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Dominion contends.
Despite intense opposition to the line in West Virginia. Virginia and Pennsylvania, Smatlak believes the line will be approved.
But a portion of the project already may be in jeopardy.
West Virginias corporation commission staff recommended denial of the state’s segment of the billion-dollar proposal. The commission board probably will make a final ruling in early March.
But Dominion and Trail Co. seem undeterred.
In answer to a question from SCC Hearing Examiner Alexander F. Skirpan Jr., Smatlak said the utilities would continue to seek the commission’s approval for the line, even if West Virginia and Pennsylvania deny their portions of it.
The 65-mile Virginia portion alone, which would link substations in Winchester and near Areola in Loudoun, still might benefit area customers, Smatlak said.
If any of the three states reject the line proposal. Trail Co., Dominion’s partner, appears prepared to appeal the case to the federal government, which has created a huge national transmission line corridor that includes West Virginia, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Smatlak tried to sidestep the possibility of whether Trail Co. would, as a last resort, seek federal government approval for the line to override unfavorable decisions by the states.
Although Dominion wants to resolve the matter at the state
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