July 10, 2025 - During the press conference held prior to an open house for the Vint Hill Gas Insulated Substation, Elena Schlossberg, Co-Executive Director of the Coalition to Protect Prince William, recounted attending a Dominion Energy stakeholder meeting last month where they presented the proposal for a Gas Insulated Substation at Vint Hill. This is part of their piecemeal approach as they scramble to figure out how they’re going to meet power demand driven by data centers.
“What’s a Gas Insulated Substation?” Elena asked.
Dominion’s response? “I don’t know, I’ll have to get back to you.”
Why would they present a proposal to stakeholders and not have a representative there who knows the answers to basic questions like that?
In a quick turnaround, we went from “I don’t know, we’ll get back to you,” to Dominion Energy hosting an open house to share information with the public... maybe we’ll get more answers then.
