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As hurricane season officially begins on June 1, Dominion Energy says it’s been working year-round to minimize storm-related power outages across Virginia. One of the company’s most aggressive ...
RICHMOND — As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, Dominion Energy announced it has finished burying more than 2,500 miles ...
In a way to mitigate the routine of recovery after winter storms, researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech are looking at how to put power lines ...
Kelly Barton and several of his neighbors have had their power lines moved underground as part of Dominion Energy's Strategic Underground Program, significantly reducing power outage times.
"It's the type of storm that we're expecting that could cause trouble for power lines," said Dominion Energy ... such as the central region as well as northern Virginia," said Newsome.
Metro Richmond, Farmville, and Altavista were considered the hardest hit areas across Central, Western and Southside Virginia. Crews spent extensive time at sites with down power lines and poles ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Downed power lines blocked traffic on Virginia Beach Boulevard for nearly 12 hours overnight Thursday, police said. A dump truck accidentally struck the power lines ...
The Virginia Department ... Crews will continue to work as quickly and safely as possible. SVEC reminds customers to never go near or touch downed power lines, and report those immediately.
10 News reporter Samuel King spoke with AEP regarding their work to restore your power. Below are the worst outage areas among the 80,000 Appalachian Power customers in Virginia without power in ...
Most of the work in Charlottesville-Albemarle will ... 657 because of a tractor-trailer crash involving downed power lines. The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Culpeper office said ...
Burying these lines significantly reduces power outages and restoration time during storms. The work is part of the ... the leading cause of power outages in Virginia. The company plans to bury ...
As the Atlantic hurricane season begins, Dominion Energy has finished burying more than 2,500 miles of the most outage-prone ...