PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL v. VIRGINIA ELEC.

Record Nos. 090249, 090253, 090258, 090278, 090284.

684 S.E.2d 805 (2009)

278 Ga. 553

The PIEDMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, et al. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY, d/b/a Dominion Virginia Power, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. McSweeney (Wesley G. Russell, Jr., Richmond; Kevin J. Burke, County Attorney; Tracy A. Gallehr, Deputy County Attorney; Ross G. Horton, County Attorney; Kevin P. Black, Assistant County Attorney; Roy B. Thorpe, County Attorney; Charles W. Hundley, Richmond; James W. Moorman; McSweeney, Crump, Childress & Temple, Richmond; Cherry, Seymour, Hundley & Baronian, on briefs), for appellants.

Stephen H. Watts II, Richmond; John F. Dudley, Counsel to the Commission (E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Richmond; Vishwa B. Link, Richmond; Kristian M. Dahl, Richmond; Erin M. Sine, Richmond; Karen L. Bell, Richmond; Lisa S. Booth; Randall B. Palmer; Jeffrey P. Trout; Richard D. Gary, Richmond; Robert M. Rolfe, Richmond; Charlotte P. McAfee, Richmond; William H. Chambliss, General Counsel; Wayne N. Smith, Senior Counsel; McGuire Woods; Hunton & Williams, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: KEENAN, KOONTZ, KINSER, LEMONS, and MILLETTE, JJ., and CARRICO and LACY, S.JJ.


OPINION BY Justice LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

These five consolidated appeals of right arise from an order of the State Corporation Commission dated October 7, 2008 granting certificates of public convenience and necessity to two electric utilities, Virginia Electric and Power Company ("VEPCO") and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company ("TrAILCo"), for the construction and operation of two Virginia segments of a proposed 500 kilovolt (500kv) interstate electric transmission...

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