Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, Inc. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.

In this environmental case, a number of intervenors appeal as of right from an order of the State Corporation Commission, which granted applications of Virginia Electric and Power Company' (Vepco) and Potomac Edison Company of Virginia for approval and certification of electrical facilities under Code § 56-46.1 and the Utility Facilities Act, Code §§ 56-265.1 etseq.

In August and November 1972 Vepco and Potomac Edison (the Companies) filed with the Commission applications requesting issuance of Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing construction of certain transmission…