Washington Post: Dominion – Corey Stewart turn power line dispute into larger political battle

Washington Post: Dominion – Corey Stewart turn power line dispute into larger political battle By Antonio Olivo August 7 at 1:56 PM A dispute over a proposed power line route in Virginia that threatens a historic African American enclave has morphed into a broader battle Read More …

Washington Post Letter to the Editor: Corey Stewart – It’s Dominion that would leave customers behind in Prince William

WaPo Letter to the Editor: Corey Stewart   A worker with Virginia Dominion Power works to repair a power line at the corner of Baron Cameron Avenue and Lake Fairfax Drive in Reston in 2010. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) August 4 at 6:11 PM Robert Read More …

Bull Run Observer: Carver Rd. residents battle against power lines

By Rose Murphy August 4, 2017 The battle to keep Dominion Energy from running 110-foot-tall power lines through the Carver Road area populated mainly by descendants of freed slaves continued July 18 when residents held a press conference at McCoart Government Center to ask Prince Read More …

Radio IQ/WVTF: Pipeline Prospects: Can the Atlantic Coast Pipeline be stopped?

WVTF: Can the Atlantc Coast Pipeline be stopped? By Sandy Hausman • Aug 3, 2017 Related Program: Pipeline Prospects: Where does it go from here? <img src=”http://wvtf.org/sites/wvtf/files/styles/default/public/201708/picketing-1.jpg” alt=”Environmental activists protested outside of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s offices in Richmond for 3 days in October 2016. Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Another federal lawsuit filed over Dominion’s James River transmission line

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Another federal lawsuit filed over Dominion’s James River transmission line By ROBERT ZULLO Richmond Times-Dispatch Aug 3, 2017 Preservationists say this view of the James River near Jamestown has been largely unchanged since the 1600s. Dominion’s transmission line would go over the river. Read More …

Daily KOS: Amazon needs land – so they’re taking it from elderly Black folk descended from freed slaves

Daily KOS: Amazon needs land taking from elderly Black folk By wagatwe Thursday Aug 03, 2017 · 1:29 PM EDT The people of the Carver Road community in Haymarket, Virginia have a strong, proud history. It’s a predominantly Black, working-class neighborhood that’s home to families Read More …

WJLA: Dispute pitting neighbors against power company and Amazon in Prince William County

WJLA: Dispute pitting neighbors against power company and Amazon   http://wjla.com/news/local/dispute-pitting-neighbors-against-power-company-and-amazon-in-prince-william-co   by Richard Reeve/ABC7 Monday, July 31st 2017 Haymarket, Va (ABC7) – Along rural, quiet Carver Road in Haymarket, the signs sit in front of Christine Moore’s house. “Attention Dominion Energy,” they read. “Private Read More …

Washington Post Dominion Energy OpEd: Standing in the way of improving a county’s power

Wash Post OpEd:  Standing in the way of improving a county’s power By Robert M. Blue July 28 at 4:00 PM Robert M. Blue is president and chief executive of Dominion Energy Power Delivery Group. Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey A. Stewart (R) recently Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion gets delay on Prince William transmission line that has sparked resistance

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Dominion gets delay… By:  Robert Zullo Richmond Times-Dispatch July 26, 2017 Dominion Energy, facing a wave of determined opposition from local government, a pair of state lawmakers and residents over a planned 230-kilovolt Prince William County transmission line and associated infrastructure intended to Read More …

InsideNOVA: New hurdle for Dominion power line could quash Carver Rd. route

InsideNOVA: New hurdle for Dominion could quash Carver Rd. route  By Alex Koma akoma@insidenova.com Jul 24, 2017 Dominion Energy now faces a major hurdle in its controversial effort to build a new power line through western Prince William County to reach a Haymarket data center. Read More …

Prince William Times: Supervisors pledge $30,000 to power-line fight in western Prince William – 7/19/17

By Jill Palermo July 19, 2017 Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart, left, stands with Joyce Hudson and other members of the Alliance to Save Carver Road during the group’s press conference outside the James J. McCoart Administration Building July 18. The two-year fight against Read More …

Washington Post: Prince William to donate $30,000 to legal effort against proposed power line route

Washington Post: Prince William to donate $30,000… By Antonio Olivo July 18, 2017 Prince William County said Tuesday that it will donate $30,000 to support the legal efforts of residents fighting against a proposed Dominion Energy transmission route in the Haymarket area linked to plans Read More …

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Filing claims Amazon doesn’t need controversial Prince William County transmission line for data-center – 7/17/17

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Amazon doesn’t need controversial…. By Robert Zullo July 17, 2017 For the better part of three years, furor has steadily mounted over a proposed 230-kilovolt transmission line and associated electrical infrastructure that Dominion Energy wants to build in Prince William County, primarily to Read More …

Washington Post: Va. panel to reconsider power line route that would uproot ex-slave’s descendents

By Antonio Olivo July 14 at 6:14 PM  The Virginia State Corporation Commission announced Friday that it will reconsider its decision to allow the route of a set of Dominion Energy power lines to cut through land near Haymarket that has been owned for more than a Read More …

Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened

Washington Post: As data centers bloom, a century-old African American enclave is threatened By:  Antonio Olivo  July 2, 2017  4:08 p.m. Nathan Grayson helps his aunt Willetta Grayson, 91, walk to his car in Haymarket, Va. (Jason Andrew/For The Washington Post)   For at least Read More …