Committee approves Dominion Energy easement at Palo Pocotaligo Preserve

The Natural Resources Committee approved an ordinance authorizing the county administrator to execute an electric‑line easement with Dominion Energy on property known as the Palo Pocotaligo Preserve.

Staff explained Dominion agreed, at its own cost, to move a large transmission line off a planned prescribed‑burn area to facilitate pine forest management and future prescribed burns. "They will, at their cost, move the transmission line away from that area and off of the to the other side of the property in a way that benefits them as well as us," staff said, describing the planned vegetation management work and noting no fiscal impact to county operations for the relocation.

A committee member moved approval and the chair called the vote; the motion passed unanimously. Staff said the easement will enable necessary habitat management work at the preserve.