2008-04-01
Dominion Coal Plant Gets Nod. By Tim Craig and Sandhya Somashekhar, WashPost, April 1, 2008. "Dominion Virginia Power's plan to build a coal-burning power plant in southwest Virginia cleared a major hurdle Monday when it was approved by the State Corporation Commission, despite objections from environmentalists. Dominion is pushing to build the $1.8 billion plant in Wise County, in Virginia's coal country, as part of a multi-pronged strategy for meeting the state's growing demand for electricity... The commission designated the plant as a 'conventional coal facility' instead of one that is 'carbon capture compatible'... 'This ruling proves Dominion has absolutely no plan to capture its global warming pollution,' said Cale Jaffe... with the Southern Environmental Law Center, part of a coalition of groups opposing the project. The plant... [is] called the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center [and] still must be approved by the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board. Dominion officials hope it will be operating by 2012."
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