Legislation would bury controversial Haymarket power line
- — Dominion Motion for Extension and Hearing Examiner Ruling
- — Dominion Requests Delay – Coalition Agrees — And the Fight Continues
- — TAKE ACTION: Email support for Del. Hugo's bill undergrounding Haymarket transmission line
- — Legislation proposed in 2018 General Assembly
- — You Made a Difference!
- — Corey Stewart: State Delegation of PWC Votes Against Burying Haymarket Power Lines
- — PRESS RELEASE: Bill Burying Haymarket Transmission Line Passes General Assembly
- — PRESS RELEASE: Bill Burying Haymarket Transmission Line Passes General Assembly
- — InsideNOVA: Prince William supervisors drop opposition to project
- — Stipulating Agreement and Motion for Expedited Consideration of Stipulation
- — Coalition Press Release: BREAKING NEWS!!
- — Washington Post: Dominion agrees to bury power lines in Prince William, ending legal standoff
- — SCC Staff Remand Testimony
- — SCC Hearing Examiner Remand Report – 5/8/18
- — Dominion Energy: Email to Community, Project Postcard
- — Tim Hugo: Statement on SCC accepting Dominion Energy's application to bury Haymarket power lines
- — Dominion Energy: Haymarket Project, I-66 Hybrid Route Approved
- — Bloomberg Businessweek: Amazon Isn't Paying Its Electric Bills. You Might Be.
- — WTTG Fox5: PWC residents unhappy with helping foot bill for new Amazon data center's power lines
- — Dominion Energy 7/30/18 – Confirm partially buried I66 route for Haymarket Transmission Line – Amazon Extension Cord
- — Hybrid Route Powerline – Legislative Update Town Hall – TOMORROW
- — HB 2469 Voted Down in Subcommittee
- — Haymarket Transmission Line/Substation UPDATE
- — Derecho Blog: Is the County setting us up for a new powerline fight?
- — Gainesville Crossing data center rezoning request
- — Gainesville Crossing data center power need
- — Send Email: Deny REZ2018-0008 Rezoning for Gainesville Crossing data center
- — URGENT: New Data Center/Transmission Line Threat
- — Send Email: Please Defer the Gainesville Crossing data center
- — URGENT ACTION: Haymarket Transmission Line 2.0?!
- — Elena Schlossberg: Haymarket Transmission Line fight lessons should not be ignored
- — More data centers, transmission line and substations for Haymarket/Gainesville
- — CALL TO ACTION: Another Data Center Transmission Line for Gainesville?!
- — Industrial Proliferation: Transmission Line Disaster 2.0
- — Prince William Times: Supervisors approve 103-acre data center plan outside Haymarket that could trigger new electric transmission lines
- — Another Haymarket-Gainesville Data Center Approved
- — Haymarket Amazon Transmission Line