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Condemning Open Space: Making Way for National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (or Not)

Posted 2017 Reviewed July 5, 2022
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Nancy A. McLaughlin
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This article discusses the extent to which public utilities may or may not have the right under Virginia or federal law to condemn conservation easements. The discussion is in the context of the designation by the U.S. Department of Energy of national interest electric transmission corridors.

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