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Golden Substation (Dominion Energy), Sterling

Dominion Energy Virginia

Status
Board of Supervisors vote scheduled Nov 5, 2026
Developer / parties
Dominion Energy Virginia
Location
Sterling, Loudoun County
Size
Proposed electric substation, Dominion describes it as a reliability project (United Loudoun summary of the county record)
Reported benefits
Dominion says the substation addresses reliability of service in the area (United Loudoun summary)
Concerns / impacts
Supervisor Saines (Sterling) delayed the vote in September saying he wanted much better designs (Loudoun Now). The Oct 20 scheduling item links the earlier vote to Vantage VA2 grid connection, a link Dominion says is about the in-service date rather than queue position
Last verified
2026-11-02

Milestones

Figures are attributed in parentheses to the outlet or company that reported them. Where sources disagree, we show both.

  1. Jul 9 2026 Planning Commission recommended approval 6-1-2 (United Loudoun and ZoneWire summaries), Sep 1 2026 Board deferred the item to Dec 1 on a 5-4 vote (United Loudoun, citing Loudoun Now), Oct 20 2026 Board moved the vote up to Nov 5 on an 8-0-1 vote (county scheduling item and Loudoun Now), the Oct 20 Board item from Supervisor Saines ties the earlier vote to accelerating grid connection of Vantage VA2 from 2040 to 2028 (county agenda item and Loudoun Now)

Related records

2026-11-05
Board of Supervisors Official record Loudoun County · Golden Substation (Dominion Energy), Sterling

Upcoming: Board of Supervisors business meeting scheduled to act on the Golden Substation application (LEGI-2025-0012, SPEX-2025-0032, -0033 and -0137).

Source: pub-loudoun.escribemeetings.com ↗
2026-10-20
Board of Supervisors News report Loudoun County · Golden Substation (Dominion Energy), Sterling

Board voted 8-0-1 (Supervisor Briskman absent) to move the Golden Substation vote from Dec 1 to Nov 5, 2026, on a motion from Supervisor Saines tying it to an agreement among Dominion, Vantage and the Sterling district office to speed grid connection of Vantage VA2 from 2040 to 2028.

Source: loudounnow.com ↗
2026-07-09
County planning Third-party tracker Loudoun County · Golden Substation (Dominion Energy), Sterling

Planning Commission recommended approval of the Golden Substation 6-1-2, according to United Loudoun and ZoneWire summaries (aggregator sources, vote count not confirmed in a county document we opened).

Source: unitedloudoun.org ↗

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