Dominion Energy schedules public meetings on Goochland transmission rebuild project
Dominion held a noon virtual meeting and a 5:30 p.m. in-person session on rebuilding 500-kV lines through Goochland. The same right-of-way corridor was at issue.
Goochland County scheduled two Dominion Energy meetings on the Carson-Midlothian-North Anna Transmission Rebuild Project, with a noon virtual session and an in-person meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Residence Inn Short Pump. The in-person session had no formal presentation and was set aside for public questions, giving nearby landowners and other residents a direct chance to press for answers about the rebuild.
Dominion described the project as a proposal to rebuild existing 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines between the Carson, Midlothian and North Anna substations. The company said the lines were approaching the end of their service life and had to be rebuilt, and that the rebuilt line would use the same right-of-way corridor. For property owners near the route, that detail matters most: the proposal does not call for a brand-new corridor, but it still raises questions about construction access, visual impacts along the existing viewshed and how long work would affect land next to the line.
Goochland County’s project page and calendar identified the effort as the Carson-Midlothian-North Anna Transmission Line Rebuild Project and the Transmission Rebuild Project, and the county had already posted similar Dominion meeting notices in May. The repeated outreach showed the county was keeping the proposal in front of residents as Dominion moved the project through public discussion.
The rebuild also sits inside a broader regional debate over transmission expansion in central Virginia, where residents in Goochland and surrounding counties have been watching large utility proposals closely. Dominion said the rebuilt line would allow more power to flow and serve customers, while the Virginia State Corporation Commission has a public FAQ on transmission line projects that frames the state review and comment process. For Goochland residents, the key issue is not whether electricity demand is growing, but how much change the county will accept along the existing corridor and what assurances Dominion will give before any work begins.
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