Power plant financial benefits disputed

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Stop Towantic Power Coalition spokesman, Paul Coward of Oxford, said at a press conference Monday that the proposed Oxford power plant will bring much less ... Continue Reading →

Oxford town meeting rescheduled to Sept. 3

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM The Oxford town meeting to vote on three issues related to building the CPV Towantic power plant had to be adjourned to a new date, time and location – Thursday, ... Continue Reading →

Middlebury says power plant a risk to aviation

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) on May 14, 2015, obtained a favorable decision from the Connecticut Siting Council on its proposal to build a 785-MW power plant ... Continue Reading →

Power plant savings less than $35 a year

To the Editor: According to an exhibit recently submitted to the Connecticut Siting Council by Competitive Power Ventures, $34.12 a year off of our electric bills will be what Connecticut ... Continue Reading →

Power plant should not be built

To the Editor: A dirty fuel energy “start-up” plant is obsolete in the 21st century. Methane is a dirty fossil fuel that generates carbon dioxide (CO2). It adds to climate change, ... Continue Reading →

Public input vital to power plant defeat

To the Editor: The Connecticut Siting Council (CSC) public meeting on Jan. 15 in Oxford concerning the proposed CPV Towantic Energy gas/oil power plant provided Oxford, Middlebury, ... Continue Reading →

Request for your balloon photos

Thursday, Jan. 15, two balloons are to be placed at the height of the proposed 150-foot stacks as part of the Connecticut Siting Council Oxford visit for the CPV Energy Center (power ... Continue Reading →

Power plant opponents protest at Connecticut Siting Council

By TERRENCE S. MCAULIFFE About 75 residents of Oxford, Middlebury, Southbury and Naugatuck braved the cold at the Connecticut Siting Council in New Britain Thursday, Dec. 11, to protest ... Continue Reading →

Power plant opposition grows

About 100 residents of Oxford, Middlebury, Southbury and Naugatuck gathered at the Connecticut Siting Council in New Britain Nov. 13 to protest an application by Massachusetts-based ... Continue Reading →

Towantic Power Plant Resurrected

By MARJORIE NEEDHAM Nearly 15 years ago, the Town of Middlebury and some of its citizens loudly, and in some cases with legal action, protested the building of a 550-megawatt power ... Continue Reading →