OH Local, State Leaders Blindsided by Trump’s Big Gas-Fired Plant

This seems kind of....odd. We've been tracking and reporting on what will be the country's (and possibly the world's) largest gas-fired power plant, coming to Portsmouth (Scioto County), Ohio. Last week, President Trump unveiled the first projects under a $550 billion trade deal with Japan, including a $36 billion investment in U.S. energy and minerals (see Trump Announces Largest-Ever U.S. Gas-Fired Plant Coming to Ohio). In exchange for reduced tariffs on imports, Tokyo committed to fund initiatives in Texas, Ohio, and Georgia. The centerpiece is a record-breaking 9.4-gigawatt, $33 billion natural gas power plant in Portsmouth, operated by SoftBank’s SB Energy (Japanese company). However, nobody told local officials in Portsmouth, nor county officials, nor even the Ohio governor. Prior to the announcement, none of them knew a thing about this "biggest ever" project.

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