This morning the Chesapeake Climate Action Network successfully caught the attention of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at a rally he hosted at the 17th Street Farmer’s Market in Richmond, Virginia. Richmond Town Councilman Marty Jewel kicked off the morning, and former President Bill Clinton introduced Mr. McAuliffe. The theme of the rally was “New Energy for New Jobs,” and the candidate’s speech centered repowering the commonwealth and creating new jobs for Virginians. CCAN wanted to ask Mr. McAuliffe about his position on a recently proposed coal fired power plant for Surry County, a Hampton Roads community. Well, we got his attention!
The Surry Plant has been a hot topic during the first part of the campaign. The Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) proposed to build a new, $6 billion coal-fired power plant right next to the James River in the town of Dendron, in Surry County. The 1,500 megawatt Hampton Roads plant would emit about 14.6 million tons of CO2 a year
