Work has started on the 65-mile stretch of high-voltage multi-state line that will run through part of Northern VA, according to Philly.com.

The line will help meet the growing power needs in the area.

"Dominion Resources says work has started in Virginia on a 65-mile stretch of a high-voltage line that would run 265 miles from Pennsylvania to Loudoun County.

Dominion spokeswoman Le-Ha Anderson says work is ongoing in the Culpeper and Fauquier areas. The $243 million portion of the line from Meadow Brook to Loudoun is expected to go into service by June 2011.

Richmond-based Dominion and Greensburg, Pa.-based Allegheny Energy claim the $1.3 billion, 500-kilovolt transmission line is necessary to meet growing electricity demand in the region.

The line would run from Washington County, Pa., across northern West Virginia to Loudoun County."

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