185-foot industrial transmission towers — taller than the Statue of Liberty — routed through residential Loudoun County. Less than 50 feet from homes. Built to power data centers. It started with Loudoun Valley Estates. It sets the precedent for every neighborhood in the county.
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18-story steel towers through residential streets, past schools and parks. $2.8 billion in assessed property at risk — a tax base hit that affects every Loudoun taxpayer. And a proven underground alternative they're pretending doesn't exist.
Understand the full impactPJM's own label. SCC Staff's own finding. Dominion manufactured the urgency, buried the underground alternatives, and used leverage tactics to make overhead seem like the only option. It isn't.
See the evidenceThis isn't just an LVE problem — it's a Loudoun County problem. Email your supervisor. Sign up for alerts. Attend the Board meeting. The SCC is still deliberating and community pressure is still a factor.
Get involved todayThe SCC ruling could issue any day. These four actions must happen before it does.
Accept ALL 8 open space easements from LVE I and II. Zero fiscal impact. This removes the viability barrier for underground/hybrid routes and signals the SCC that the community supports the alternative.
Any statement accepting "any Route 3" becomes evidence before the SCC. The Board must not signal that overhead through residential neighborhoods is locally acceptable. Silence is not an option — it is acquiescence.
The underground pilot program passed both chambers bipartisan and specifically names Golden-to-Mars. Board support is a statutory prerequisite for eligibility. Inaction forecloses the legislative pathway.
Direct the County Attorney to continue advocating for underground/hybrid routing. The evidentiary record is closed but the ruling has not issued. This window to influence the Commission is right now.
HB 1487 / SB 827 passed the Virginia General Assembly — specifically targeting Golden-to-Mars. Board support is now a statutory prerequisite.
Community members packed BOS chambers citing EMF risks near schools and property value impacts. SCC ruling expected by month's end.
Virginia Mercury documents how the community framed Golden-to-Mars as infrastructure for data centers — not community reliability.
1,800+ Loudoun residents have already shown up. The SCC has noticed. But the precedent this sets goes beyond one corridor — it decides how Loudoun manages growth for a generation.