Update on Expedition’s Local Approval Process

The Expedition project team wants to share a few updates related to the local approval process.

First, we asked Fluvanna County to defer action by the Planning Commission as to whether our proposed project is in accord with the comprehensive plan until January. Last Wednesday, the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution for the Planning Commission to defer the substantial accord vote. The Planning Commission will also need to approve a deferral.

We made this request for several reasons, including comments from the Planning Commission for more time to review our project application. We also wanted to align all of the pending action items on the project for the same meeting.

Second, we want to confirm that Tenaska will cover the cost of a county-commissioned traffic study. While Tenaska will perform such a study for its own development purposes, we understand the concerns around construction traffic and want the county and the community to feel comfortable that there are measures to mitigate this.

Finally, we have heard the requests for additional information about the environmental permitting for Expedition. We are pulling together some background for the county and plan to add this to our website in the coming weeks.

Thank you for your interest in our project, and we look forward to working with Fluvanna County and the community to maximize the benefits of the proposed Expedition Generating Station.