Oxford Power Plant Meeting Postponed Tonight

Update: The joint meeting of Planning and Zoning Commission and Inland Wetlands regarding the power plant has been cancelled and has not been rescheduled. This is due to a lack of quorum, according to the First Selectman’s office.

The town Planning and Zoning, Oxford Conservation Commission and Inland Wetlands was supposed to meet 6:30 p.m. tonight at Town Hall to discuss and possibly vote on a proposed power plant in town, the Waterbury Republican-American reports.

There will be no public discussion.

Earlier this week 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.

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.