Study of the Implications of a Requirement to Consider the Impact of Placing Certain Utility Transmission Lines Underground

The State Corporation Commission (SCC) was directed to analyze the implications of a requirement that it consider imposing a condition, when requested by certain localities, that proposed electrical transmission lines be installed underground.

As part of the study, the SCC submitted an introductory letter consisting of several key threshold questions to potential interested parties addressing the procedural and evidentiary "nuts and bolts" of how localities would "request" consideration of an underground routing, who would develop the details of the underground alternative, who would be the proponent of this underground alternative in the proceeding, and how the SCC, in turn, would "consider" it.

Introductory Letter seeking responses

Responses received from interested parties:

Appalachian Power Company
Prince William County
Delmarva Power and Light
Dominion Virginia Power
Kincaid Forest Homeowners Association
Loudoun County
Old Dominion Power
Scenic Loudoun Legal Defense, Inc.
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives
Virginia Municipal League
Municipal Electric Power Association of Virginia