The Valley Link dog-and-pony show, starring Dominion’s crack PR duo Rob Richardson and Lane Carr, was quite the spectacle for the Culpeper Board of Supervisors meeting last night. Full highlight reel and deeper autopsy coming later, but here are the juiciest bits so you don’t have to wait.

Nothing says “community engagement” like a thinly veiled threat wrapped in a cash bribe, am I right?

Valley Link’s PR squad is rolling into the Culpeper Board of Supervisors next Tuesday, May 18th at 6:30 p.m. (302 N Main St) with a glossy PowerPoint on why everyone should just roll over and approve the Yeat Substation. This is a big one. Unclear if they can even file with the State Corporation Commission this summer until Culpeper signs off, so they’re pulling out all the stops. We need bodies packed inside that building and spilling out the doors to make it crystal clear:

Well, now we know why the Orange County Data Center ordinance has no teeth—and we owe a huge debt to one gutsy private citizen, Sarah Regan, for blowing the lid off it. Watch her speech to the Orange County Board of Supervisors tonight. Pay close attention. Spoiler alert: Attorneys for Amazon and the rest of the gang have been handed the keys to the drafting process, essentially dictating which parts of the ordinance are “acceptable” and which aren’t.

“When we’re done, the audience will know more about property rights and eminent domain in Virginia than 99% of the attorneys,” said a representative of the firm. This is a free, non-partisan educational event open to all affected property owners and interested community members.

Valley Link/Dominion will stage its latest dog-and-pony show before the Culpeper Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 19th at 7 p.m. at 302 N Main St, Culpeper, VA 22701. Expect a "hard sell" by none-other than Valley Link's own PR Guru Rob Richardson. Details, predictably, remain conveniently vague. But this is almost certainly their formal pitch for the Yeat superstation—the capstone to the 765 kV transmission line they intend to drive straight across rural Virginia, sacri

Our silence is their approval, help us kill the Valley Link Transmission line and keep it from bulldozing 2,700+ acres across nine central Virginia counties. Consider donating to the Valley Link Legal and Regulatory Defense Fund. We have a very short window to get a legal team, industry experts, and researchers funded, assembled and working to kill the Valley Link transmission line across ALL NINE COUNTIES.

Dominion is now referring to the proposed Yeat substation as “Culpeper Yeat.” The materials also show a reduction of some of the additional 765 kV lines into this substation…for now. Given the Culpeper Board of Supervisors’ 6–1 vote opposing the project, it would be appropriate for Dominion to attend the next County Board meeting to clearly communicate its intentions and answer questions from the community.

"We've been here for a long time fighting to keep our land." - Michael Carter Jr.

Last night’s Buckingham County Board of Supervisors meeting was a masterclass in bureaucratic paralysis—disappointing doesn’t even begin to cover it. Mercifully, we still have one actual adult in the room: Mr. Carter Allen from District 7, who played the role of lone hero and actually urged the Board to, you know, do something. He submitted a motion to drag the County Administrator and County Attorney into the fray, task them with monitoring this mess, hunting for legal, proc

The Orange County Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission treated Dominion Energy to a master-class public flogging Tuesday night—complete with the Valley Link/Dominion executives briefing on their charming plan to bulldoze a 200-foot-wide scar through historic farms and forests in a county that has fought for decades to retain it's rural character. First, a standing ovation for the supervisors and planning commissioners, who showed up armed, briefed, and ready to play

Shock of the century—one of our most ardent supporters unearthed this Facebook post from none other than country music star John Rich, dated Feb 16th, just about the time Valley Link dropped their mess in our laps. Turns out the Federal government, in its infinite generosity, has appointed him the official savior and citizen advocate for farmers, ranchers, and rural citizens getting abused and terrorized by energy companies (sound familiar?).

Oh, what a shocking development! The Goochland County Board of Supervisors is heroically turning a blind eye to the outright land grab barreling toward the western end of the county. While the very citizens they’re paid to represent are about to be plundered like it’s 1066, the county administrator and BOS have bravely declared a “neutral” stance on the Valley Link transmission line—because, bless their hearts, they “believe they can have no effect.”

The good folks of Buckingham county were kind enough to invite me to their community meeting yesterday afternoon. Cruising through central Virginia’s rolling hills in that perfect early-spring glow was a stark reminder: this isn’t some abstract policy spat—it’s a bulldozer aimed straight at people’s lives. The turnout was impressive—standing-room-only in a packed community center, with stations for route maps, petitions, sign-up sheets, and ready-made “No Trespassing” temp

Hey sheeple, today’s your last chance to grovel before the almighty overlords at FERC. They’re racing to slash the timeline for new power plants and transmission lines so they can ram their pet projects down everyone’s throats with zero pesky public pushback. How thoughtful!

Less than a week until the Orange County Board of Supervisors' Valley Link powerpoint show. They've bumped the venue to Orange County High School to handle the hordes of ecstatic supporters (check the attached map and this link for the excruciating details...

Here’s my pointed, zero-BS recommendation for those wondering how to influence the Culpeper Supervisors to kill the Yeat superstation dead: Pick up the phone. Calmly, quietly, and relentlessly call every single supervisor and politely (emphasis on polite) demand they reject this monstrosity outright. Keep notes—we’d all love to know exactly which ones are planning to vote YES for reference in future elections. Oh, and fun fact for the class...

Over the past several days we have been reviewing PJM planning materials related to the proposed Joshua Falls–Yeat transmission project, and a key issue has emerged involving the relocation of the Yeat substation. Moving the Yeat substation is not a minor adjustment. As we now understand, the original planning concept placed the Yeat facility in Fauquier County near existing transmission infrastructure...

Central Virginia is under attack. More than 2700 acres is at risk of being taken from our communities. Why ? Northern Virginia data centers.. Must-watch: A raw, powerful video straight from one of our fiercest die-hard supporters. No surprise — people backed into a corner are done cowering. They’re standing tall and pushing back hard.

Thank you so much Orange Citizens for filling out those no-trespass notices at the Land Grab seminar this week and actually trusting our ragtag crew to get them certified-mailed to Valley Link like we promised. We hauled them all to the local post office today and — plot twist — the poor woman behind the counter lit up because she’s been drowning in these exact letters. “A ton,” she said. A. Ton. Bravo, citizens! You’re not just sending mail, you’re apparently running a ful