PEC urges Fluvanna to reject Tenaska 1.5 GW gas plant

The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) urges Fluvanna County Planning Commissioners and the Board of Supervisors to vote NO on Tenaska’s proposed second 1.5 gigawatt gas plant adjacent to the existing facility.

• Main action & meeting: PEC and partners ask supporters to submit comments and attend the Planning Commission review on Tenaska’s proposal.
  • Date: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026
  • Time: 7 p.m.
  • Location: Carysbrook Performing Arts Center, 8880 James Madison Hwy, Fork Union
  • Agenda/subject: Fluvanna County Planning Commission review of Tenaska’s proposed 1.5 GW gas plant (deferred from Nov. review)
• Background & project details: The email cites a study and infrastructure context, and provides concrete project details and impacts.
  • Harvard Dominici Lab study: indicates impacts including “4+ million people would experience increased air pollution” and increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, asthma attacks, pneumonia, and premature death due to fine particles.
  • Project specifics: proposed new plant is 1.5 gigawatts, to be built on 50 acres of a 425-acre parcel adjacent to an existing Tenaska plant; Tenaska claims it “could power up to 1.5 million homes”.
  • Transmission: a proposed ~155-mile 765-kV transmission line between Campbell County and Fauquier County intended to carry power to central and northern Virginia data centers.
  • Regulatory context: multiple new gas plant proposals in Virginia and one Chesterfield plant was recently approved by the State Corporation Commission.
  • Geographic impact: pollution expected to affect eastern Albemarle County and communities as far as Goochland, Powhatan, Cumberland, Louisa and Chesterfield.