[CPEO-BIF] W.C. Beckjord Power Station, Pierce Township and New Richmond, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Beckjord plan: Transformation of a brownfield to commerce

by Sheila Vilvens
Cincinnati.com (OH)
February 28, 2018


More than three years ago two Clermont County communities and a school district were dealt a financial blow when the W.C. Beckjord Power Station was “retired.”

After 60 years of electric generation, the coal-fueled power plant that straddled Pierce Township and New Richmond in stopped producing energy.

As a result, Pierce Township suffered a nearly $700,000 annual revenue loss, the Village of New Richmond lost between $300,000 to $350,000 annual revenue. The New Richmond School District took the biggest hit. As a result of the plant’s retirement the district experienced a $1.5 million revenue reduction.

News this week of Beckjord’s sale brings new hope to these communities of financially brighter days ahead.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/02/27/beckjord-plan-transformation-brownfield-commerce/377217002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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