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Community Benefits
Tenaska has a 20-year record of being a good business neighbor in Fluvanna County. The proposed Expedition Generating Station – a $2.4 billion investment – will help expand the tax base at a time when residential tax bills continue to rise and emergency responders, schools and other county services are short on funding.
This is additive to the benefits of the existing Tenaska facility:
- Approximately 1,400 jobs were created over the 20-month construction period, with approximately $45 million (2004 dollars) in wages
- Operations jobs for 30 employees and, in 2025, $10 million in employee salaries and payments to regional contractors and vendors
- $36.1 million in local property taxes to date
- Support for various local efforts and organizations, either through volunteer hours and/or monetary support, including $132,500 in college scholarships
Community Collaboration
Our team has been working hard to respond to community concerns, mitigate project impacts and maximize local benefits. This includes:
Placing 350 acres into perpetual conservation easement
Inclusion of the latest sound mitigation technology and stricter sound standards
A Good Neighbor Fund that would provide annual payments – totaling approximately $5 million – to Fluvanna County homeowners within 2 miles of either the existing Tenaska Virginia plant or the Expedition project during each year of construction
A Community Advisory Board that would ensure continued dialogue between Tenaska and the community over the course of development, construction and into operation
Construction of a roundabout at the intersection of Ruritan Lake Road and Highway 53, which is already seeing high volumes of traffic
$7 million in funding for first responders that can be used for a future first responder station in the Kidds Store area and to support the sheriff’s department
Economic Benefits
A 2025 economic impact study1 from Mangum Economics projects a significant positive impact from the Expedition Generating Station.
Tax Revenue to Fluvanna County
$247.7 million in tax revenue to Fluvanna County over 30 years of operation1
- Roughly $14.3 million/year during the first 5 years of operation
- $8.3 million in annual property tax revenue (based on 30-year average)
Construction
$20.3 million in economic output2 in Fluvanna County, including:
- 66 direct and 50 indirect/induced job years (full-time equivalents), with $7.5 million in wages3
- $9.7 million in sales and use taxes
Operations (Annually)
$75.2 million in annual economic output2 in Fluvanna County, including:
- 29 direct and 53 indirect/induced job years (full-time equivalents), with $8.8 million in wages
- $8.3 million in annual property tax revenue (based on 30-year average)
1. Project Expedition: Economic & Fiscal Contribution to Fluvanna County and to the State of Virginia. Prepared for Tenaska by Mangum Economics, August 2025.
2. Economic output is all economic activity in a local economy, inclusive of wages and taxes.
3. Job figures are subject to change based on availability of in-state labor.