SCC Order Granting Reconsideration – 7/14/17
SCC Haymarket reconsider 071417
Category: Headline News
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
Motions for Rehearing or Reconsideration – 7/13/17
Coalition Motion for Reconsideration & 4 affidavits – filed 071317 Coalition Grymes affidavit 071317 Somerset Motion for Reconsideration 071317
Pete Candland: Rural Crescent – Maintaining the Integrity of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors
Dear Friends, I recently was answering some questions from students in front of a middle school civics class, and one of the students asked me what the most important qualification is to be a member of the Board of County Supervisors in Prince William County.
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
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
Coalition Letter to Jeff Bezos – 7/2/17
Amazon: Best example of “liberal capitalism?” or Destroyer of generations of heritage communities in Virginia? Dear Mr. Bezos, You’ve had a busy month. Amazon exceeded $1,000 per share, your charity tweet went viral, and you snapped up Whole Foods for $13.7 billion. For some,
SCC Final Order: Carver Rd. Route
The SCC issued its final order on 6/23/17, choosing the Carver Rd. route: SCC Haymarket Final Order 062317
Bull Run Observer: Supervisors want neither Railroad nor Carver Rd. power line location
EDITOR’S NOTE: The June 2 edition of the Bull Run Observer had already gone to press when on June 1, Prince William Board of County Supervisors held a public hearing on the State Corporation Commission’s proposal that the board lift open space and easement restrictions
Civil War Trust letter to Army Corps of Engineers
CWT Letter to US ACOE_Buckland Mills
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
BOCS refuses either route choice put forward by SCC
Following a June 1 Special Meeting attended by citizens from across the county, the Board of Supervisors formally rejected either route choice put forward by the SCC (Railroad or Carver Rd.) for the Haymarket data center project, substation, and transmission line. See their letter to
PWC Response/Resolution to Dominion request to cross Easement for Railroad Route – 6/1/17
PWC response to Dominion DePIPPO 6.5.17 ltr Haymarket 230 kV Transmission Line
Inside NoVa: Supervisors reject both routes for power lines at Haymarket data center
Inside NoVa: Supervisors reject both routes for power lines at Haymarket data By Alex Koma, akoma@insidenova.com June 2, 2017 Nathan Grayson’s plot of land off Carver Road in Gainesville has been in his family for four generations, dating back to the days when African Americans
Bull Run Observer: Feds question data center and power line impact on historical value
By Terri I. Erwin-Fitz June 2, 2017 On May 17, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, sent a letter regarding the Midwood Data Center Project, the data center being built by Amazon, to Marshall Smith, chief with the Northern Section of the U.S.
Inside NoVa: Amazon data center, Dominion power line under federal scrutiny
Inside NoVa – Amazon data center, Dominion power line under federal scrutiny Amazon data center, Dominion power line under federal scrutiny By: Alex Koma, akoma@insidenova.com June 1, 2017 A pair of federal agencies could soon delay the construction of a controversial data center in Haymarket,
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation letter to Army Corps of Engineers
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation sent a letter on May 17, 2017 to the Army Corps of Engineers regarding the Amazon-Dominion Power data center/substation site. They raise serious concerns that VaData (Amazon) building activity to date may not be in compliance with provisions of
Somerset Crossing Responds to SCC Commissioners’ Interim Ruling
Somerset Crossing HOA, a participant in the case, responded to the SCC Commissioners’ Interim Ruling by asking for a Re-Hearing or Reconsideration. Read it here: Somerset Motion for Rehearing or Reconsideration 042617
Some Things for ALL of us to consider….
This video gives us much to think about and speak up against:
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