Oxford First Selectman Supports Proposed Power Plant

It’s clear that Middlebury residents and officials oppose CPV’s proposal to construct a power plant on the Oxford/Middlebury town line.

Technically, the plant would be in Oxford, and while some residents there also oppose the facility, First Selectman George R. Temple told the Waterbury Republican-American that he supports the project.

Why does Temple support it? He told reporter Bill Bittar that if the facility is built CPV would become the town’s largest taxpayer and there is a lot the town could do with that money.

He also said the facility is environmentally friendly and a safe project, the Republican-American reports. Read the full Republican-American story here.

Earlier this month Competitive Power Ventures hosted an open house to informs residents on its CPV Towantic Energy Center project that is proposed on a 26-acre industrial zoned site in Oxford.

CPV hopes to break ground next year on an 805-megawatt combined-cycle electric generating facility, the Waterbury Republican-American reports.

The proposed project would generate five hundred new construction jobs, 25 full-time jobs, $53 million in property taxes, and enough power to power 750,000 Connecticut homes.