Va. high court hears challenge to Dominion (Wise County) plant

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

RICHMOND, Va. — A state law authorizing construction of a power station in southwestern Virginia is unconstitutional because it requires the plant to burn Virginia coal, a lawyer for environmentalists challenging the project told the Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday.

“Explicit preferences such as this violate the Commerce Clause,” attorney Cale Jaffe of the Southern Environmental Law Center said during a half-hour hearing….

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