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The obvious, easiest and most cost effective answer is to upgrade Doubs. The right of way is cleared, towers exist, making an upgrade a lot better than building a new line where it is not needed. Dominion will assert the towers can’t hold more conductors and the right of way is not large enough for more towers. The truth is, Allegheny proposed the upgrade to PJM before Dominion proposed the Meadowbrook-Loudoun line. Clearly, somebody in PJM thinks this is a viable option. The technology exists to recable Doubs. This, in combination with modem controls would, according to technical experts, allow Doubs to be greatly increased in capacity. In either event, it is far less disruptive to expand an existing corridor than to tear one out of the heart of the Piedmont.
So why would Dominion want this line? Follow the money. When not used for a Northern Virginia hot day, it facilitates power flows to New York, earning Dominion a nice return. So, come on Dominion, tell it like it is. At the SCC hearings we will expect some straight answers.
Jeffrey J. Brown, a selfemployed business owner who resides in Haymarket, is an energy economist and project developer with more than 25 years of industry experience.
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