Oregon’s future begins today, free of new fossil fuel power plants, which are dirty dinosaurs of a bygone era.” "Perennial was the last of these plants to be stopped. "Over the last six years, public opposition has prevailed in stopping several proposed fossil fuel plants that would have harmed air quality in the Columbia River Gorge and exacerbated climate change," said Nathan Baker, senior staff attorney for Friends of the Columbia Gorge. Shortly following the announcement, the company changed course and announced negotiations with a prospective buyer. Last year, Perennial announced plans to abandon the gas facility. In 2015, EFSC issued a site certificate for the proposed gas power plant, but the company never secured a power buyer and faced strong public opposition and a series of lawsuits by environmental organizations. The message is clear: our future is in clean energy, not dirty fossil fuels.” “Perennial would have locked the state into at least thirty years of additional climate-destroying pollution. “This is a huge win for Oregonians and the climate,” said Lauren Goldberg, executive director for Columbia Riverkeeper. Perennial would have been one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in Oregon over its 30-year lifecycle, the plant would have emitted at least 30 million tons of greenhouse gas pollution. EFSC decided to terminate the company’s site certificate, an outcome championed by Oregonians concerned about local health impacts and climate pollution from the facility. (September 27, 2022)-Today, the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) officially ended Perennial Power Holdings, Inc.’s efforts to build a 415-megawatt fracked gas power plant near the Columbia River in western Umatilla County. Feeling inspired? Check out our take action page and get involved today!įOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State of Oregon Terminates Gas-Fired Power Plant Proposal near Columbia River The end of Perennial means we have more time to focus on reducing other harms affecting the beautiful Columbia and communities that depend on the river. Fortunately, we can breathe a huge sigh of relief. But because Perennial received EFSC approval in 2015, we still had to fight to stop Perennial’s power plant through grassroots organizing and creative legal strategies. And the good news keeps coming! The 100% Clean Energy for All bill (HR 2021), passed by the Oregon State Legislature last year, prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from allowing any new generation facility that produces power from fossil fuels. Together, we defeated a massive fracked gas power plant in Oregon! This is a huge win for our climate.
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