Residents of Albemarle County are pushing back against Dominion Energy’s plans to rebuild nearly 16 miles of high-voltage transmission lines between Charlottesville and Gordonsville. WMRA’s Anjoleigh Schindler reports.
Dominion wants to replace existing wooden “H-frame” transmission poles with steel towers that would average twice the height of the current ones. The company says the $97million project is needed to maintain electrical reliability and meet growing demand.
But at a public hearing at Charlottesville City Hall Thursday night, residents told the Virginia State Corporation Commission that the taller towers would affect their homes, property values and the region’s historic landscapes…