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mony from ^witnesses, who can be cross-examined by lawyers who represent “formal participants.”
Formal participants must ' file with the SCC for such status.
They, for example, would include Dominion and the project’s opponents. PEC representatives have said they plan to become formal participants.
McCarthy said the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors has not decided whether the county’s government will file as an official participant, but he expects the supervisor^ to approve such participation by county officials at their monthly meeting on May 7.
As such, their respective lawyers may call witnesses, enter evidence and crossexamine Dominion’s experts. In turn, Dominion’s legal staff may question experts representing PEC or Rappahannock’s interests.
“It’s a courtroom-like atmosphere, with witnesses on the stand,” Schrad said.
The three-member commission board will review all documents and testimony and decide whether to approve the project.
Only formal participants may appeal an SCC ruling to the Virginia Supreme Court, he said.
Barring SCC approval, Dominion could seek special national-corridor status for the line from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. But Dominion officials repeatedly have said they have no plans to exercise that option.
The state commission has never rejected a Dominion transmission-line application and utility officials believe the streak will continue.
Rappahannock News Staff Writer Kevin Allen contributed to this report.
E-mail the reporter at ddelrosso@timespapers.com
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