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Important Facts
- 348 MW Power Plant
- Six 80-foot smokestacks
- This power plant WILL NOT lower our taxes or electric bills
- Requesting to run 2,300 hours per year (9 hours a day, 5 days a week for 52 weeks)
- 500,000 gallons of diesel fuel and
48,000 gallons of aqueous ammonia stored less than 1,000 feet from the Concord River
- Will emit 428,777 tons of carbon dioxide per year
- Approximately 180,000 gallons of GREY WATER will evaporate into our air every day.
The plant needs 60 million gallons per year
- Will displace 180,000 gallons per day of water flow from the Concord River
- No cumulative, independent health studies have been done
Latest News
New documents have been posted:
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NEWS LINKS |
"Power Plant is a bad
idea"
Chelmsford Independent,
February 27, 2008
Q&A For DG Power
Billerica Minuteman,
February
27, 2008
Chelmsford Board votes vs.
Power Facility in Billerica
Lowell Sun, February 26, 2008
Selectmen vote to oppose
power plant
Chelmsford Independent,
February 26, 200
"There's Too Much at
Stake"
Lowell Sun, February 27, 2008
Proposed power plant faces
delays
The Boston Globe, February
21, 2008
Residents Turned off by Plant
proposal
, Chelmsford Independent,
February 20, 2008
Health firm: Foes of Power Plant wrong,
Consultants say Billerica
watchdog group distorts their stance
Lowell Sun, February 19, 2008
Research facts before
deciding on power plant,
This is DG Limited Liability
Corporation rebuttal
Lowell Sun, February 19, 2008
Opposition to power plant
Tewksbury Advocate, February
7, 2008
Concern over power plant
“Tewksbury Section”
Globe Northwest January 31,
2008
Fighting the power
Tewksbury Advocate January
30, 2008
Tewksbury Board of Selectmen – More power plant opposition
Tewksbury Advocate January
30, 2008
Residents vs. power plant
Chelmsford Independent
January 30, 2008
Planned energy opposed
Air, Water, impact cited by
neighbors
Boston Globe – January
10, 2008
Power plant on the horizon
Tewksbury Advocate –
January 9, 2008
Proposed power plant jolts
neighbors
Tewksbury Advocate –
March 3, 2007
A power plant and a plea
Safety Assurances Sought
Conn. Firm seeks OK
for Billerica power plant
Boston Globe – December
23, 2006
Video/Audio Links
Tom Christiano's Politically Incorrect show on Chelmsford Cable TV - February 12, 200
Governor Deval Patrick answering a question from a BWG member regarding the proposed Billerica power plant - February 7, 2008
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