CPV Gains State Approval to Build a Generating Facility in Fluvanna County, Va.Business Editors/Energy Writers RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2002 The State Corporation Commission (SCC SCC - strongly connected component ) of Virginia issued an order today that approves the request by Competitive Power Ventures (CPV CPV canine parvovirus. ) to build an environmentally sensitive natural gas-fired power generating facility in Fluvanna County, Va. The SCC issued CPV a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build and operate the proposed CPV Cunningham Creek Electric Generating Facility on nearly 400 acres of land in Fluvanna County, south of Charlottesville. The facility will have a nominal capacity of 520 MW. The proposal calls for using dry cooling technology to reduce water consumption and for reducing air emissions by incorporating a Selective Catalytic Reduction Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a means of removing nitrogen oxides, often the most abundant and polluting component in exhaust gases, through a chemical reaction between the exhaust gases, a (reductant) additive, and a catalyst. system, low-NOx combustors, and a catalyst to reduce emissions of carbon monoxide carbon monoxide, chemical compound, CO, a colorless, odorless, tasteless, extremely poisonous gas that is less dense than air under ordinary conditions. It is very slightly soluble in water and burns in air with a characteristic blue flame, producing carbon dioxide; and volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids . The SCC's order notes that John M. Daniel Jr., director of air program coordination for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ DEQ Abbreviation for the Incoterm "Delivered Ex Quay." ), referred to CPV's proposed facility as one of the best that DEQ has seen. "We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. by the State Corporation Commission's order. To the many Fluvanna County officials and residents who support this proposal, we again extend our thanks. This facility will be a model for environmental stewardship," said Chris Broemmelsiek, CPV's vice president for development. Broemmelsiek said he expects construction to begin in the Spring of 2003 and for commercial operations to begin the Summer of 2005. Competitive Power Ventures, based in Silver Spring, MD, is a power development company focusing on high efficiency, environmentally desirable power projects throughout the United States. CPV has approximately 12 projects under development with a total capacity of approximately 6,000 megawatts in the United States. A majority interest in CPV is held by Warburg Pincus. For more information about Competitive Power Ventures, visit its web site at www.competitivepowerventures.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: To access the text of the State Corporation Commission's order, go to the commission's Web site at http://www.state.va.us/scc/caseinfo/recentaction.htm. Click on PUE-2001000477, and then click on Final Order. |
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