Divide Citizens Power Towers Link Utilities
Potomac Edison and VEPCO link two utilities by a 500 kv line spanning 15.8 miles in Frederick County. The project, aimed at reliability amid coal shortages, will interconnect with the Allegheny Power System and include a Middletown stepdown substation to serve PE customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Potomac Edison Power Company
Frederick County
Grant County
W. Va
Morrisville
Fauquier County
Washington D.C
Keller
United Mine Workers
Potomac Edison
VEPCO
Great North Mountain
Hampshire County
Warren County
Middletown
PE Riverton
Rappahanock County
Winchester- Frederick County
Frank Brumback
Chumley
Brumback
E.W. Miller
David Whitacre
Utilities See Savings From Interconnected Power Line
An 18.5 million line aims to lower customer costs by sharing generating reserves across systems during outages. Not all locals agreed, with lawsuits delaying the project and residents like John Chumley of Vaucluse opposing easement terms and devaluation concerns.
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Harley Climpson
Mt. Falls
Great North Mountain
Virginia-West Virginia
Climpson
Potomac Edison
Keller
Frederick County
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Winchester Evening Star
George M. Stoddart
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Allegheny Power System
Rappahannock
John Chumley
Vaucluse
Rt. 11
Stephens City