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Three-member commission enjoys the same latitude, he said.
Its decision may be appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court.
Dominion claims it needs the line to satisfy Northern Virginia’s rapidly growing appetite for electricity. Without it in place and operating by 2001, the region might experience “rolling blackouts,” according to the utility.
But PEC believes the line would cause irreparable harm to vistas, historical, cultural and agricultural resources and devalue property.
It believes Northern Virginia’s energy needs could be served through conservation, new technology and upgrades to existing infrastructure.
The line would link a substation at Winchester with one near Areola in Loudoun. It would parallel an existing power line corridor.
Dominion’s alternative route between the two sub
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