Transmission Line Projects

To support ever-increasing demands for energy, Dominion has new electric transmission initiatives underway to help ensure customers have the power they need.

We continuously monitor growth in the portions of Virginia that we serve. This allows us to project where and when the demand for electricity will exceed the capacity of our existing electric lines.

Based on these projections, we must build new transmission lines to maintain system reliability and support future growth.

More than a dozen new initiatives are underway. Dominion recognizes the public's desire to have these high-voltage lines installed underground, but the high costs and technological hurdles associated with this process are prohibitive.

Perhaps the most critical transmission line initiative is in Northern Virginia, where the growing use of electricity has placed Dominion's ability to meet its responsibility for its Northern Virginia customers increasingly at risk.

Learn about our proposed solution.