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Editor:
Thank you for the lead story and editorial in last week’s Rappahannock News about the new powerline threat to our county by Virginia Electric Power Company.
No one should be surprised that Vepco requested a “secret” meeting with members of the Board of Supervisors — the company calls it a “courtesy announcement” — and that’s all most counties in Virginia would get before trees fell to the bulldozers and towers rose to the heavens.
'Hie only government control over powerlines is at the county level through zoning ordinances. We should all be appreciative of the work done by enlightened citizens who prepared and sponsored zoning for Rappahannock. Thanks to zoning, Potomac Edison’s 138 kv line was stopped and thanks to zoning, Vepco’s 500 kv line can be stopped.
But some people are still asking, “Why is RLEP trying to stop these powerlines that are so necessary?”
The answer is that RLEP is not trying to stop necessary transmission lines, it is against the environmental and economic damage by unnecessary powerlines.
RLEP showed Potomac Edison last year several alternatives which were less expensive, to the environment, company and
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