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the 7,200 kilowatts now demanded by county consumers will be carried by the upgraded line, he said.
Question Of Need
In his closing arguments, David Konick, attorney representing the Camerons, recalled that Nichols had been allowed to testify regarding the potential consumer demands that required the 34.5 KV line be improved. He noted that Circuit Court Judge Shore Robertson had said he would disregard that testimony, however, if the issue could be decided on (1) the 1928 easement granted to the power company and (2) the use of the right-ofway since that time.
Konick maintained that his clients have not been given an opportunity to rebut claims on power needs. In earlier testimony, Nichols referred to a study made by the utility on population projections and kilowatt demand, Konick said, recalling that he’d asked Kuykendall for a copy. “He said ‘I’ll think about it’ and apparently, he’s still thinking about it because I haven’t received it.”
In response to utility projections, Konick asked the court to take judicial notice of the county’s comprehensive plan, public law in Rappahannock. The plan gives population here as 6,093 in 1980, according to census repots. It also includes upper and lower population projections for the year 2000: the first, 35 percent, arrived at by the Planning District Commission staff and based on growth rates in counties surrounding Rappahannock and the second, 18 percent, the official estimate of the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget.
If power demand keeps pace with the upper limit
93.7%