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By Kevin Allen
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
A half-dozen Rappahannock County residents are putting together a true grassroots response to Dominion Virginia Power’s call for more high-voltage power lines in the coupty.
Joyce Harman, Hunt Harris, Cory Koral, Alexia Morrison, Stephanie Ridder and Howard Weingarten are organizing the Power Line Awareness Festival for Oct. 20 at Koral’s Jordan River Farm in Huntly.
The event is designed to educate the public about Dominion’s proposal and energy issues in general, and also show people a good time.
Weingarten got the inspiration for the festival after receiving a standing ovation for his testimony at a State Corporation Commission hearing on the power-line issue in July in Warrenton.
“At the hearing, I ended up on the television news and it became apparent to me that you could attract media attention if you made enough splash,” he said.
Weingarten and his wife, Martha Hughes, built their house in Huntly with the environment in mind. Their home uses geothermal energy, is made of bricks fashioned from local materials, takes advantage of passive solar heat, is insulated with soy-based materials and is energy efficient.
It’s also within a quartermile of Dominion’s 500,000volt electric transmission
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