Coalition: Email and Press Release – Call to Action! – 7/26/17

CALL TO ACTION!! Recent events over the last two weeks are significant, and the pace of new SCC orders and Dominion Power motions in the last 24 hours have been dizzying. In a nutshell, the SCC Commissioners suspended their final order directing Carver Road as Read More …

Press Release: BREAKING NEWS – SCC Commissioner Ruling

State Corporation Commission (SCC) Puts Profits Over People, Property, Process Executive director says: “SCC shows it’s in the business of politics and economic development, not oversight.” Haymarket, Virginia (April 7, 2017) – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County received yesterday’s announcement from the SCC 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 …

Press Release: Virginia House and Senate Amend Legislation; Stopping Short-Circuit of Local Voice in Infrastructure Zoning

Executive director says: “PWC Local officials came up big; Delegate Habeeb compromised; Senator Stanley looked small.” Haymarket, Virginia (February 17, 2017) – Local state and county-elected officials joined with the Coalition to Protect Prince William County to contain damage from a “Trojan Horse” bill designed Read More …

Press Release: Habeeb-Stanley “Trojan Horse” Aims to Eliminate Local Voice in Utility Regulation

Executive director says: “The Habeeb-Stanley Trojan horse doesn’t just shorten the process – it short circuits it.” Haymarket, Virginia (January 30, 2017) – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County intensified its efforts to expose efforts in Richmond which will short circuit local participation in Read More …

Press Release: Coalition Legal Counsel Rejects – and Refutes – SCC Hearing Examiner’s Report

Executive director says: “Prince William residents deserve better than a ‘best guess’ from Dominion’s regulator.” Haymarket, Virginia (December 9, 2016) – The Coalition to Protect Prince William County responded via legal counsel to the State Corporation Commission (SCC) Hearing Examiner’s report in the Haymarket transmission Read More …

Press Release: DOMINION’S REGULATOR SEES POSSIBLE PATTERN OF EXPLOITING RATEPAYERS

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  Read More …

Press Release: DEFENSIVE DOMINION CALLS ON CORPORATE CRONIES, LAMBASTS LOCAL LEADERS

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 Read More …

Press Release: Dominion Diverts Amazon Attention, Changes Tune In SCC Testimony

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 Read More …

Press Release: BOCS Shows Leadership, “Gets It 100% Right” with Zoning Text Update

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, Read More …

Press Release: BOCS Reaffirms Commitment to Help Unplug Amazon Extension Cord

BOCS REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HELP UNPLUG AMAZON EXTENSION CORD Executive director says: ”Supervisors stayed the course and kept their commitment to progress, over plunder.” (The April 12 resolution was approved by County Board of Supervisors!  See final resolution here: April 12 Resolution) Haymarket, Virginia (April Read More …

Press Release: Dominion Damaging Communities to Hang Amazon Extension Cord

Coalition to Protect Prince William County PO Box 382 Haymarket, VA 20168 www.protectpwc.org PRESS RELEASE For more Information contact: Elena Schlossberg Executive Director, Coalition to Protect Prince William County admin@protectpwc.org DOMINION DAMAGING COMMUNITIES TO HANG AMAZON EXTENSION CORD Executive director says: ”Treat Amazon like any Read More …

Press Release: SCC Bias in Amazon/Dominion Power Line Case?

Coalition to Protect Prince William County PO Box 382 Haymarket, VA 20168 www.protectpwc.org PRESS RELEASE For more Information contact: Elena Schlossberg Executive Director, Coalition to Protect Prince William County admin@protectpwc.org SCC BIAS IN AMAZON/DOMINION POWER LINE CASE Haymarket, VA (December 22, 2015) -Delegate Marshall and several Read More …

Press Release: Dominion Filing Friday November 6th Still Puts Residents at Risk

Coalition to Protect Prince William County PO Box 382 Haymarket, VA 20168 www.protectpwc.org PRESS RELEASE For more Information contact: Elena Schlossberg Executive Director, Coalition to Protect Prince William County admin@protectpwc.org DOMINION FILING FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6th STILL PUTS RESIDENTS AT RISK Executive director says, “Residents lose Read More …