Wednesday’s decision by a panel of federal judges will not affect a controversial, multistate power line that will pass through northern Culpeper County, a Dominion spokeswoman says.

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The Piedmont Environmental Council will host two community meetings to update area residents on Dominion Power’s proposed high-voltage transmission line.

After four power outages this month — three of which left thousands of residents in the dark for several hours — Dominion Virginia Power assured town and county officials last week that it was accelerating construction of the new main transmission line to prevent future power failures.

Power has been restored to the town after an outage of about two hours.