It amounts to another nail in the coffin for opponents of Dominion Virginia Power’s plans to build a high-voltage transmission line through the Piedmont.

Last Thursday, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission joined its Virginia and West Virginia counterparts in approving the tri-state, $1 billion Dominion and Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co. project.

Virginia’s State Corporation Commission (SCC) authorized the portion of the line in the commonwealth contingent upon approval by West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

For the full story, read the Nov. 19 Fauquier Times-Democrat