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Understanding Right-of-Way Easements
What you need to know about Dominion’s rights for construction and maintenanceof its electric transmission facilities
The information on the preceding pagessummarizes Dominion’s typical right-of-wayeasement agreements.
For a copy of the easement that covers your property, contactyour local county or city land records office. Dominion canalso provide you with a copy. Email your request [email protected] with “Easement request” in thesubject line. Allow up to six weeks for processing.
For more information regarding Dominion easements, visitwww.dom.com, search Right-of-Way.
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Dominion is committed to working with property owners
From our project teams to our crews in the field, we are committed to
minimizing the impact of our work on private property affected by
our electric transmission lines and associated facilities. We have prepared
this document to provide you important information on several
topics related to our easements and to give you contact information for
the appropriate departments within Dominion. You have our pledge
that Dominion will promptly attend to any questions or concerns you
may have.
To reliably transmit electric power, Dominion acquires permanent easement rights
Easement documents are signed by property owners and recorded in
the public land records of the county or city where the subject property
is located. Within the specified easement area, or right-of-way,
Dominion builds, operates and maintains its electric facilities in com-
pliance with state and federal laws and regulations as well as National
Electrical Safety Code (NESC) requirements.
Dominion’s easement rights provide for potentialupgrades to electric facilities
Within its easements, Dominion will install, operate, inspect, and
maintain its facilities. Additionally, Dominion may rebuild, remove,
repair, substitute, add to, extend, improve and/or relocate its facilities
in the future. Whatever the work involves, our crews always strive to
conduct their work in a safe, efficient, and courteous manner.
A clear right-of-way is a safe right-of-way
Safety is our foremost concern for both the public and our crews
performing work within or near our easements. A right-of-way clear of
obstructions not only helps prevent power outages, it helps protect
adjacent property as well. Dominion requires that the entire width of
the easement remain clear of structures, trees, and certain kinds of
vegetation, as these have the potential to cause problems to transmission
equipment and facilities. A partial list of items not allowed in or on
our right-of-way corridors is provided below.
Property owners can submit a request for an easement encroachment
With prior written consent from Dominion, you as a property owner
may place certain improvements (e.g., driveways, crops, drainfields,
fences, etc.) within our easement crossing your land. For encroachment
request requirements, go to www.dom.com, search“Encroachment
Request.” To obtain more information about allowable encroachments,
contact the Dominion Electric Transmission Rights-of-Way group at
[email protected] or 1-800-215-8032, option 1.
Please Note: Failure to get prior approval for an encroachment will result in property owners being required to remove the encroachment attheir own expense.
Trees outside the easement can pose a danger to the power lines
Keeping vegetation maintained along transmission corridors is a job
that never ends for us. Trees coming into contact with power lines is
a leading cause of electric outages. To protect against tree-caused
outages, Dominion has the right to trim and/or cut any trees located
outside of the right-of-way that are tall enough to potentially impact
the transmission line.
For more information about how Dominion manages vegetation
along transmission corridors, visit www.dom.com, search“trees”.
Efficient, safe access to the right-of-way is criticalto maintain reliability
In order to safely and easily access the right-of-way during outages,
maintenance, or construction, Dominion has the right to utilize private
roads and/or travel across private lands near or adjacent to easements.
Specifically, we have the right to construct new access
roads necessary to reach our rights-of-way even if that
land is not part of an easement area.
It’s important to note that Dominion or its contractors
will meet and coordinate with property owners
regarding the location of convenient access points
when they are needed. After construction is complete
and the area is rehabilitated, we will restore roads and
entrances to their original condition unless they are
necessary for permanent access to the right-of-way.
In the unlikely event that property damage associated
with construction or maintenance of a transmission
facility occurs, please notify Dominion by sending an
email to [email protected].
• Barns
• Garages
• Homes
• Playhouses
• Porches, Decks
• Propane tanks
• Satellite dishes
• Trash, debris
• Swimming pools
• Sheds
• Trailers
• Logs, stumps
• Trash receptacles, dumpsters
• Wells, Septic tanks
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