VIRGINIA ELEC. v. BD. OF COUNTY SUP'RS

Record No. 830721.

309 S.E.2d 308 (1983)

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. BOARD OF COUNTY SUPERVISORS OF PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Office of the Attorney General, Division of Consumer Counsel, and State Corporation Commission.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guy T. Tripp, III, Richmond (Darla B. Tarletz, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Donald G. Owens, Richmond, John H. Foote, County Atty. (Gerald L. Baliles, Atty. Gen., Anthony Gambardella, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lewis S. Minter, Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.


POFF, Justice.

This appeal challenges the jurisdiction of the State Corporation Commission to conduct an environmental-impact review of a proposal to construct a 230 kilovolt (kv) transmission line in a corridor which presently carries a 115 kv line and a 500 kv line.

Virginia Electric and Power Company (Vepco) proposes to construct the new line in an existing corridor connecting its Loudoun and Gainesville substations. All rights-of-way were acquired prior...

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