Transmission lines stand in front of Dominion Energy’s Chesterfield Power Station in Chesterfield, Va. (Photo by Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News)
The controversial proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center has cleared its final major regulatory hurdle, winning approval from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
In a letter dated Dec. 19, DEQ officials gave the green light for the 944-megawatt peaker plant to operate in Chesterfield near the Dutch Gap conservation area south of Richmond…