The Chicago Tribune ran an article on the gas-fired electric generating plant proposed for Oakewood Hills today. You can read it here. “The proposal calls for a 430,000-megawatt power plant that could supply electricity to 160,000 homes daily,” the Tribune … Continue reading
Category Archives: Electric Generating Plant
Before a community can site an electric generating plant, the prospective host community must agree to a “host community agreement.” It contains pertinent details of the arrangement. Pursuant to a Freedom of Information request, McHenry County Blog has obtained the … Continue reading
The Oakwood Hills Energy Center developers mailed letters to local officials on July 1st about its proposal to build a 430-megawatt electric generating facility behind the Oakwood Hills Village Hall. It is being promoted as a backup for windmills when … Continue reading
Last week, McHenry County Blog revealed that the Village of Oakwood Hills has again been negotiating with those wishing to build a gas-fired electric generating plant. When such plants were first on the county news pages in the late 1990’s, … Continue reading
Oakwood Hills is a residential village between Cary and Prairie Grove with about 2,000 people. There is no commercial district to provide sales taxes, so property taxes, state income tax and Motor Fuel Tax revenue sharing, plus vehicle stickers provide … Continue reading
In early September, I was told that a gas-fired peaker plant was being considered in Oakwood Hills. That’s when I filed my first Freedom of Information request with Oakwood Hills asking for “all documents concerning any peaker plant that is … Continue reading
The Village of Oakwood Hills is under considered for a site for a gas turbine electric generating plant. Here’s what McHenry County Blog has found: an option running through March of 2014 has been been signed to purchase the property … Continue reading
If anyone ever complains about McHenry County Blog’s willingness to allow others to take photographs for publication–like this one from McHenry County Democrats–please keep the following in mind. Chicago’s ABC Channel 7 used videotape paid for by you and me … Continue reading
If anyone ever complains about McHenry County Blog’s willingness to allow others to take photographs for publication–like this one from McHenry County Democrats–please keep the following in mind. Chicago’s ABC Channel 7 used videotape paid for by you and me … Continue reading