By now you’ve probably absorbed Mike Regan’s tidy little bombshell about what Orange County Government has been quietly cooking for more than a year. It’s a masterclass in how a county can stealth-recruit hyperscale data centerr, apparently aiming for the densest concentration in Virginia, while treating the public like an inconvenient afterthought. Nearly 9,000 acres are being shopped around through secret talks, NDAs, guided site tours, and supervisory hand-holding. All of

A young lady named Amy from Buckingham kindly shared the recording of her delightful sit-down at Valley Link’s “office hours” yesterday. Fair warning: some parts are painful to hear. She’s understandably distraught that this project is about to bulldoze her future in one tidy package. Her interlocutor? None other than Rob Richardson, chief PR shaman for Valley Link/Dominion Energy. The original recording ran a bracing 43 minutes. We’ve extracted the highlights; the full unedi

Attention, Buckingham County residents: the Valley Link PR wizards have thoughtfully scheduled stealth “office hours” for tomorrow, July 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Buckingham County Community Center, 16268 N. James Madison Highway, Dillwyn, VA 23936. I assume this is in lieu of the “science fair” canceled last month due to the massive measles outbreak in the county.

Last evening’s Stop Valley Link community meeting at the Moss-Nuckols Elementary School in Louisa managed to draw a rather impressive crowd, during which various speakers thoughtfully illuminated the protracted campaign against Valley Link, along with the deleterious consequences of lifelong immersion in the electromagnetic fields so generously provided by these transmission lines. Video excerpts shall be curated as time allows; in the meantime, the complete, unedited recordi

When: Tuesday, July 28 | 6:00 PM Where: Moss-Nuckols Elementary School, 2055 Courthouse Road, Louisa, VA 23093 Featured speakers: Theodora M. Scarato, Director of the Electromagnetic Fields Program and Special Expert to the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields — presentation + full Q&A Michael Regan, Orange County resident — latest project updates Duane Adams, Chairman, Louisa County Board of Supervisors — county response If you live

Well folks, I stand corrected. Miracles do happen, or at least the occasional outbreak of common sense. As the attached joint statement makes crystal clear, the Culpeper County Republican Committee has finally joined with the Culpeper Democrats and put their names on the same page, clarifying their positions and jointly rejecting the Yeat substation’s proposed home in Culpeper County. Thank you to both parties for deciding to stand with their own citizens.

As this endless war against the Valley Link monstrosity drags on, we’re all getting a very expensive education—especially me. Data centers don’t just happen to need giant new transmission lines; they demand them. Certainly they won't consider local power generation unless their hand is forced. And nothing attracts a data center faster than a freshly cleared transmission corridor. The Valley Link Joshua Falls to Yeat route is the textbook example of this cozy little arrangeme

A little bird alerted me late yesterday that the Virginia Farm Bureau was hosting a listening session for the Virginia Department of Energy (VDOE) in Richmond to get feedback from citizens, farmers, ranchers, and companies in Virginia as the current administration forms it's 2026 Virginia Energy Plan (VEP). This was a real chance to have our voices heard. Unfortunately it was too late to notify all of you to partake also. Below was my feedback spoken to the Virginia Depart

I want to again urge citizens affected by this Valley Link mess to follow-through and post their concerns to the USDA lawfare page if you haven't already. John Rich of country music fame has been appointed by the President to be the official savior and citizen advocate for farmers, ranchers, and rural citizens getting abused and terrorized by energy companies, sound familiar?

Agriculture is Virginia's largest private industry, generating an economic impact of more than $82 billion annually. Our farms, timber, and rural land are long-term economic engines that support families, communities, and local businesses year after year. Data centers can relocate to another state if incentives or profits change. Our farms cannot. Big towers, big risks, big mistakes -- Block Valley Link.

More map gymnastics, courtesy of AEP! They’ve finally deigned to release their latest map and proposed routes around the new Joshua Falls energy distribution hub. What a generous gift to Campbell County: brand-new 138kV route alternatives running between the old and new Joshua Falls substations, plus two new 765kV route alternatives feeding the shiny new bulk energy distribution hub. The new map including all of the AEP gems is up on on the home page. Campbell county folks,

In a display of corporate solidarity that would make even the most fervent lobbyist blush, the Virginia Chamber of Commerce has enthusiastically signed onto a letter urging PJM Interconnection to fast-track the Valley Link transmission project — a 115-mile, 765-kilovolt monster slicing through central Virginia’s rural counties. The Virginia Chamber of Commerce has chosen its side. It is the side of bigger transmission lines, more corporate load, and the power of eminent doma

Another day, more school districts, citizens, and corporations opposing being drenched in industrial grade EMF. Link below to the full article. A few extracts that caught my eye...

Another gem from the ongoing Block Valley Link Ad Campaign. Read the text of the video below or watch it here. Side note: These aren't actors, but REAL people IN central Virginia affected by this monstrosity.

Theodora Scarato, an EMF expert, pointed this gem of a video out to me. The San Francisco Niners are apparently considering moving their practice field away from the massive substation right next door. Best quote by Chase Senior from the video: "I mean you look at photos of the Niners practicing there at the SAP Performance Center, and you go there, and it is still so odd to see this massive electrical substation, neighboring the practice field and hovering over the entire

Valley Link floods your feed with spin, real landowners are telling a different story. Find out what they're not telling you.

As we dig deeper into the long-term effects of ramming an industrial high-voltage transmission corridor through central Virginia—right next to homes, schools, and farms—maybe it’s time to actually look at the research and experts on EMF instead of pretending the issue doesn’t exist. First, though, a quick refresher on how Valley Link’s representatives have been “addressing” these concerns in public.

While I was stuck at the latest Valley Link “science fair” in Lynchburg—staged, of course, purely for the benefit of the poor victims in Campbell County—everyone kept wondering why they held it so far from the actual people getting steamrolled. Mystery solved. The “public outreach” was conveniently staged at the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance offices in downtown Lynchburg, safely miles from the Campbell County line. Home field, indeed. And just in case anyone still had

Finally scraped together enough free time this morning to yank the new map data off Valley Link’s vaunted website. They clearly decided to crank the obfuscation up a notch since last time, so I had to go full geek mode. (Cute effort. Didn’t work.)

It was a scenic little drive down to Campbell County yesterday for their “science fair.” Pulled in and was immediately greeted by a Virginia state trooper’s squad car parked dead-center in front of the entrance, lights flashing. Apparently the Valley Link team is feeling very “unsafe” these days. The squad car stayed there all four hours. Of course the event wasn’t held anywhere near the people who actually have to live with the towers and substation. It was staged in downtow