From the Warren Sentinel:
Virginia officials want the state removed from an energy corridor that gives control of electricity to the federal government.
This week, Gov. Timothy Kaine and Attorney General Bob McDonnell filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Energy to rethink the 15 Virginia counties included in a
Mid-Atlantic National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor.
The existence such a corridor would allow the federal government to override a decision by the Commonwealth of Virginia not to grant eminent domain to Dominion for the purpose of build a high-voltage transmission line across the Shenandoah Valley and northern piedmont.
It’s nice to see that Ds and Rs can cooperate when it comes to protecting Virginia’s prerogatives of self governance.