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a shotgun into the stomach of a power company surveyor and telling him, "If you step off
the road onto my land, I'lj shoot." Of a man swerving his speeding car off a narroW country lane toward a survey! ing crew, scattering them into a ditch. Of a mile of surveyor stakes disappearing overnight. A Vepco vice-presir dent was quoted as saying! "I've been in this business a long time, but this is the darn* dest thing I've every seen." !
The power companies reacted in their usual ways; They supported bills in th$ Virginia General Assembly that took local governments out of the loop, e.g. no public hearings at the local levety only before the Virginia State Corporation Commission! They took legal action against Fauquier County; restraining orders were obtained in thi$ county.
Matters escalated until in early 1976, RLEP with other$ testified before the State Corporation Commission (SCC). RLEP showed aerial photographs taken by "Air RLEP," a chartered aircraft used to take photos of Vepco’f entire power line system. It was clear that the 500,0001volt transmission line could b£ handled within Vepco's current rights-of-way.
RLEP fielded expert wit;nesses at the SCC hearings to support its arguments. When they lost, RLEP took matter^ to the Virginia Supreme Court on appeal. They lost again. People commented that al^ local governments in Virginia lost as well.
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