SCC Approves Transmission Grid Improvements in Fauquier and Prince Willaim Counties

RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has approved a proposal by Dominion Virginia Power to upgrade and improve various electric transmission facilities located in Fauquier and Prince William counties. Known as the Warrenton-Wheeler reliability project, the SCC directed the company to build the improvements Read More …

SCC Procedural Schedule for Haymarket project PUE-2015-00107

The Coalition received the following email from Dominion Power Management. As you might be aware, on December 11, 2015, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) issued the procedural schedule that Dominion’s Haymarket project (case number PUE-2015-00107) will follow. The following are the key dates and 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 …

Haymarket Town Council Resolution #2015-016

REGARDING THE DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER GAINESVILLE-HAYMARKET TRANSMISSION LINE AND SUBSTATION, STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION APPLICATION PUE-2015-00107 WHEREAS, Dominion Virginia Power has proposed an overhead route for a new 230 kilovolt(kV) double circuit transmission line, extending approximately six miles from Gainesville to a new substation west of Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion’s donations partially subsidized by its customers

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion donations subsidized by customers By ALAN SUDERMAN The Associated Press Aug 22, 2015  Virginia residents have been billed tens of thousands of dollars to pay for donations that the state’s most powerful electricity company has made to politically connected charities, according to Read More …

InsideNOVA: Board votes to support partially-buried Haymarket power line

From InsideNova.com – by Jill Palermo Those fighting the new 230-kilovolt line, which Dominion Virginia Power officials have said is needed for just one commercial customer, won their first official victory Tuesday when the Prince William Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a Read More …

Washington Post: Proposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos

Wash Post: Proposed Prince William data center prompts protest letter to Jeff Bezos By Jonathan O’Connell Digger January 7, 2015 An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Corporate Office Properties Trust as the owner of the proposed data center site. The owner has not Read More …