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Dominion Vice President Says SCC Staff Supplement Report on Northern Virginia Transmission Line Supports Company's Position
In a supplemental report filed Monday, consultant Bates White LLC of Washington, D.C., said:
— \"Both the original and the updated Bates White contingency analyses indicated major reliability violations in 2011 and 2012 ... in the absence of major transmission system expansion such as the projected 500kV Loudoun Line.\" (Page 1, Paragraph 2) — \"In other words, the need for the proposed Loudoun Line persists even when the most 'up-to-date' power flow case is used as the basis for the reliability study.\" (Page 1, Paragraph 2)
"This independent report confirms our position — that our proposed transmission line is the best answer to prevent problems to the Northern Virginia regional electric system in the summer of 2011," Smatlak said. "The consultant took the new information, performed detailed load flow analyses and confirmed this project is needed to keep the lights on in our customers' homes and businesses."
The SCC staff hired Bates White to perform an assessment of the need for the power line. In its original report filed
Dominion is seeking approval from the SCC to build a 65-mile, 500,000-volt transmission line in Northern Virginia to alleviate projected overloads of the grid. Electric demand in Northern Virginia has grown by about 40 percent over the last decade and is projected to grow by another 8 percent by 2011.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers of energy, with a portfolio of approximately 26,500 megawatts of generation. Dominion serves retail energy customers in 11 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at http://www.dom.com.
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