Local, state, and national coverage
In the news
Data centers, transmission lines, and communities working through the same questions we are.
Close to home
- Louisa community raises property and health concerns over proposed Valley Link transmission line One county over, the same fight: a 115-mile, 765kV line driven by data-center demand.
- High voltage transmission line proposed in Spotsylvania, Orange, Culpeper gets pushback Organized resistance in our neighboring counties against another high-voltage proposal.
Across Virginia
- SCC orders Dominion to develop tariff to assign more transmission costs to data centers The ruling of the month: data centers - not ordinary ratepayers - must pay for transmission built to serve them.
- SCC takes important first step: large-load data centers must pay for transmission built solely to serve them Coalition ally PEC on what the ruling means for Virginia ratepayers.
- Why Northern Virginians will help pay for controversial rural transmission line project How the cost of transmission projects gets spread onto everyone's bill - explained in plain English.
Around the country
- Residents and industry leaders at odds over transmission lines at legislative hearing Texans packing a Capitol hearing over extra-high-voltage lines - this backlash is national.
- $64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition The number that proves it: organized community pushback changes outcomes.