To overcome this risk, Dominion plans to construct a new
65-mile overhead transmission line.
The company filed
an application with the State Corporation Commission
on April 19, 2007 for approval and certification of the line. In a unanimous decision on October 7, 2008, the SCC ordered that the $243 million Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun transmission project be built and operational by July 1, 2011.
It also affirmed the 65-mile route proposed by the company and recommended by the SCC hearing examiner that is adjacent to or within an existing transmission line right-of-way through Warren, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier, Prince William and Loudoun counties.
The Meadow Brook-to-Loudoun power line is part of a three-state transmission line, with the other sections proposed by Allegheny Energy in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
This transmission line is essential to Dominion
Virginia Power's ability to maintain system reliability and support future growth in
Northern Virginia. For more information or to comment about the project, send
us an e-mail.
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