Oxford/Middlebury Residents Team Up To Oppose Power Plant

Hundreds of residents in Middlebury and Oxford are teaming up to oppose a company’s proposal to build a power plant on the Oxford/Middlebury town line.

Concerned residents have created a Facebook page called Citizens Against CPV Oxford Energy Plant. As of 4:30 p.m. Monday, the page has 306 likes, and more than 470 people have signed a petition against the project. You can read more about residents’ concerns here.

Several Middlebury and Oxford residents spoke with the Waterbury Republican-American’s Bill Bittar and expressed air pollution concerns and a decline in property values. Read Bill’s full story here.

The Connecticut Siting Council will have final say on the project.

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.

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.