WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) - Next week, Wise County residents will vote not only for state and local leaders, but also for a potential electric authority in the county.

County Administrator Michael Hatfield said the Board of Supervisors and Public Service Authority of Wise County voted to add a referendum to the ballot earlier this year.

"We thought that if we could do an electric authority, which may help groups tie to a behind-the-meter type electrical generation, whether it be solar or primarily looking at gas," Hatfield said. "And if we could help them through having our own authority without having to look to the established electric companies, which don't have very much available capacity, especially in Wise County."

Hatfield said if this referendum passes, it will not automatically

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