Residents Wrangle Over Transmission Line Proposal for Rural Virginia
Key takeaways
- Republish Existing transmission lines run through Goochland and Louisa counties.
- “We don’t want it,” Blackburn said about the Valley Link transmission project. “I kept as much of my acreage natural.
- Valley Link is a 765-kilovolt system of transmission lines to be hung from towers the height of 12-story buildings by Dominion Energy, Transource and FirstEnergy.
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Republish Existing transmission lines run through Goochland and Louisa counties. The support structures are similar to those that would be used for Valley Link. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News Related Next Era Energy to Join the Offshore Wind Club, But Does It Matter? Virginia Governor Signs Dominion-Backed Bills. All Eyes on Regulators Now. Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says Share This Article Republish Most Popular Malnourished Gray Whales of the Eastern North Pacific Are in ‘Serious Trouble’ A Bit of Good News for Right Whales Wildfire Crews Race to Keep Fierce California Blaze From Former Nuclear Reactor Site GOOCHLAND, Va.—Deborah Blackburn leaned on her cane in a line to enter the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, angst-ridden over a giant transmission line proposal for reasons that are common refrains here: It’s all to benefit data centers in Northern Virginia, and it will disrupt the rural character here outside Richmond.
“We don’t want it,” Blackburn said about the Valley Link transmission project. “I kept as much of my acreage natural. I like seeing my deer, even though they eat my hosta plants.”
Valley Link is a 765-kilovolt system of transmission lines to be hung from towers the height of 12-story buildings by Dominion Energy, Transource and FirstEnergy. Transource is a transmission company jointly owned by American Electric Power and Evergy.