Dominion Virginia Power formally asked the state yesterday for permission to build a 65-mile, $243 million power line through Northern Virginia.
In its 1,016-page application to the State Corporation Commission, Dominion proposes building the line along rights of way in Culpeper, Rappahannock, Fauquier, Prince William and Loudoun counties. The company also proposed an alternate path alongside Interstate 66.
Dominion had originally proposed building the 500-kilovolt line through environmentally sensitive parts of Loudoun, Prince William and Fauquier but changed its plans after homeowners, slow-growth advocates and environmentalists protested.
Many of those groups, however, still oppose the line because they think it is not needed.
Source: Washington Post