Groups Warn of 765 kV Joshua Falls–Yeat Transmission Line

The Piedmont Environmental Council and partner organizations will hold a press conference to reveal concerns about Valley Link Transmission’s proposed Joshua Falls–Yeat 765 kV transmission line.

• Main announcement: The press conference on May 19 will highlight the concerning impacts of Valley Link’s proposed 115-mile, 765 kV Joshua Falls–Yeat transmission line, which would begin at the Joshua Falls substation (Campbell County) and end near the Yeat substation in Culpeper County, require a cleared 200-foot-wide corridor, traverse nine Virginia counties, and could clear over 2,600 acres of currently forested, farmed, and habitat lands. The announcement identifies specific historic and cultural resources and provides instructions for the public to submit comments through Valley Link’s GeoVoice portal.
• Background and timeline: Valley Link Transmission (a joint venture of Dominion Energy, Transource, and FirstEnergy Transmission) proposes the route that may later expand delivery to data centers; direct visitor spending in the nine affected counties was $677.7 million in 2024. Key dates: press conference on May 19 at Historic Germanna (2062 Germanna Hwy, Locust Grove, VA) at 10 a.m.; Valley Link will hold another round of community meetings in June; the project is scheduled to come before the Virginia State Corporation Commission for approval of a final route in September 2026, with the public able to submit comments to the SCC starting in fall 2026.