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Dominion Energy outlines multi‑year reliability upgrades for northern Currituck area, including $5.55M Teal Road project
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Dominion Energy told the Currituck board it will carry out patrols, transformer inspections and circuit upgrades to reduce long‑duration outages in the Carova/Corolla area, highlighting a $5.55M reconductoring project on Teal Road, $2M for circuit reconfiguration and phased work into 2027 to add redundancy.
Dominion Energy officials briefed the Currituck County Board of Commissioners April 6 on steps to reduce long‑duration outages in the Carova/Corolla area.
Winnie Wade, external affairs manager for Dominion in northeast North Carolina, introduced operations manager John Morgan, who described follow‑up work after two outages in December and January that lasted more than 24 hours. Dominion reported quarter‑1 circuit patrols and transformer inspections and said it identified multiple targeted follow‑up projects.
Morgan detailed a Teal Road reconductoring project estimated at about $5,550,000 that would replace more than two miles of conductor and approximately 27 poles, and a separate $2,000,000 allocation to reconfigure circuits and add an additional circuit to help balance load growth. He described roughly six miles of planned overhead conductor for optional tie circuits to provide alternate feeds and improve redundancy. Dominion said the projects, beginning at the end of 2026 and extending into 2027, are intended to address seasonal load shifts (beach season versus winter resident loads).
"We’re bringing in a whole another circuit that is gonna be able to help support the growth in that area," John Morgan said, describing conductor upgrades and pole replacements to current standards.
Commissioners asked about growth projections and whether the work accounts for future development and electric‑vehicle charging demand; Dominion said the upgrades and the new circuit are intended to accommodate load growth and that switching capabilities will help shift capacity between the beach and mainland load centers.
Dominion also said it would continue targeted inspections and install devices on lines to improve load‑switching capability, and that the combination of patrols, inspections and the reconductoring project should reduce the risk of repeat long‑duration outages.
Dominion officials and county staff said they would follow up with technical details and maps; Dominion displayed slides with the proposed circuits and tie locations during the work session and public meeting.
