COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP
Block The Valley LInk Transmission Project
Valley Link Transmission, that noble brainchild of Dominion Energy, is charging ahead with its 115-mile, 765 kV monster of a power line, slicing straight through the tender heart of Central Virginia like a hot knife through butter, from Campbell County all the way to Culpeper. Because nothing says “progress” quite like juicing up Northern Virginia’s gluttonous data centers while the locals get to wave goodbye to their actual lives and livelihoods. Corporate greed? Meet your new patron saint. And right now, these paragons of virtue are in full eminent-domain mode, kindly “acquiring” your private land so they can plant a forest of 175+-foot steel giants along a 200-foot-wide scar that’ll cheerfully flatten every tree, farm, and scrap of sanity in its way. These bad boys pack the punch of 3 ordinary 500 kV lines—because apparently our “populated” little slice of Virginia needed the industrial-strength version. Why settle for normal when you can go full apocalypse?
This map now includes the second round of routes Valley Link dropped on us on May 27, 2026. Now includes the new AEP routes around the Joshua Falls bulk energy distribution hub, AKA substation. In that area a new 138KV lines are planned with 100ft right of way. Enjoy, sort of looks like a spaghetti mess.
Explore the proposed path of the Valley Link Transmission project. This interactive map highlights the industrial corridor that threatens our community's health, safety, and natural landscape. See exactly where the lines are planned to be installed and how close they come to your home. The shaded or highlighted areas around the routes represent the proposed 200-foot-wide right-of-way (ROW) required for the line. Within this corridor, vegetation, trees, fences, and other features would be bulldozed to install and maintain the massive steel lattice towers (typically 175+ feet tall) and conductors.
This is an attempted land grab by Valley Link of some 2,787 acres of OUR LAND.
Proposed Route Map Includes Routes from May 27, 2026 & AEP
Health & Safety Concerns
The Valley Link Transmission project brings significant long-term implications for our community's well-being and the local environment. Understanding these risks is crucial for our advocacy.