FirstEnergy has announced it will hold an “information meeting” in Sperryville on their proposed Sperryville-Luray Transmission Line Rebuild Project. The meeting is scheduled for:

Wednesday, January 7, 2026

6:00 to 8:00 pm

Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department

The last public meeting with FirstEnergy on this project was held over a year ago in Luray on November 7, 2024. This meeting was an open house in which FirstEnergy set up tables for community members to individual raise topics.  It did not include a public discussion.

Please take a moment to email FirstEnergy at transmissionprojects@firstenergycorp.com to ask for an honest community discussion during which they share details of the project in an open forum and collectively take questions from our community (an example email is below).  

Please join this important meeting.  There are a lot of unknowns related to this project that FirstEnergy must address such as tower styles and heights, right of way clearing widths, environment and cultural impact studies, impact to our viewshed, and possible degradation of the integrity of our National Park. 

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SAMPLE EMAIL

To: transmissionprojects@firstenergycorp.com

Dear First Energy,

I appreciate FirstEnergy agreeing to a public meeting in Sperryville, Virginia, to shed some light on the Sperryville-Luray Transmission Line Rebuild Project. I have been disappointed with the lack of transparency on this project to this point.  I trust this meeting will share important details on the project and its impact on the Shenandoah National Park, Sperryville and surrounding areas. 

I write to ask that this meeting be an honest public meeting during which FirstEnergy share its plan for the project and allow our community to collectively share our concerns and hear your responses.  An open house format, such as the one attempted in Luray on November 7, 2024, discourages community discussion and limits community understanding.  

Sperryville and Rappahannock County residents deserve the respect to be heard on such an important project that has the potential to change the rural nature and natural beauty of our land for generations.