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will testify for and against the billion-dollar project, which would cross West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Lawyers representing the utilities and opponents spent much of Monday’s hearing outlining their cases.
Only Smatlak took the stand.
The hearing began shortly after 9 a.m. and recessed at 4:40 pan., after Smatlak completed his testimony.
About 70 people attended the hearing in SCC Courtroom B, which seats 125.
If one of the three states rejects the proposed line. Dominion and Trail Co. must “develop alternatives to help mitigate the risk” of blackouts In Northern Virginia, Smatlak told Randolph A. Sutliff, a lawyer representing Fauquier County, which strongly opposes the project.
But Dominion never discussed alternatives to building a line through the region to satisfy future energy demands, Smatlak told lawyer Michael B. Gerrard, who represents an opposition group called Virginia’s Commitment.
The line’s opponents argue that cheaper, smarter and less destructive options exist to provide the region reliable service.
Dominion insists such measures would be no substitute* for the line.
Rejection of the proposed line would make it more difficult to address potential blackouts by 2011, Smatlak said.
Besides new demand, congestion and increased energy consumption during peak times, particularly in the summer, would force the system to shut down without the line.
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