Virginia Data Center WatchHome / Prince William County / Project
Dominion Vint Hill substation expansion (SUP2025-00009), Prince William
Dominion Energy Virginia
- Status
- Denied by the Board of Supervisors (Sep 22, 2026), Dominion filed suit Oct 22, 2026
- Developer / parties
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Location
- Prince William County (Brentsville area), Prince William County
- Size
- Proposed: 23.41 acres, 500 kV equipment (DAPS, Prince William Times)
- Reported benefits
- Dominion says it is needed for reliability and load growth (Prince William Times)
- Concerns / impacts
- Board cited proximity to homes and schools and transparency concerns (Prince William Times)
- Last verified
- 2026-11-02
Milestones
- Sep 16 2024 application accepted, Oct 29 2025 Planning Commission took no action, Sep 22 2026 Board denied the special use permit, Oct 22 2026 Dominion filed suit in Prince William Circuit Court (DAPS and existing records)
Related records
Dominion Energy filed a 36-page suit in Prince William Circuit Court challenging the Board's denial of the Vint Hill substation permit as unlawful; it says the project is needed for regional grid reliability and load growth including data centers. The county told WTOP it does not comment on active litigation (WTOP, Oct 23).
Source: wtop.com ↗Board unanimously denied Dominion Energy's special use permit for the Vint Hill substation expansion (500 kV equipment, gas-insulated technology), citing proximity to homes and schools and transparency concerns (Prince William Times; WTOP).
Source: princewilliamtimes.com ↗Sources
- Official record eservice.pwcgov.org
- News report princewilliamtimes.com
- News report wtop.com
Free weekly digest
Email digest: not open yet
The free weekly email digest is not accepting signups yet, and we collect no email addresses on this site. Every locality and project page is free to read now.
Want it same-day? Neighbor, $4/mo.