The Company plans to build a 16 mile line between its Old
Church Substation in Hanover County and Chickahominy Substation in Charles City
County by the Fall of 2009. For more information, view the
Old Church-Chickahominy 230kV line map. This project is part of the original
Elmont-Chickahominy 230 kV lines project approved by the State Corporation Commission
in August 1990. The Old Church Substation and the first portion of the 230 kV
line from Elmont-Old Church was built and energized in 1994.
Project Scope
By January of 2009, load at the Pearsons and Old Church Substations
in Hanover County is projected to exceed 100 MVA. At this load a second transmission
source to these stations is warranted and the proposed project will provide
that second transmission source. This new line will also improve reliability
in the area by interconnecting the Elmont and Chickahominy Substations, both
of which are major 500 kV and 230 kV substations and integral to the flow of
electrical power in Central Virginia.
History of the Elmont-Chickahominy 230 kV Line Project
Spring 1988
Begin Route Selection Process, government contacts and public
meetings.
March 10, 1989
File application with the State Corporation Commission
October 1989
SCC Public Hearing
August 1990
Final Approval from SCC for project and route for two 230 kV Lines between
Elmont and Chickahominy Substations.
1990 - 1993
Survey of line route between Elmont-Chickahominy and preparation of easement
plats. Public hearings before County of Hanover for Use Permit for Old Church
Substation.
November 1994
Elmont-Old Church line energized and Old Church Substation begins serving
Hanover County.
2001-2002
Public hearings before County of Hanover for Use Permit for Pearsons Substation.
Pearson’s Corner Substation built and begins serving Hanover County.
Future Old Church-Chickahomy 230 kV Line
The line will be approximately 16 miles long. Eight miles
of the line will be on new right-of-way 120’ wide. The other eight miles
of line will parallel an existing 500 kV Line and require additional right-of-way
85’ wide. Right-of-way easements are being purchased on the approved SCC
route from Old Church-Chickahominy, beginning in Hanover County.
Approved structure:
Steel double circuit H-frame
Structure height:
Approximately 95’
Structure spacing:
Approximately 750’
In-service date:
Fall 2009
Other approvals are required before construction begins on
the project. They include environmental permits from the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, and the Virginia Department
of Environmental Quality. The right-of-way has been surveyed for threatened
& endangered species, archaeological/cultural resources, and to delineate
the edge of wetlands. Engineering to identify structure locations has not started.
For more information on the project, you may contact Liz_Harper,
toll free at 1(800)215-8032, press 4, or locally at (804)819-2977.
