Proposed Surry Coal Plant
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) has proposed the construction of a $6 billion, 1500 MW coal-fired power plant in Hampton Roads. If established, this plant would emit 11.6 million tons of CO2 per year - equal to adding over 2 million cars to our roads annually. ODEC has also announced its plans to source 100% of the coal for this power plant from central Appalachia. As a result, ODEC’s coal plant would encourage the devastating practice of mountaintop removal mining.