21st Century Corp trying to fuck Brockon again-- $200 million power plant proposed in Brockton

[Ian David]

By Mike Underwood, Enterprise staff writer

BROCKTON — Plans have been unveiled for a $200 million power plant that would generate jobs and millions of tax dollars for the city.

Brockton Power LLC has revealed its blueprint for an environmentally friendly state-of-the-art plant that would create more than 250 construction jobs, 20 to 25 long-term jobs and more than $30 million in tax revenue for the city over 30 years.

The plant, first proposed nine years ago, would not directly provide power to the city.

It would be based near the city's wastewater facility on a 13-acre site off Oak Hill Way south of downtown.

“We will hold public hearings and try to answer questions as thoroughly and clearly as we can. If we stick to the facts, there is no technical reason why this won't go forward,” said the project's community affairs manager, George Baldwin, a Brockton native.

But some residents in the area have already voiced concern about the proposal.

“They are going to have a fight on their hands because we are set against this,” said Plain Street resident Virginia Jeppson. “We have too much down here already, including a landfill site, sewerage treatment plant, a BAT station and a school bus depot.”

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“A lot of due diligence, back-room work and engineering has been done to bring us forward to this point and we are now comfortable to go public,” said Baldwin, former chairman of 21st Century Corp., the public-private economic development group. “There is no technical reason why this won't go forward,” he said.

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