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an overload would force the company to shut off power to an estimated 475,000 homes at a time.
Smatlak said that growth in the Northern Virginia area made the move necessary. He also claimed that the average home uses 9 percent more power than it did 13 years ago, something he attributed to computer use.
The plan originally run through areas of Northern Fauquier County, where the Piedmont Environmental Council was instrumental in rallying resistance. Hundreds mobilized in protest, and Academy Award-winning actor Robert Duvall spoke in opposition.
Facing potential law suits and against mounting opposition, Dominion announced a new proposed route in midFebruary that now runs through five or six miles of northern Culpeper County.
Many Culpeper supervisors believed that Dominion
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