HomeMy Public PortalAbout2005_06_14_r106 - Underground Construction of DVP Power LineThe Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED June 14, 2005
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-106 ADOPTED June 14, 2005
A RESOLUTION: RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION FOR ANY
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE WITHIN OR IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S MUNICIPAL LIMITS AND
OPPOSING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANSMISSION
LINE ON ANY ROUTE THAT IS WITHIN OR IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S MUNICIPAL LIMITS, OR ANY
CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES PART OF THE W&OD
REGIONAL PARK WEST OF THE PLEASANT VIEW SUBSTATION
WHEREAS, on April 14, 2005 Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Dominion
Virginia Power" or "Dominion") filed its application ("Application") with the State Corporation
Commission ("Commission") for the construction of (a) a single-circuit transmission line of 230
kilovolts CkV") from its existing Pleasant View Substation to its proposed new 230 kV- 34.5 kV
substation to be constructed at a location east of the Town of Purcellville ("Hamilton
Substation"), and (b) the Hamilton Substation; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has set the Application for hearing in Case No. PUE-2005-
00018 (the "Proceeding"); and
WHEREAS, the Application does not include as a preferred route or alternate route any
of the nine miles of the Washington & Old Dominion ("W&OD") Regional Park west of the
Route 7/15 Bypass; and
A RESOLUTION:
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RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION AND
OPPOSING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION ON ANY ROUTE THAT IS
WITHIN OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S MUNICIPAL
LIMITS, OR ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES PART OF THE
W&OD REGIONAL PARK
WHEREAS, Dominion Virginia Power has included as part of the Application six
possible Routes (delineated as C5, C6, D2, D3, E7, and E8) for the transmission line, two of
which (D2, D3) utilize the Route 7 Bypass corridor within the town's municipal limits, one (D2)
that utilizes a two-mile section of the W&OD Regional Park between the Pleasant View
Substation and the Route 7/15 Bypass, and two (E7, Dominion's Proposed Route, and E8) that
are within close proximity to the town's municipal limits; and
WHEREAS, neither Dominion's Proposed Route (E7) nor any of the other Routes
include a proposal to construct an underground transmission line; and
WHEREAS, the town has caused to be filed a Notice of Participation as a Respondent in
the Proceeding; and
WHEREAS, at least one other party in the Proceeding has requested that the Commission
order Dominion to refile or amend the Application to specifically include the W&OD Regional
Park as a proposed route, and that existing rights of way be utilized to construct the new
transmission line facilities proposed in the Application; and
WHEREAS, an above-ground transmission line will have significant impacts on the
town's citizens and environment, on property values, and on the town's tax base, particularly for
routes that are within the town's municipal limits or within close proximity to the town's
municipal limits; and
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A RESOLUTION: RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION AND
OPPOSING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION ON ANY ROUTE THAT
IS WITHIN OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S
MUNICIPAL LIMITS, OR ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES
PART OF THE W&OD REGIONAL PARK
WHEREAS, the interests of the town and its citizens are best served if Dominion
constructs its transmission line in an underground configuration for any Route approved within
the town's municipal limits or within close proximity to the town's municipal limits, and in no
event should a Route be approved that uses any part of the W&OD Regional Park west of the
Pleasant View Substation.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED that the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia, on
behalf of the citizens of Leesburg, will continue to support only an underground configuration
for the construction of any transmission line within the town's municipal limits, or within close
proximity to the town's municipal limits; will oppose all overhead transmission Routes within
the town's municipal limits within or in close proximity to the town's municipal limits; and will
continue to oppose the approval of any Route that uses any part of the W&OD Regional Park
west of Dominion's Pleasant View Substation.
FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Town Council will continue to work with Dominion
Virginia Power, Loudoun County, our state legislators, other stakeholders, and the State
Corporation Commission to carry out the intent of this Resolution, and to ensure that no part of
the W&OD Regional Park, or any area in the vicinity of the W&OD Regional Park west of the
Pleasant View Substation, is part of any Route that is approved for the construction of the
proposed 230kV transmission line to Purcellville.
A RESOLUTION:
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RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION AND
OPPOSING OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION ON ANY ROUTE THAT
IS WITHIN OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S
MUNICIPAL LIMITS, OR ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES
PART OF THE W&OD REGIONAL PARK
FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Town Council continues to pledge to use all legal
measures to ensure that any transmission line is approved and constructed in a manner that is
consistent with this Resolution.
PASSED this 14th day of June 2005.
ATTEST:
To;n of £eUesbSt~d' Mayor
erk of Council
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