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zoning ordinance to restrict building close to power lines to keep power companies for looking for new corridors.
He said the opponents of the power line would need a “systems diagram” for REC but probably would not be able to get one without court action. He said RLEP would use donated funds to fight the proposed power line.
Mr. Irwin said there is a relatively new Virginia Power substation in Remington which could provide REC with the additional power. REC has said most of the problems with power outages for Rappahannock and Culpeper customers served from the Rixeyville substation are the result of the “unreliable” line Virginia Power uses to supply the station from Culpeper. “If Virginia Power has problem providing them with reliable power, what’s the matter with the SCC?” Mr. Irwin said. “The SCC should make them supply reliable power.”
Piedmont District representative Charles K. “Pete” Estes said he was not speaking for the supervisors, but he added Rappahannock could make REC solve their problems “outside Rappahannock if we don’t get into a ‘not in my backyard’ syndrome.” He urged the citizens to oppose all lines through Rappahannock, not just those that passed through their property.
He said Virginia Power has been REC’s prime supplier, but if they get a 138 kv line from Sperryville, Potomac Edison will become their prime supplier. “Culpeper County has the potential to go through the roof in population,” he said.
Harold Parker, who lives in Sperryville and works for Virginia Pow'er in the Warrenton area, said that Virginia Power has spent $100,000 upgrading the line from Culpeper to the Rixeyville substation. He said that this work will be completed in a few weeks. He said once those improvements are made, REC won’t have a valid case that they need the new line because of a reliability problem with their line into the substation. He said it is more likely that REC wants the increased power to deal with growth in Culpeper County.
Robert Dennis, president of the
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