Brockton's Fireman-slapping Mayor Harrington Refuses to Rule-Out Building His Power Plant in City

[Ian David]

Brockton power plant hearing generates heat
By Maria Papadopoulos, Enterprise staff writer

BROCKTON— It is touted by proponents as a safe and clean energy moneymaker. It is demonized by opponents as a toxic environmental hazard.

However you see it, a controversial power plant proposed on Oak Hill Way has caused a firestorm of debate — and much of the heat from that controversy was felt Thursday night at West Junior High School in the state's only public comment hearing for the proposed project.

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The proposed plant would result in several tons of emissions of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide and other compounds into the environment, as well as “more than 100,000 gallons per day of industrial waste water,” according to a June 8 report from the state's Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.


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Harrington, as a board member of the 21st Century Corp., the city's economic development group, voted in favor of supporting the plant during an April 17 board meeting vote. Board members also include Brockton Clean Energy's community affairs manager George Baldwin; Stephen Hall, vice president of National Grid; and former Mayor John T. Yunits, a consultant on the project.

In June, Mary Waldron, president of 21st Century Corp., denied a conflict of interest over that group's support of the power plant.



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