On March 18th, 2026, Fluvanna County’s Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to approve the special use permit for the controversial gas plant permit after hours of debate and community opposition. This decision overruled the Fluvanna Planning Commission’s earlier rejection of the project. The $2.2 billion project, called “The Expedition Generation Station,” will be the second […]
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In July 2025, Tenaska (a Nebraska -based energy company) sought to build a second natural gas plant in Fluvanna County, which would be next to the current one. The facility would generate up to 1,540 megawatts of power, which the company says is enough to fuel 1.5 million homes. Proposed Health Impacts The Local Policy
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Dominion Energy announced plans in June 2023 to build a 1000 megawatt gas-fired power plant in Chesterfield County (after retiring its last coal units in the county in 2023). Dominion Energy’s “Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center” (aka CERC) would operate during peak energy demand periods, particularly on extremely hot or cold days when the regional power
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Electric vehicle usage by UVA facilities has increased drastically. The 275% increase in EV usage comes with the new use of battery-powered landscaping equipment. While Grounds still needs many more charging stations and still has a l9ng way to go before the 2030 goals are reached, the director the UVA Office for Sustainability, Andrea Trimble,
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On November 6, 2023, Charlottesville City Council heard UVA students on issues of sustainability and climate importance in reference to the future of the transit bus fleet. Read more here about the history of the issue:
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