News Stories Tagged "Dominion Power"

Power Line Hearings Come to Loudoun

Residents Question Need for Project

Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009

Dozens of Loudoun County residents spoke out Wednesday against plans for a high-voltage transmission line through the county, saying that the line's steel towers would ruin the landscape, drag down property values and hurt the environment. Read story and 7 comments »

Power Line Upgrade Sparks Questions

Utility Attempts to Address Concerns

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Michael Donohoe and his wife slowly made their way around several booths at an open house to learn more about plans to upgrade a high-voltage transmission line in their community. Read story and 3 comments »

Power Line Slated for Upgrade

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power has announced plans to upgrade a transmission line that stretches for 9.3 miles through parts of Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William counties. Read story and 1 comment »

State to Monitor Air Pollution From Old Plants

Program Could Become National Model, Environmentalist Says

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Virginia officials announced Tuesday a groundbreaking initiative to monitor pollution spewed from power plants and other facilities built before passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act. Read story »

Leesburg, Dominion Agree on Easements

Town to Get $2 Million In Deal on Power Line

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power has agreed to pay Leesburg $2 million in exchange for easements that the utility needs to build a transmission line. Read story and 6 comments »

Loudoun News Briefs

Thursday, June 4, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Dominion Pursues Another Rate Hike

Utility Requests 6.9% Increase for Costs And Boost to Profits

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power is seeking to raise electricity rates 6.9 percent during the next 14 months to pay for equipment, salaries, plant construction and conservation projects. Read story and 4 comments »

'Green' Energy Plant Proposed for Loudoun

Wastewater Would Be Used for Steam

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Loudoun County would be powered by electricity generated in its back yard under a proposal to build an $813 million plant using natural gas, steam and solar energy. Read story and 11 comments »

Transformer Failure Temporarily Closes Sterling Gym

Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009

The Lifetime Fitness gym located on Prentice Drive in Sterling is temporarily closed due to a failed transformer. Read story »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009

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New Spot Planned for Leesburg Power Pole

Residents Wanted Less-Visible Site

Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008

Dominion Virginia Power officials have decided to move the site of a planned 130-foot pole in Leesburg to a spot where fewer residents will see it, after homeowners and the Leesburg Town Council had said that it would lower property values. Read story and 1 comment »

Loudoun News Briefs

Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008

News briefs in Loudoun County. Read story »

Leesburg Council Objects to Power Pole Site

Dominion Project Worries Neighbors

Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008

Leesburg officials proposed an alternative site this week for a steel pole more than 100 feet high that Dominion Virginia Power plans to install behind a residential neighborhood as part of a new transmission line. Read story »

Ire Rises With Plans for Tower

Leesburg Residents Say Dominion Power Pole Will Be a Blight

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008

Last spring, Dominion Virginia Power officials contacted Kim Graff to ask whether they could gain access to her property to install a steel pole more than 100 feet high behind her Leesburg neighborhood. The pole would be part of the transmission line they were building from Leesburg to Hamilton, they said. Read story and 7 comments »

Neighbors Dismayed at Power Line Approval

Some in Pr. William Resigned to Project That Stretches Across N.Va.

Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008

Opponents of Dominion Virginia Power's plan to build a massive transmission line through parts of western Prince William County reacted with disappointment and resignation last week to the announcement that state regulators have approved the project. Read story and 1 comment »

State Agency Greenlights Power Line in Rural N.Va.

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008

State regulators approved Dominion Virginia Power's proposal yesterday to build a 65-mile transmission line through rural Northern Virginia, saying that the project is critical to delivering electricity to the power-hungry region and avoiding widespread blackouts. Read story and 33 comments »

315 Still Without Power, No Major Injuries Reported

Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008

Officials in Loudoun reported no major injuries as of 4 p.m. even as rains flooded and closed roadways, and caused power outages and traffic light malfunctions. Read story »

Ex-Dominion Lawyer's Appointment Poses Conflict, Power Line Foes Say

Monday, Aug. 18, 2008

Some opponents of a 65-mile power line planned for Northern Virginia, including a congressman, are criticizing Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's choice to fill a vacancy on a state commission that oversees utilities. Read story »

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