Dominion 3 GW Gas Plant Clears Second Hurdle in Cumberland, VA

Back on Sept. 1, we told you Dominion Energy's monster 3,000-megawatt (3 gigawatt) gas-fired power plant in Cumberland County, Virginia, had cleared its first hurdle when the county planning commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval (see Dominion 3 GW Gas Plant Clears First Hurdle in Cumberland, VA). Last night it cleared hurdle number two — the big local one. After hours of public comment, the Cumberland County Board of Supervisors voted 3-1 to approve the conditional use permit for the Cumberland Energy Center. Planning commissioners recommend; supervisors decide. And they decided "yes." Now the fight moves to Richmond.

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