City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MAY 4, 2016
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MARK B. JINKS, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Consideration of Underground Transmission Line & Substation Working Group (UTLWG) Alternatives Recommendations and a Adoption of a Resolution Opposing Above Ground Transmission Lines. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
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ISSUE: Consideration of the recommendations from the Underground Transmission Line & Substation Working Group (UTLWG) and a resolution opposing above ground transmission lines.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Adopt the recommendations (Attachment 1) of the UTLWG as the City's position on the project; and
2. Adopt the attached resolution in opposition to any above ground transmission lines connecting the Glebe substation to the Potomac River substation.
BACKGROUND: On June 11, 2014, Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) presented to City Council at a Legislative Meeting its proposal to improve the reliability and capacity of its electrical system by connecting it with the PEPCO system at the Potomac River Generating Station site. The proposal would involve the construction of an underground 230kV line from the Dominion substation on South Glebe Road in Arlington to an expanded PEPCO substation to be constructed on the west side parking lot of the current Potomac River Generating Station site, where a PEPCO substation is currently located.
The City Council, in response to the initial proposal presented by Dominion in June 2014, established the UTLWG which finalized a Working Group Recommendations Memo on December 30, 2014. The memo was shared with City Council on January 22, 2015 in advance of a to-be-determined future Council meeting and public hearing. Dominion postponed the project prior to finalizing an alternative and filing with the State Corporation Commissi...
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