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Fluvanna’s future is still being decided.
We want Fluvanna to remain a place where everyone can breathe clean air, depend on safe water, and enjoy life without sacrificing their health to industrial development. Everyone who calls this community home deserves a meaningful say in its future.
That is why Fluvanna Horizons Alliance opposes Tenaska’s second methane gas-fired power plant and is working to stop it.
Residents have lived alongside Tenaska’s existing plant for more than 20 years. A second plant would bring another major industrial facility beside homes and farms, with effects that could reach well beyond its boundaries. Air pollution travels. Waterways connect communities. Construction traffic and utility corridors can affect people miles from the generating equipment.
Fluvanna County approved the project despite its Planning Commission’s recommendation to deny the permit and significant community opposition. But county approval does not mean the plant will be built. State decisions remain.
This website helps residents understand the proposal, find the records behind the claims and participate in those decisions.
State approval is still required.
County approval did not clear Tenaska to build. Help stop the second plant by submitting comments or testifying before the Virginia State Corporation Commission.
January 6, 2027 — Comments and witness registration due
Include case PUR-2026-00102 with your comment.
January 12, 2027 — Public-witness hearing at 10 a.m.
Check the SCC’s instructions for hearing arrangements.
Submit a comment · Register to testify
Help preparing your comment or testimony
Official records and updates: SCC case record · DEQ project updates
Add your name to the petition
A second plant would add pollution and industrial development to a community already living with one. Join our call for a full review of the combined impacts of power plants, pipelines and transmission infrastructure before further approvals.
Tell us how this affects your life
Noise at night. Concerns about your well. Traffic on rural roads. Your experience belongs in the record.
FHA is collecting accounts from current and former residents—near the plants, downwind, downstream and across the region—to document community impacts and concerns.
Take the community impact survey →
Signing the petition or completing the survey does not replace submitting an official SCC comment.
The project reaches beyond the plant site.
Before the county vote, presentations emphasized a 50-acre developed footprint on two parcels and use of existing utility lines. Tenaska’s SCC application describes a broader project: a proposed 500-kV connection, a new switchyard, substation work and supporting infrastructure.
At the September 16 update, routes, additional parcels and the extent of land disturbance remained unsettled. Residents deserve complete maps and a clear account of what has changed.
Protecting our neighbors means looking beyond the fence.
A second plant would stand beside homes and farms, but its effects could reach people downwind, communities connected by waterways, and households along construction routes.
Air and health
Assess both Tenaska plants together, alongside other regional pollution sources.
View the air and health study
Water and private wells
Document construction and operating supplies, drought limits, well monitoring and responsibility for correcting problems.
Land, traffic and noise
Show the full infrastructure footprint and explain what years of construction and the revised cooling equipment would mean for daily life.
We are calling for a full cumulative-impact review and for state regulators to deny Tenaska’s second plant.
Check the evidence for yourself.
Our Research Library brings together public filings, government records and supporting studies. Earlier research remains available in More Info.
About Fluvanna Horizons Alliance
Fluvanna Horizons Alliance is a community alliance dedicated to protecting our air and water from the potential harm of a gas-fired power plant. We work in collaboration with local residents and organizations to raise awareness and advocate for sustainable and clean energy solutions. Our focus is on promoting environmental conservation and ensuring the well-being of our community for future generations.
Have a concern, a document or time to volunteer? Contact FHA.