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Power Plant Agreement
Posted Feb. 26, 2015 @ 11:45 am
Updated at 12:02 PM
BROCKTON – Mayor Bill Carpenter announced Thursday he has signed a deal with the group proposing a 350-megawatt gas-fired power plant without the City Council’s support.
After a 10-year battle over the issue, the deal could pave the way for Brockton Power and Brockton Power Co. LLC to move ahead with its project provided it dropped a $68 million lawsuit against the city, and agreed to other mitigating factors.
Agreement has been signed without the CC approval apparently. Article goes on to say CC still has final approval on selling the water. Though it's not necessarily relevant, wonder how the Gaming Commission will view this when they go to award license, A city in which the officials can't get along could be an issue?
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Can the Mayor do this?
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From Enterprise, 2/26 Enterprise Staff:
In January, the council made a decision not to settle. The Enterprise reported last month that Carpenter was considering striking a deal with the developer without the City Council, the legal ramifications of which remain unclear.
It’s also not clear what the mayor’s move would mean when it comes to accessing the city’s water supply, which the power-plant developers need for the plant. The City Council has maintained it has final say on that matter.
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The issue of using city water is blocked as I understood it by the State. Not, sure why the additional water wouldn't be pumped from Dighton to ensure no overdrawing of Silver Lake. The City has final say on sale of reclaimed water from the adjacent treatment plant. If we had abundant water available via. the municipal system, they wouldn't have say-so over the sale of that water. That is a right of the developer. If the water is (readily & safely) available, it cannot be denied. Unless, it posed a threat to the system (overdrawing, lowering pressures below 20-25 psi in the street, etc.)
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But, I couldn't agree more. This is about to get really ugly real fast.
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MT wrote: It will be interesting to watch the fireworks when the city permits unlimited water use permits for a casino, while denying any water use permits for the PP.
well, kate archard and paula odenieros-kocuckoo will argue that the casino isn't a big bad evil mountain of mordor smelting toxic metals into the air for all of brockton's children to breathe
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A utility company can refuse you water service, or require you to provide supplemental storage if your draw from the system could damage said system. The municipal water provider is required to maintain a system that is sized to allow for growth and support of all, however, if the water doesn't exist, no one can force them to allow a hook-up. That water service is supporting all other businesses and homes. We don't have a separate hi-zone for sprinklers, so there is not only a quality of life issue, but also life safety concerns. Not just sprinklers, but fire dept. pumper trucks. Can't fight a fire, if the power plant, casino, whomever, is drawing too much.
On projects I have worked on, we have been forced to provide on site water storage tanks and pumping stations (for fire water), even after proving that the system would not be lowered beyond the fire marshal's low limit. They have a good amount of power in those situations.
These are some of the reasons why it was important (aside from the State mandate) for Brockton to find additional water sources besides just Silver Lake. For a community, especially and urban center, to grow and attract new businesses, one of the biggest needs is a reliable water system.
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Kevin is a great newsman! Keep up the great work!
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