Oh, bless his heart—Valley Link’s very own PR wizard, Rob Richardson, beaming like he just won the lottery while cheerfully admitting the obvious: Yes, Virginia, YOU will be paying for this shiny new transmission line.

Well, well, what do we have here? Valley Link’s very own PR Guru and lifelong Dominion Energy foot soldier, Rob Richardson , has deigned to join our little group! Rob, I’m genuinely shocked your tech overlords didn’t issue you the standard-issue “cloak of secrecy.”

“Hey, who’s actually footing the $1.1 billion dollar bill for this glorious transmission line?” Valley Link’s Rob Richardson lit up like he’d won the lottery and chirped, “Why, you all are, right there on your Dominion Energy bills!”