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address alternatives to the proposed line, said Lazaro, citing references in the report on both points.
Dominion and its partner, Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co., want SCC permission to build a 500,000-volt transmission line to link a substation near Winchester to one at Areola in Loudoun.
Dominion claims the line is critical to satisfying Northern Virginia’s growing electricity requirements. The line must be operating by the summer of 2011, otherwise the region will face possible “rolling blackouts,” according to the utility.
PEC strongly disagrees with Dominion’s scenario, arguing that the region’s power needs instead can be met through conservation, new technology and infrastructure upgrades.
The proposed 65-mile line would parallel an existing power line corridor through Frederick, Warren, Fauquier, Rappahannock, Culpeper, Prince William and Loudoun counties.
A new line would destroy farmland, forest and vistas and diminish property values, according to PEC and other critics.
Dominion’s alternative transmission line route partly tracks Interstate 66 through Fauquier in an area that includes the highest concentration of conservation easements in the country.
Dominion acknowledges, as the SCC consultants’ report notes, that, the utility application includes old data regarding the proposed line.
But that’s to be expected since the company submitted the application last April, said Norvelle, the Dominion spokesman said.
“We don't think it’s a serious flaw,” he said, promising the utility would supply the SCC with updated information, as requested.
For regulatory and “engineering” reasons, alternatives to the proposed Piedmont line discussed in the SCC staff
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