Expedition – Planning Commission Meeting

We would like to share a couple of updates about the Expedition project ahead of Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting.

Our team has been working with county staff to revise the proposed conditions of approval to the Special Use Permit (SUP) to incorporate feedback from the county’s consultants, Sands Anderson and The Berkley Group, as well as the TRC traffic study.

These proposed conditions now number 45, covering a range of topics: sound, lighting, vegetative buffer, landscape bonding, construction traffic, environmental, rural preservation, off-site conservation (including new provisions for the County as easement holder), impervious surface coverage limits, public safety, decommissioning and SUP enforcement.

Updated sound conditions change the L90 sound standard to a more restrictive one-hour Leq of 60 dBA at the project boundary and 50 dBA within 100 feet of an existing dwelling. Other sound conditions require:

• Use of “best in class” sound mitigation technology
• Pre- and post-construction third-party sound studies with established testing protocol to demonstrate compliance
• Time restrictions on project construction work that causes sound
• Daily fines for exceedances

In regard to traffic, the conditions reflect a collaboration with county staff on traffic mitigation for the intersection of Ruritan Lake Road and Highway 53, which is already experiencing large delays during peak hours. We are committed to funding approximately $5.5 million in traffic upgrades, developing a detailed traffic management plan and implementing other measures to mitigate temporary traffic congestion during construction.

Operation of the facility will have little impact on traffic.

These proposed conditions are included in the packet for next week’s Planning Commission meeting: PC – Feb 24, 2026 Special Meeting | Fluvanna County Virginia. This packet also includes supporting memos related to sound and traffic from our consultants that provide further context around the conditions.

Tenaska is committed to additional benefits for the county – beyond the estimated $250 million in tax revenue and 29 new local jobs that Expedition will generate. As previously stated, this includes a Good Neighbor Fund of approximately $5 million and a Community Advisory Board, as well as $5 million in funding for first responders.

These community benefits were previously included as proposed conditions of the SUP. Based on feedback and discussion with Sands Anderson, these benefits have been removed from the conditions and will be memorialized in a restrictive covenant that will go before the Board of Supervisors.

We believe these conditions, as well as the restrictive covenant, address myriad community concerns and county priorities.