Fluvanna planning commission recommends denial of Expedition/Tenaska gas-fired plant SUP

The Fluvanna County Planning Commission voted 5-0 on Feb. 24 to recommend denial of Special Use Permit 25:04, a request from Expedition Generation Holdings (Tenaska Project Expedition) to construct a gas-fired electric generation facility on approximately 414.05 acres in the Cunningham District.

The motion to recommend denial, moved by Chair Barry Bibb and seconded by Commissioner Kathleen Kilpatrick, followed public comment from many residents both opposing and supporting the project and a presentation of revised SUP conditions that grew from 31 to 45 items. Commissioners said they considered noise mitigation, traffic impacts, conservation commitments and other guarantees but ultimately voted unanimously to recommend denial to the Board of Supervisors.

The proposed facility would have been sited on Tax Map 27‑A‑1 (165 acres) with Tax Map 27‑A‑4 (249.05 acres) used as a construction laydown area to be restored to natural…