RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) will hold a public hearing on December 15, 2009, to consider a proposal by Dominion Virginia Power to construct a 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Fauquier and Prince William counties.

The proposed 24.31-mile transmission line project involves the conversion of 9.81 miles of an existing line from 115 kV to 230 kV. In the second part of the project, 14.5 miles of a new 230-kV line will be installed on the lower empty arms of structures being built for the Meadow Brook-Loudoun 500-kV line. The proposed project will begin at the company’s Remington combustion turbine station in Fauquier County and end at the Gainesville substation in Prince William County.

A public hearing on the request is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. It will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building, 1300 East Main Street, in downtown Richmond. Any person wishing to comment at the hearing should arrive early and notify the SCC bailiff.

Written comments on the proposal must be submitted by December 8, 2009. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, and refer to case number PUE-2009-00050.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website:http://www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2009-00050.

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Case Number PUE-2009-00050