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Residents urge pause, comprehensive-plan amendment before Cumberland gas plant proceeds
Summary
Multiple residents told the Planning Commission the proposed Cumberland Energy Center conflicts with the county comprehensive plan and called for a comprehensive-plan amendment and more time for study, citing water, noise, rural character, and process-transparency concerns.
Several residents used the public-comment period to urge the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors to require a comprehensive-plan amendment before allowing an industrial gas plant at the proposed site. Katie Hoffman cited the county's 2023 comprehensive plan and told commissioners the site is designated for agricultural and rural residential uses; she said, "If they wish to pursue this gas plant proposal, the community 1st deserves a full conversation about it in the form of a proposed comprehensive plan amendment."
Other residents described local impacts: Luke Fleischman recounted a decibel reading during a prior Dominion hearing and said a plant of this size would impose noise and light impacts on agricultural neighbors; another resident asked the commission to "pause the plan" and said the reservoir water supply should not be committed without fuller review. Commenters repeatedly requested clearer public materials, zoning maps, and a longer review timeline before the county acts.
