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I was contacted today regarding Dominion's underground line project. I am 100% fine with granting an easement as I am excited to no longer lose power regularly. I hope my neighbors feel the same way. The contractor collecting signatures said she only had agreement from about 25% of homeowners, though she is early in the process. I hope the homeowners agree as it is an important upgrade for the neighborhood.

That being said, they specifically asked me to put an above ground transformer on my lawn. I'm inclined to take one for the team - it has to go somewhere, right? And she implied it needed to be either my next door neighbors or my house. Who knows how true that is, though.

I told her I needed to sleep on it. The designer will be following up with me to give me a better sense of it. They also offered to include landscaping around it to minimize the eyesore, which I appreciate. I don't have kids or dogs, so I'm not concerned about that, thankfully.

However, this is likely not my forever home. I need to consider this carefully. I live on Southside. My neighborhood isn't exactly fancy, and my home value isn't exactly high as it is. Now, I've done some improvements and it's worth more than it used to be, but I worry that the transformer might decrease the likelihood of maximum returns should I sell. I feel like I sound like a greedy jerk, but I put so much into buying this house. It's my only asset. So I worry.

Anyone else in the city going through this? Anyone want to encourage me to either think of the neighborhood (or just be a NIMBY and say no?)? - just need more insight.

Edit to add: last post on this topic was 2 years ago and slightly different, so I hope it's okay to post.

For those researching solar power, I've learned that multiple installation companies change names, change installers, and change financial contract terms after things are signed.

The suspect companies are:

Zeo Energy -- Formerly  Sunergy
Palmetto Finance
LightReach
Top Tier

Please chime in if you've had any dealings with these. As far as I know, the only "legit" method of getting solar installed in the state is to go through Dominion's net metering plan.

https://www.dominionenergy.com/virginia/renewable-energy-programs/net-metering

Hello, I am building a list.

I've got:

6th street market

The fake trolley (just a bus made.to look like a trolley)

.Main Street Statiom ".mall"

Richmond Colesium .management.

I'm only talking about things that actually happened, not plans that fell, though.

I don't know if you'd really count the statues on Monument Ave. I mean, if people had just agreed to put up a plaque saying Confederates were bad would we still have the statue? And if they pulled them down, why not replace them with something. Maybe a tree for xmas, an inflatable leprechaun for St Paddys?Daddy's?

Anyway what silly misguided projects were there that I forgot?