RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) has dismissed the case in which PATH Allegheny Virginia Transmission Corporation was seeking approval to build the Virginia portion of a proposed high voltage transmission line. The SCC granted PATH’s motion to withdraw its application and terminate the proceeding.

Known as the Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline or PATH Project, the 765-kilovolt overhead transmission line was seeking Virginia authority to cross approximately 31 miles of Frederick, Clarke, and Loudoun Counties. The segments in Virginia were part of a high-voltage line planned from the existing Amos substation near St. Albans, West Virginia to a new substation at Kemptown near New Market, Maryland.

Should the company re-apply in Virginia, the SCC directed that, in addition to the other requirements attendant to a transmission line application, any future application must include information regarding:

• PJM Interconnection’s Regional Transmission Expansion Plans of 2010 or later and PJM’s 2010 or later Reliability Pricing Model auction.
• Updated load flow analyses in the form requested for this case (which showed no need for the PATH line in 2014).
• An analysis of changes in circumstances, including changes in generation, demand response, and energy efficiency resources.
• The PATH Project’s original routes (including routes that do not impact Virginia) consistent with the information provided regarding other proposed and alternative routes

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Case Number PUE-2009-00043