3 acre parcels or 500,000 volt power lines?

September 10, 2006

Also in the Post this morning:

Power Line Could Undo Open-Land Conservation
Soaring Usage Puts 3 N.Va. Counties in Path

By Sandhya Somashekhar
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 10, 2006; Page A01

Dominion Virginia Power is planning to build a high-voltage power line that could stretch across parts of Prince William, Fauquier and Loudoun counties, an answer to the region's growing energy needs that has raised fears of spoiling some of the state's most fiercely protected open land.

Loudouner's have been hotly debating land use in Western Loudoun for over six years. This news is going to elevate that debate to ever greater heights. The fight that is inevitable will be won by the entity that has the most "power." We don't seem to want a sea of McMansions on three acre parcels across this historic and beautiful land and we certainly don't want it cut by 15 story high towers draped with 500,000 volt power lines. NIMBY is going to take on a whole new dimension. High growth brings high demand for power that we all depend on. Here's more:

It would be part of a 240-mile, 500,000-volt electricity line from southwestern Pennsylvania to a substation near the Loudoun village of Aldie to serve Northern Virginia, where the addition of tens of thousands of residents the past decade has pushed demand up by 40 percent. It is also one of about 10 similar proposals across the country that could test a new federal law giving power companies far-reaching authority to take land if their services are deemed vital to national interests.

There are those in Eastern Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William counties that will be amused by the NPLIMBY's I am sure.

Comment on 3 acre parcels or 500,000 volt power lines?. Follow this article is off. More articles like this one filed in: In the News