Two to three new premature deaths a year. About six new asthma cases and 1,100 asthma symptom cases annually. Two more emergency room visits and one non-fatal heart attack a year.
These are the predicted health effects that Tenaska’s proposed 1.5 gigawatt gas plant would have on Fluvanna County and the surrounding area, according to a study by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Tenaska, a Nebraska-based energy company, has proposed building a second, $2 billion gas plant as an expansion of its existing facility near Scottsville. The company said the project will bring jobs and an estimate of $247 million in tax revenue for the county. The company has also proposed paying $5 million to homeowners who live within two miles of the site over four years, according to reporting from the Fluvanna Review.
The proposal has been facing pushback from the community on the grounds of environmental and health impacts it could have. (Read more about community concerns in this November 2025 article from the Fluvanna Review)…