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The Town of
Leesburg,
Virginia
PRESENTED March 14.2006
RESOLUTION NO. 2006-53
ADOPTED March 14.2006
A RESOLUTION : SUPPORTING DOMINION VIRGINIA'S REVISED AL TERNA TIVE
ROUTE AS AMENDED IN THE MARCH 2006 REBUTTAL
TESTIMONY; RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND
CONSTRUCTION FOR ANY ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S MUNICIPAL LIMITS AND
OPPOSING ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES PART OF THE
W &OD REGIONAL PARK TRAIL
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 of230
kilovolts ("kV") 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 ofPurcellville ("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, in March 2006 Virginia Electric and Power Company ("Dominion Virginia
Power" or "Dominion") submitted rebuttal testimony; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council supports underground construction for any electrical
transmission line in close proximity to the Town's municipal limits and opposing any involving
part of the W &OD Trail.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED that the Council of the Town of Lees burg in Virginia hereby
recommends supporting Dominion Virginia's revised alternative route as amended in the March
2006 rebuttal testimony; recommending underground construction for any electrical transmission
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A RESOLUTION: SUPPORTING DOMINION VIRGINIA'S REVISED ALTERNATIVE
ROUTE AS AMENDED IN THE MARCH 2006 REBUTTAL
TESTIMONY; RECOMMENDING UNDERGROUND
CONSTRUCTION FOR ANY ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TOWN'S MUNICIPAL LIMITS AND
OPPOSING ANY CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES PART OF THE
W &OD REGIONAL PARK TRAIL
line in close proximity to the Town's municipal limits and opposing any construction that
involves part of the W&OD Regional Park Trail.
PASSED this 14th day of March 2006.
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