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Whal is the ‘‘Riverton-Boston' project'.' It is a project to build a 138.000 volt transmission line from our Riverton generating station near Front Royal to a proposed new substation m the area called Boston in Culpeper; County. The line will cross; through parts of Warren. Rappahannock and Culpeper! Counties.
Why is this new transmission! line needed?
Because Potomac Kdisouls; customers in Rappahannock.! Madison, Creene and Orange counties are constantly increasing j their use of electricity (as are! their counterparts throughout our service area) and this line is needed to meet their)
requirements for electric power, j
The average use of electricity by j our customers in this area has doubled in the last ten years.
Who will benefit from the line'.'
All of our customers in the area, including homeowners and farmers who make up the majority, will benefit from this line. Here’s the customer breakdown at the end of 1970:
64.4%