Washington Post: Va. panel to reconsider power line route that would uproot ex-slave’s descendents

By Antonio Olivo July 14 at 6:14 PM  The Virginia State Corporation Commission announced Friday that it will reconsider its decision to allow the route of a set of Dominion Energy power lines to cut through land near Haymarket that has been owned for more than a Read More …

Send your own email: Time for Jeff Bezos to hear our collective voices: Don’t destroy our homes, Don’t be a Greenwash hypocrite

Dear Community – If you are not already aware, the SCC final order has been issued ruling the transmission line for the Amazon extension cord is the Carver Rd. route. We have contended all along that Amazon was culpable in this battle to protect our Read More …

Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened

Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened By:  Antonio Olivo  July 2, 2017  4:08 p.m. Nathan Grayson helps his aunt Willetta Grayson, 91, walk to his car in Haymarket, Va. (Jason Andrew/For The Washington Post)   For at least Read More …

Dominion requests Carver Rd. route to SCC for Haymarket data center transmission line

Following the June 5 Board of Supervisors response, rejecting either route choice offered by the SCC, Dominion formally requested the Carver Rd. route for the Haymarket data center transmission line.  See their June 5 letter to the SCC here: VEPCO Update to Commission (PUE-2015-00107) Request Read More …

InsideNoVa: State rejects Prince William’s preferred Dominion Power line route

InsideNoVa By Alex Koma, akoma@insidenova.com, April 12, 2017    Roger Snyder/For InsideNoVa.com The route in yellow had been preferred by the county, but rejected by state regulators. An alternative proposal is expected to focus on access from the railroad tracks nearby. State regulators are rejecting Read More …

Data Center Knowledge: New Power Line for Amazon may run above Railroad despite opposition

https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2017/04/11/new-power-line-amazon-may-run-railroads-despite-opposition Map of proposed electric line routes for an expanded Amazon data center in Haymarket, Virginia, as drawn by Dominion Power in 2015. by Scott Fulton III  on April 11, 2017 The Virginia State Corporation Commission cleared the way last Thursday for the state’s largest Read More …

Del. Bob Marshall: It’s All For The Money

It’s All for the Money Virginia’s State Corporation Commission has made the case for a constitutional lawsuit against itself, Amazon and Dominion Power by their approval of two electric transmission routes (Railroad and Carver Road) to serve Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Haymarket data center, and their Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion underground line bill, Appalachian bill bypassing local zoning, clear committee

http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/dominion-underground-line-bill-appalachian-bill-bypassing-local-zoning-clear/article_eb5460f0-f0d3-5832-823c-d13505851fe7.html By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch  February 14, 2017 The House of Delegates’ Commerce and Labor Committee advanced legislation Tuesday that would direct the State Corporation Commission to view Dominion Virginia Power’s pricey plans to bury some of its outage-prone lines in a more favorable Read More …

InsideNOVA: General Assembly bill to clear up language has some worried that an amendment would benefit Dominion

http://www.insidenova.com/headlines/general-assembly-bill-to-clear-up-language-has-some-worried/article_9f5a3d8a-efcf-11e6-b51d-df02fde786fa.html By Alex Koma akoma@insidenova.com Feb 10, 2017   A seemingly obscure bill making its way through the General Assembly has caught the attention of Prince William County lawmakers and environmental advocates alike, as concerns grow that the legislation could end up affecting the controversial Read More …

WAVY.com-Associated Press: Trump’s attack tactics emerge in Virginia gubernatorial race

Trump’s attack tactics emerge in Virginia gubernatorial race ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press Published: February 1, 2017, 5:54 am RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump’s often contentious path to becoming the 45th president included unusual battles with major businesses like Macy’s and Amazon. Trump mocked Macy’s Read More …