PWC Must SAY NO NOW to any more Data Centers!

Dear neighbors, friends, and supporters! The quote by Lao Tzu, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step,” encapsulates an essential and profound truth about life – and reversing the tide on data center sprawl.   Finally, the Loudoun Board of Supervisors reacted to Read More …

Buckle Up Prince William County: MORE Transmission Lines

Dear Coalition friends and supporters, We want to impress upon you, and our Supervisors, the magnitude of transmission lines and substations that are gathering like a storm at our collective doorstep.  All for one undeniable reason. The Dominion Representative in Monday’s “stakeholder” meeting confirmed it Read More …

Dominion’s Massive “Extension Cord” for Data Centers through Gainesville and Brentsville districts

Barely five years after dealing with citizen uproar over multiple route possibilities cutting through communities for the Haymarket Transmission line, Dominion Energy is at it again. Dominion submitted the Daves Store Transmission line route to the SCC on Feb. 9, 2024 — completely ignoring citizen input. Read More …

We Have Had Enough!

Dear Supporters – All the latest you need to know: Yesterday in Fairfax County the Board of Supervisors, in spite of overwhelming opposition, approved one of the tallest data center buildings in the entire state. Residents protest as Fairfax County considers application for 110-foot-tall data center – Read More …

Turning UP the HEAT!

Dear Supporters – “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”  (Margaret Mead) As promised by the Coalition to Protect PWC, Chap Petersen Counsel for the Coalition, yesterday filed a lawsuit to vacate Read More …

2024 Data Center Legislation

Senate Bills   SB191 (Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes): https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB191 – Senator Suhas Subramanyam   SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: Electric utilities; data center demand; allocation of costs among customer classes. Directs the State Corporation Commission to ensure that any plan, petition, Read More …

MEDIA ALERT!  Press Conference – Friday, Jan 12 – 1:30 PM

PRESS CONFERENCE The Coalition to Protect Prince William County, with American Battlefield Trust and other plaintiffs, will be holding a press conference at 1:30 pm on Friday, January 12, 2024 to discuss their legal action on the Digital Gateway Project as follow up to the December 11, Read More …

DEMAND This Newest Transmission Line Go Underground – And Customers Pay!

We warned Supervisors Ann Wheeler, Kenny Boddye, Andrea Bailey, Victor Angry, and Margaret Franklin that data center development had impacts not only to the residents nearby, with industrialization of their communities, but that EVERY Dominion Energy rate payer would be responsible for covering ALL the power Read More …

Don’t Miss THIS Holiday Greeting!

Dear Supporters, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, and just an overall Happy Holidays! On December 11th, the Coalition with their legal counsel, Chap Petersen, an experienced and successful litigator who also served in the Virginia State Senate for 16 years, held a press conference. Press Conference Digital Read More …