Oxford Power Plant Clears Another Hurdle

It’s another win for Competitive Power Ventures and their quest to construct a proposed 785-megawatt (MW) nameplate capacity CPV Towantic Energy Center in Oxford.

The Federal Aviation Agency said 2, 150-foot smokestacks at the site would not pose a safety hazard to pilots at the nearby Oxford Airport, the Republican-American reports.

Opponents to the plant are not pleased by the report questioning whether the FAA took into consideration the heated effluent that will be emanating from those stacks, the Rep-Am reports. An appeal is possible.

Last month Competitive Power Ventures announced that it had received approval from the Connecticut Siting Council to construct its proposed 785-megawatt (MW) nameplate capacity CPV Towantic Energy Center in Oxford.

Oxford officials say the project will generate $5.1 million in tax revenue which will help keep the tax rate to a minimum, the Rep-Am has reported.

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The siting council has demanded construction be finished by June 1, 2019, the Rep-Am reported.

Read the full Rep-Am story here.