Inside NoVa: Dominion turning away from controversial route for Prince William power line

Inside NoVa: Dominion turning away from controversial route for Prince William power line Dominion Energy is moving closer to abandoning controversial plans to build a new power line along Carver Road in Gainesville, though the utility remains adamant that the project is necessary to serve Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion insists need for controversial Haymarket transmission line hasn’t gone away

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion insists need for controversial Haymarket transmission lines hasn’t gone away By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch    Dominion Energy, engaged in an increasingly bitter public relations battle over a proposed transmission line to power an Amazon data center expansion in Prince William County, Read More …

Coalition email: Alert! CRITICAL UPDATES

CRITICAL UPDATES! LET’S NOT FORGET – UNITED WE STAND! ALERT! – Confirmation that route possibilities are Wide Open! In answer to questions raised about the following statement made by Dominion to the SCC in their July 24th motion: “…regarding the constructability of the Carver Road Read More …

InsideNOVA: Dominion attacks Corey Stewart over power line project

InsideNOVA: Dominion attacks Corey Stewart over power line project Dominion attacks Corey Stewart over power line project By Alex Koma akoma@insidenova.com August 8, 2017 Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, left, stands with Joyce Hudson of the Alliance to Save Carver Road Read More …

The Derecho Blog: Chuck Penn and Dominion double down on Arrogant and Stupid

Derecho: Chuck Penn and Dominion double down on Arrogant and Stupid For those concerned about the Haymarket Power Lines who haven’t yet heard the “How Do You Power An Amazon Data Center? Longtime Prince William Residents Don’t Want To Find Out” radio broadcast on the Read More …

Washington Post: Dominion – Corey Stewart turn power line dispute into larger political battle

Washington Post: Dominion – Corey Stewart turn power line dispute into larger political battle By Antonio Olivo August 7 at 1:56 PM A dispute over a proposed power line route in Virginia that threatens a historic African American enclave has morphed into a broader battle Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Carver Rd. residents battle against power lines

By Rose Murphy August 4, 2017 The battle to keep Dominion Energy from running 110-foot-tall power lines through the Carver Road area populated mainly by descendants of freed slaves continued July 18 when residents held a press conference at McCoart Government Center to ask Prince Read More …

Where’s the Need? Citizen Letter

  Where’s the Need? So many people want to discuss, debate, and argue about what route should be used for Dominion Energy’s Haymarket, Va. transmission line and substation project in Prince William County.  This is understandable.  Affected residents and businesses are trying to protect their Read More …

Daily KOS: Amazon needs land – so they’re taking it from elderly Black folk descended from freed slaves

Daily KOS: Amazon needs land taking from elderly Black folk By wagatwe Thursday Aug 03, 2017 · 1:29 PM EDT The people of the Carver Road community in Haymarket, Virginia have a strong, proud history. It’s a predominantly Black, working-class neighborhood that’s home to families Read More …

PWC Board passes unanimous resolution challenging NEED for Haymarket project

Our PWC Board of Supervisors passed a resolution questioning the need for the Haymarket project, at their final meeting of the summer – unanimous by voting members (Supervisor Caddigan was absent). Our Coalition of communities throughout Haymarket and Gainesville has been out front in challenging Read More …

WJLA: Dispute pitting neighbors against power company and Amazon in Prince William County

WJLA: Dispute pitting neighbors against power company and Amazon   http://wjla.com/news/local/dispute-pitting-neighbors-against-power-company-and-amazon-in-prince-william-co   by Richard Reeve/ABC7 Monday, July 31st 2017 Haymarket, Va (ABC7) – Along rural, quiet Carver Road in Haymarket, the signs sit in front of Christine Moore’s house. “Attention Dominion Energy,” they read. “Private Read More …

Coalition Letter to Dominion Power Executives… “We Stand Firm and United”

(3/9/15 NOTE:  Heritage Hunt leadership requested an addition to the financial impact section below) On March 1st 2015, The Coalition To Protect Prince William County sent the following letter to Dominion Power Executives: Thomas Farrell, Robert M. Blue, Charles Penn, Travis Cutler and Greg Mathe. Dear Mr. Farrell, Mr. Blue, Mr. 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 …