The Coalition to Protect Prince William County
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Friends, I have news, and it is not good. The Coalition has consistently warned that any transmission line route could be chosen. The SCC Hearing Examiner has done just that. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) Hearing Examiner took the arguments from Dominion Power, local elected
See the entire SCC Hearing Examiner recommendation here: case-no-pue-2015-00107-final-rpt-nov-15-16
Last Friday, August 26, the Coalition’s attorneys responded to Dominion Power’s request for a do-over in the Haymarket transmission line case. The Coalition argued three things: Dominion’s request has no legal basis; Dominion’s claim that State Corporation Commission (SCC) Staff used “new evidence” is false
I didn’t think Dominion Power could get more desperate – and duplicitous – than their past actions in the Haymarket transmission line case showed them to be. That was until last week, when Dominion asked the State Corporation Commission (SCC) for a “do over” in
Great News in SCC Report! Dear Friends, The SCC Staff legal brief in the Haymarket transmission line case agreed with the longstanding position of many of us fighting to protect the town of Haymarket, that this line extension benefits a single private corporation at ratepayer
Board of County Supervisors Vice-Chairman, Pete Candland (Gainesville) called out the Coalition for “outstanding efforts” and making a “real difference in this fight.” Candland praised the SCC Staff Report as “devastating” to Dominion Power for pointing out that Dominion wants a route opposed by the
Dear Friends – Our fight to protect our property values and the quality of life in our communities against the proposed 230 kV power lines for a new data center campus in Haymarket took an unexpected, but welcomed, turn last week. The General Counsel for
Executive director says: “SCC Staff agrees Dominion soaks ratepayers for a single client. Maybe not the first time?” Haymarket, Virginia (August 8, 2016) – Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) continues to push the risk and expense of private “extension cords” for individual large clients onto ratepayers
Executive director says: “Dominion’s ‘home-court advantage’ disappeared in latest round of SCC hearings.” Haymarket, Virginia (June 27, 2016) – Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) scrambled to justify forcing ratepayers and property owners to subsidize one client’s private “extension cord,” and belittled both county elected officials and their staff
Posted: Thursday, June 23, 2016 10:28 am http://www.dailyprogress.com/starexponent/news/dominion-helps-bankroll-state-democrats-gop-at-national-conventions/article_b81ac980-394e-11e6-81c7-97da4abcea72.html By JIM NOLAN AND ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Energy giant Dominion continues to invest heavily in an alternate form of power in Virginia: political power. The corporation gave $100,000 to the Democratic Party of Virginia in a
Executive director says: “Without Amazon, there would be no extension cord. Why is Dominion dodging?” Haymarket, Virginia (June 13, 2016) – Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) rebuttal witnesses tried to downplay the importance of Amazon, argued for rate-payers to subsidize an overhead extension cord, and dismissed
By Terri L. Erwin-Fitz – Observer Staff Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) staff completes its own investigation as part of the process when an application is made for construction of power lines and substations. As part of the SCC process to complete Dominion Power’s Haymarket
Executive director says: “Dominion knows Amazon seeks a subsidized extension cord – and so does the SCC.” Haymarket, Virginia (June 6, 2016) – Amazon knew the Haymarket data center site was unsuitable and lacked sufficient infrastructure, new Dominion Virginia Power testimony reveals. And the State
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Executive director says: ”Nine months of citizen-county-business collaboration have paid off. Well done.” Haymarket, Virginia (May 18, 2016) – Tuesday evening, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted 7-1 to approve Zoning Text Amendment A, which helps properly site data centers and supporting infrastructure,
Chris Price, Director PWC Planning Office; and Justin Patton, PWC Archaeologist, delivered crucial testimony on May, 10, 2016 at the SCC Public Hearing in Richmond. Read their testimonies here: Useful Info
(Readers: Don’t lose your opportunity to send your own email to the Supervisors: Vote Yes ZTA A) Supervisors, Last August, you unanimously declared your intent to “initiate zoning text amendments to incorporate appropriate zoning requirements for Data Centers.” Your rationale was sound – data centers
The SCC sent new interrogatories to Dominion on May 6, 2016. In it they are exploring additional route possibilities (Wheeler, New Rd.), besides the 5 routes Dominion proposed in their application. The interrogatory contains many other hard-hitting questions, some referencing citizen testimony presented on May 2, 2016. READ
The SCC obviously didn’t make proper arrangements and believe us when we told them that the May 2 hearing would have significant (~500 people) citizen attendance, coming to testify into the wee hours of the night! And that they needed to make sure that the
Jeremy and Annie heard each other’s testimony the night of the May 2 SCC local hearing at the Haymarket Battlefield High School. Jeremy is a friend of Karen Sheehan, who came with his guide dog, Legion, to give his eloquent and extemporaneous testimony on this