Loudoun forwards electrical-infrastructure CPAM amid debate over undergrounding, preferred corridors

Jan 14, 2026

The board forwarded the electrical infrastructure comprehensive plan amendment (CPAM 2024-5) for further work after staff said the policy/map changes would help the county influence transmission routing; speakers and neighbors urged stronger undergrounding language and raised property-value and environmental concerns.

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Loudoun County supervisors voted Jan. 14 to forward the Electrical Infrastructure Comprehensive Plan Amendment (CPAM 2024-5) to the board's February business meeting after a lengthy briefing and public comment period that included sharp disagreements over whether the county should identify preferred corridors and how strongly it should push for undergrounding of high-voltage transmission lines.

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