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Botkins stressed.
“Our hope is to avoid those (properties) wherever and whenever possible,” he said. “And we are going to take those easements into consideration as we develop the line.” The SCC, not Dominion, “ultimately will decide where the line goes,” Botkins said.
Dominion plans to submit application for a line through the area next spring. Many opponents wish Dominion just would fold tent and write off the proposal as a “mistake,” as Chester put it.
Dominion has no intentions of scuttling the project, Botkins said.
“The data shows exploding population growth in Northern Virginia and huge economic development growth and demand (for electricity) in that part of the state,” he said. “That line is crucial to meeting that
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