On June 17, the Louisa County Board of Supervisors sent two letters in reference to the Valley Link proposed Joshua Falls to Yeat 765 kV transmission line. The letters are available in their entirety on louisacounty. gov and a summary follows below.

The first of the letters was to the Valley Link Transmission Company, and contained a series of questions with written responses requested by June 19, 2026. The 28 questions were organized into seven categories: 1.) Need and Load Forecasting; 2.) Cost Causation and Allocation; 3.) Alternatives Analysis; 4.) Health, Safety, and Public Welfare Studies; 5.) Project Cost, Financing and Ratepayer Exposure; 6.) Land Use, Agricultural Resources, and County Planning, and 7.) Record Consistency. Notable questions included: Identify each data center project, by name, location, projected in-service date, and committed megawatts, that materially supports the load forecast on which the need for this line rests.

Identify any study, report, or analysis in the possession of Valley Link or its parent companies that reports an adverse association between highvoltage transmission line exposure and human health, livestock health, or agricultural productivity, and produce each.

State the assumed right-of-way width through Louisa County, the number of residences within 500 feet of the centerline of any route under study, and the methodology and findings of any property-value impact analysis Valley Link or its affiliates have commissioned or rely on, including any prepared for other proceedings.

The second letter was to the Board of Managers, PJM Interconnection. This letter emphasizes the project PJM approved in February 2025 is no longer the project Valley Link is presenting to the affected communities, as the route has changed and the structures have grown. It notes the project would serve load growth attributed to data centers near in the Dominion Zone, resulting in Louisa County’s residents bearing a permanent burden for demand that arises outside the County. The letter further states, “If the project has changed materially from what the [PJM] Board approved, the basis for its continued advancement on the 2024 RTEP approval should be reexamined.”

The Louisa County Board of Supervisors will continue to pursue actions with potential to impact the course of the project and encourages citizens to follow updates on louisacounty. gov.