The Coalition to Protect Prince William County
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The State Corporation Commission has the regulatory authority to approve or deny all applications for new power lines, including the proposed 230kV Transmission Line and Substation west of the Haymarket Town Limits. Gainesville District Supervisor Pete Candland is asking citizens who oppose this transmission line
More than 700 citizens of the Gainesville-Haymarket-Rural Crescent area of northern Prince William County took part in a massive telephone town hall conference Thursday night February 5th to explore the possible impact of a new high-power electrical transmission line running through the area. The conference
It would be easy for some to say that this power line fight in Haymarket is all about NIMBY. But they would be wrong. This power line fight is about how a County plans its future. This fight is about how community comes together to protect the vision of why
This picture – taken in Hume, VA – is a haunting reminder of what everyone in the Rural Crescent will face should we not stop Amazon’s power towers.
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Just in case folks are thinking we are looking at the single pole option the Dominion Proposal clearly shows the two pole towers are an option as well. See https://www.dom.com/library/domcom/pdfs/electric-transmission/haymarket/typical-structure.pdf. Also keep in mind that these “smaller tower” Right Of Ways (like those near Catharpin)
Most of the folks in the direct path are wondering how a normal 20 foot wide power easement can suddenly become a 120 foot easement with no due process? Although some people have stated this can be done under “eminent domain” – but I wonder
A very nice report: Town Of Haymarket Report – click to download (note it is big so give it minute – please also note that IE may have an issue but it works fine in Chrome – go figure) that shows what the Town Of Haymarket carefully
If anyone has a specific answer to why Dominion Power feels free to run lines though areas that buy their power from NOVEC please put in comment below.
This 2006 report can be found at: https://jlarc.virginia.gov/reports/Rpt343.pdf. It is over 150 pages long and contains a lot of information relevant to our struggle. Highlites they cited include: Technologies are available to enable electric transmission lines to be placed underground. Except when there are very expensive
We have create a high resolution flyer you file you can download here: [media-downloader media_id=”84″ texts=”powerline-flyer”].
Written in August about the first through Haymarket, it adds some more context to the wider effort now going on. Click to open in a new tab or window: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/haymarket-gainesville-residents-fight-new-high-voltage-line-by-dominion-power/2014/08/29/8506dac8-2fbb-11e4-9b98-848790384093_story.html
Thank you for writing to Supervisor Candland about the proposed Dominion Power lines through your neighborhood. The Supervisor has asked me to provide more information for you. The news of the power lines is disturbing and we have heard from many residents along the proposed
Here is a link to a list of cemetaries in PWC, and some are near the project path: https://www.pwcvabooks.com/Cemeteries1.htm.
Dear Protect PWC: It has come to my attention that you are working on informing people about the proposed routes for the “Haymarket” Transmission lines. I wanted to forward you the email I have sent to folks who have contacted me about this issue. I
Good summary of what just happened in Gainesville and Haymarket and now are a concern for the entire region: https://www.northernvatimes.com/gainesville/article/dominion-proposes-gville-to-haymarket-power-line-extension. Some key takeaways are: Looks like an Amazon datacenter is the likely power hungry customer next to the Haymarket Substation. If serving the area was the
Since the Dominion Power provided maps are a bit fuzzy I have done my best (but not perfect job) to translate it to a google map you can zoom in on. Right now it is just the New Road Alternative but I plan to add
Check out wikipedia for some facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhead_power_line. Note in our case we are facing: Extra high voltage (EHV; transmission) – over 230 kV, up to about 800 kV, used for long distance, very high power transmission. 230 kV designs are always over 100 feet high and
Never heard of the Virginia SCC? Check them out at https://www.scc.virginia.gov.
Industrial scale power lines should take in HUNDRED YEAR timelines so the extra expense to bury them should be acceptable. The people next to these lines will not benefit directly from these lines but will pay for them in visual impact, sound impact, property value impact