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VA · HB1491FINAL · 9 COSPONSORS

Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements.

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Electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines; siting requirements. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in order to approve the construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or route chosen for the line will avoid or reasonably minimize adverse impact to the greatest extent reasonably practicable on dwelling houses. For overhead transmission lines of 500 kilovolts or more constructed by Dominion Energy …

Source: OpenStates · fetched April 13, 2026

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