RICHMOND — The State Corporation Commission (SCC) will conduct hearings in Williamsburg and Richmond to receive public testimony on an application by Dominion Virginia Power to build new 500-kilovolt (kV) and 230-kV electric transmission lines and related facilities from Surry County to the city of Hampton.

Dominion Virginia Power proposes to build a new, 7.4-mile overhead 500-kV transmission line between its Surry switching station in Surry County to a new Skiffes Creek switching station in James City County. This segment of the line would include a 3.5-mile overhead crossing of the James River. From the Skiffes Creek switching station, the company proposes to construct 20.7 miles of new overhead 230-kV transmission line through James City and York counties, Newport News and ending at the company’s Whealton substation in Hampton.

Two public sessions are scheduled in Williamsburg on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at the Warhill High School Auditorium at 4615 Opportunity Way. The first session begins at 4 p.m. and then reconvenes at 7 p.m.

The public hearing will continue in Richmond on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 10 a.m. It will be held in the Commission’s second floor courtroom located in the Tyler Building at 1300 East Main Street. Any person wishing to comment at any of these hearings should arrive early and sign in with the SCC bailiff.

Written comments on the proposal must be submitted by January 3, 2013. All correspondence should be sent to the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission, Document Control Center, P.O. Box 2118, Richmond, Virginia 23218-2118, and refer to case number PUE-2012-00029.

Interested persons desiring to submit comments electronically may do so at the SCC’s website: www.scc.virginia.gov/case. Click on the PUBLIC COMMENTS/NOTICES link and then the SUBMIT COMMENTS button for case number PUE-2012-00029.

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Case Number PUE-2012-00029