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The organization also maintains the plant will be located within six miles of more than 70 public schools. In Woodbridge: Township exploring flood buyout program, mayor saysīut some residents question why another company can't come in and clean up the site, without adding pollution.Īccording to Food & Water Watch, an organization fighting the power plant plan, if approved, this site would soon become one of the largest climate polluters in New Jersey, emitting more than 4 million tons of greenhouse gases each year, along with toxic air pollutants that will harm an environmental justice community. "It's a better plant than the best plant in the state." "It's what the industry needs," the mayor said. McCormac said the plants replace older and less efficient generations, which means lower emissions because less fuel is being used and less fuel is being extracted and transported.

When the company first approached the township in 2008, Woodbridge committed to two plants knowing it was cleaning up the worst site in town, and one of the worst in the mid-Atlantic area, the mayor said. "In our opinion, nothing is as bad as radioactive waste," McCormac said.ĬPV, owner of the Woodbridge Energy Center, a 725-mega­watt natural gas electric generating plant in Woodbridge which generates enough electricity to power about 700,000 homes, is seeking state approval to build the Keasbey Energy Center, a 657-megawatt, combined-cycle, natural gas, electric-generating facility on a brownfield, a former chemical plant site along the Raritan River. He said the plant replaced a site that contained radioactive waste. He said the first CPV plant, which opened in 2012, is the cleanest power plant in the state, if not the entire mid-Atlantic region. The public is invited to participate and opponents, who note there are already two power plants in Woodbridge, also plan to discuss their concerns with Township Council members. They plan to rally against the project at 5:30 p.m. They say another plant will pollute the air and water and make climate change worse.

Opponents of Competitive Power Ventures’ (CPV) plan for a second power plant in the Keasbey section don't think so. WOODBRIDGE – Does Central Jersey need another power plant?