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Federal
designation
may trump
state authority
By Don Del Rosso
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Critics contend that the proposal will unfairly allow the federal government to coopt state authority in deciding the need and1 location of electric transmission lines.
On April 16, the UJS. Department of Energy released its long-awaited National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors proposal, which would give federal officials the final say on proposed power lines within specially designated areas.
The draft identifies national priority regions, including the Mid-Atlantic, where federal energy officials believe high-voltage transmission infrastructure requires massive upgrades.
The Mid-Atlantic Area National Corridor comprises eight states, including Virginia and Washington, D.C. Rappahannock, its neighboring counties and all of Northern Virginia lie within this proposed corridor.
Dominion Virginia Power and Allegheny Power want approval to build a 500,000-volt transmission line through Frederick, Warren, Fhuquier, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Prince William and Loudoun counties.
The line, which would parallel existing power lines, would link substations near Winchester and Loudoun, near Arcola.
Steel-lattice towers up to 150 feet tall would suspend the line.
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