EMF

Electricity is an essential part of our modern way of life. Every item that generates, transmits or uses electricity produces both electric and magnetic fields, otherwise known as EMF.

Dominion Energy understands that community members may have health concerns related to power lines and the associated EMF levels, and we stay up to date on the most current academic EMF research. Like other utilities, Dominion Energy relies on information from state, federal and international health and scientific agencies.

Since the late 1970s, scientists around the world have conducted thousands of studies looking for relationships between EMF exposure and possible adverse health effects. To date, none of these organizations have found any causality between potential EMF exposures and long-term adverse health effects.

Although the scientific conclusions are reassuring, Dominion Energy sites and designs its facilities to mitigate any EMF emissions. We also include EMF calculations when filing an application for proposed electric facilities with the Virginia State Commission Corporation (SCC). These calculations, as well as full applications, can be found on individual project pages.

Dominion Energy is committed to providing information in a transparent manner. We have worked with medical and EMF experts to create an informational, interactive portal to simplify the body of research in an effort to help answer your questions.