CPV Gains State Corporation Commission Approval to Build a Generating Facility in Warren County, Va.Energy Editors/Business Editors RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003 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 Warren County, Va., just north of Front Royal. The SCC issued CPV a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build and operate the proposed CPV Warren Electric Generating Facility on 39 acres of land in the Warren and Kelley Industrial Parks off U.S. Route 522 north of Interstate 66. 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 CPV Warren is in the process of receiving environmental permits and approvals from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. On the local level, both the Warren County Board of Supervisors and the Warren County Planning Commission unanimously endorsed the project. Not a single county resident opposed the project during a public hearing held before SCC Hearing Examiner An employee of an Administrative Agency who is charged with conducting adjudicative proceedings on matters within the scope of the jurisdiction of the agency. Alexander F. Skirpan Jr. in July 2002. Skirpan issued a favorable report on the project on Nov. 25, 2002. "This is a great step forward for both CPV and Warren County. We feel 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. to have the support of so many Warren County officials and residents. This facility will be a model for environmental stewardship," said Tom Eiden, CPV's director for development of the project. Competitive Power Ventures, based in Silver Spring, MD, is a power development, consulting and project management 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. 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 an electronic version of the State Corporation Commission's order on the Internet, go to http://www.state.va.us/scc/caseinfo/pue/e020075.htm and click on "Final Order." |
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