As of 5 p.m. Monday, 4,700 customers in Virginia, 19,300 in West Virginia and another 500 in Tennessee were without power according to a release from the company.
A nuclear technology firm based in the Lynchburg area announced Tuesday the award of a $14 million dollar government contract that will allow the company to take part in the development of a mobile nuclear reactor.
Campbell County previously reported a blown transmitter. However, Teresa Hall with Appalachian Power says the outage was the result of a person cutting down a tree, which fell on a transmission line.
The Montgomery County Sustainability Committee is getting ready to make a recommendation for which buildings they see as choices to be more sustainable.
Virginia's regulators want to hear from the public on Dominion Energy's more than $3 billion plan to upgrade the state's electric grid over the next decade.
Permits were issued Thursday for the construction and operation of four new solar projects that are expected to offset carbon dioxide emissions in the state by 459 million pounds.
The company told The Associated Press ahead of a public announcement that the project would include about 220 wind turbines in federal waters it has already leased 27 miles (43 kilometers) off Virginia Beach.
Dominion Energy is proposing the largest offshore wind development in the country. The project will provide more renewable energy to its customers in the Commonwealth and boost the offshore wind industry on the East Coast.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, Governor Ralph Northam sad he has confidence in the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and the state's ability to monitor and regulate construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
