NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF APPLICATIONS OF TRANS-ALLEGHENY INTERSTATE LINE COMPANY AND VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D«/A DOMMON VKGMA POWER

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF APPLICATIONS OF TRANS-ALLEGHENY INTERSTATE LINE COMPANY AND VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY D«/A DOMMON VKGMA POWER FOR APPROVAL OF A TRANSMISSION LINE IN FREDERICK, WARREN. FAUQUIER, RAPPAHANNOCK, CULPEPER, PRINCE WILLIAM, AND LOUDOUN COUNTIES. VIRGINIA STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION CASE NO. PUE-2007-00033 CASE NO. PUE-2007-00031 On April 19.2007, Trans-Aflegheny Interstate Line Company (’TrAtLCo') filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission CVSCC’) its application for approval and certification of a 500 kV transmission line. The VSCC has docketed TrAILCo’s application as Case No. PUE-2007-00033. TrAILCo proposes to construct and operate a segment of a 500 kV transmission fine from the West Virginia-Virginia state fine in Frederick County, Virginia, to a point on Transmission Line #580 owned by Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Virginia Power ("Dominion Virginia Power"). The proposed line would enter Virginia west of Mountain Fads, Frederick County, and extend for approximately 28.1 mites to an end point at Transmission Line #580. This point on Transmission Line #580 is approximately 300 feet west of the Appalachian Trail boundary in Warren County, Virginia. The proposed route would follow existing right-of-way, which would be widened in some locations to accommodate the proposed and existing facilities. In several locations, TrAILCo has proposed alternative placement of the new line in relation to existing facilities. Modifications to tire Meadow Brook Substation in Frederick County would be made in conjunction with construction of the proposed line. A description of the proposed and alternative routing is printed below. Also on April 19,2007, Dominion Virginia Power filed on its own behalf and on behalf of TrAILCo an application for approval and certification of a 500 kV transmission fine. The VSCC has docketed tie Dominion Virginia PowsrTrAILCo application as Case No. PUE-2007-00031. Dominion Virginia Power and TrAILCo propose to construct and operate a 500 kV transmission line from the point along the Dominion Virginia Power's existing Transmission Una #580 in Warren County to Dominion Virginia Power’s existing Loudoun Substation in Loudoun County. The proposed route from Warren to Loudoun Counties would lie within or parallel to existing Dominion Virginia Power right-of-way extending for approximately 65 mites in Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock. Culpeper, Prince Wfifiam, and Loudoun Counties. In conjunction with the construction of the line, modifications would be made at the Loudoun Substation. Dominion Virginia Power would construct operate, and maintain the entire fine. TrAILCo would own an undivided interest of 50 percent in approximately 29.7 miles of the proposed line and contribute proportionately to the line’s costs. A description of the proposed and alternative routing is printed below. Dominion Virginia Power and TrAILCo also filed in Case No. PUE-2007-00031 and Case No. PUE-2007-00033 information on an alternate route, which would use Interstate 66 right-of-way and existing tanamtesion fine right-of-way from a point in Warren County to the Loudoun Substation. A description of this alternative routing is printed below. This Virginia segment of transmission line is the continuation of a proposed line that originates in Pennsylvania; continues through West Virginia; and terminates in Virginia. A description of the proposed route for the transmission line in Frederick and Warren Counties fofiows: The Proposed Route - State Line to Meadow Brook Segment The Proposed Route for the state fine to Meadow Brook Segment will enter Virginia in Frederick County, Virginia, at a point approximately 2.6 miles northwest of Mountain Fails, Virginia. From foe stela line, the Proposed Route wifi extend for approximately 12.3 miles to the east and southeast in Frederick County to the existing Meadow Brook Substation, located 2.5 miles southwest of Stephens City, Virginia. The Proposed Route paratieis the eastern 12.3 miles of the existing ML Storm-Meadow Brook 500 kV transmission line. The Proposed Route parallels this existing transmission fine on the north side to a point on Little North Mountain, where the fine crosses tie existing transmission line and parallels this same line on the south side into Meadow Brook Substation.