Dominion Virginia Has Inflated Power Needs, Some Experts Say; Opponents' Advisors Push Alternatives to High-Voltage Lines

From: The Washington Post | Date: January 28, 2007| Author: Sandhya Somashekhar - Washington Post Staff Writer | Copyright information

Dominion Virginia Power, which is planning to build a high- voltage power line through scenic parts of Northern Virginia, is exaggerating the state's electricity problems to justify a project that benefits other areas, according to several industry specialists studying the issue.

The relatively modest problem for Virginia, they say, has better solutions than an unsightly cluster of cables atop a series of 125- foot steel towers, strung through some of the state's most beautiful and fie...

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