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Dominion Energy proposes Morrisville–Wishing Star 500 kV line; company favors rebuilding existing corridor, says undergrounding impractical
Summary
Dominion Energy presented a conceptual plan for a 36.5-mile transmission project that would add a double-circuit 500 kV line and a 2x230 kV circuit from the Morrisville substation in Fauquier to the Wishing Star substation in Loudoun, generally staying in existing corridors where possible.
Dominion Energy presented a conceptual plan for a 36.5-mile transmission project that would add a double-circuit 500 kilovolt line and a 2x230 kV circuit from the Morrisville substation (Fauquier) north to the Wishing Star substation (Loudoun). The company told the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors it prefers to rebuild and widen existing transmission corridors where possible and to use monopole structures to minimize footprint where expansion is needed.
Porlin (Portland) Cunningham, a Dominion transmission communications lead, said the project is driven by rising and concentrated load growth in Northern Virginia — notably the region’s data center market…
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