October 11, 2024
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Here is the link to the TCEQ public meeting- (deadline for submitting comments has passed)

From Hood County News about the public hearing

The applicant, Wolf Hollow II, is a 1,115-megawatt combined cycle gas and steam turbine power plant in Hood County. They are planning a significant expansion.

Constellation owns and operates the facility, which began operations in 2017. It has filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to add 300 megawatts of new gas-fired generation capacity.

This expansion, referred to as Wolf Hollow III, will include the installation of eight new natural gas-fired generators, three emergency diesel generators, and additional equipment to meet Texas’ rising energy demands….

Adair noted that a significant plume of steam and air pollution is visible from her home with the current four turbines, and she fears that additional turbines would increase emissions of pollutants like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, and sulfur dioxide.

She also mentioned that the MARA Bitcoin Mining Plant, which Constellation Energy supplies with power, could be contributing to the need for this permit. Adair believes that power plants should be located in more industrialized areas with substantial buffers, not in rural residential zones.

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