Oxford/Middlebury Residents Express Concerns Over Power Plant

The numbers are impressive. Five hundred new construction jobs, 25 full-time jobs, $53 million in property taxes, and enough power to power 750,000 Connecticut homes.

But then there is the other side, the residents who do not want to reside next to a power plant, and that is what we have unfolding on the Oxford/Middlebury line.

Last night 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.

But Middlebury and Oxford residents have expressed concern about the facility and questioned if there would be health concerns as well as a depreciation in their property values.

According to CPV’s website the company is proud to be working with the Oxford community to build this needed facility and help meet the energy and economic needs of southeastern Connecticut in an environmentally responsible manner.