HB2398: Electrical transmission lines; General Assembly and SCC must approve alternative plan.

Chief Patron

Clay Athey (R-18)
Front Royal, VA
Served: 2002–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

Bill is Dead

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Summary

Approval of utility lines; plan for undergrounding lines. Requires a utility seeking State Corporation Commission approval of a certain 500 kV electrical transmission line to submit to the Commission and to members of the General Assembly a plan to install the line or lines underground within current utility right-of-way. Hearings on the application for the new transmission line would be held after the Commission has reviewed the plan.

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