Planning & Economic Dev. Board - Public Hearing Cont./Exelon Site Plan. Medway Town Hall
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TOWN OF MEDWAY
Planning & Economic Development Board
155 Village Street
Medway, Massachusetts 02053
Andy Rodenhiser, Chairman
Robert K. Tucker, Vice-Chairman
Thomas A. Gay, Clerk
Matthew Hayes, P.E.
Richard Di Iulio
MEMORANDUM
May 4, 2016
TO: Maryjane White, Town Clerk
Town of Medway Departments, Boards and Committees
FROM: Susy Affleck-Childs, Planning & Economic Development Coordinator
RE: Public Hearing Continuation – Exelon Site Plan, 34 West & 9 Summer Streets
CONTINUATION DATE: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 7:45 p.m.
LOCATION: Medway Town Hall – Sanford Hall, 155 Village Street
At its meeting on May 3, 2016, the Planning and Economic Development Board voted to continue the public hearing on the application of Exelon West Medway LLC and Exelon West Medway II, LLC of Kennett Square, PA for major site plan approval of the proposed Exelon expansion project to Tuesday, May 10, 2015 at 7:45 p.m. in Sanford Hall at Medway Town Hall, 155 Village Street.
The proposed project is for an expansion of the existing three-turbine, oil fired, 135 mega-watt West Medway Station peak power generating facility located at 34 West and 9 Summer Streets. The planned expansion entails the construction of two 100-megawatt (MW) simple-cycle, fast-starting, peaking electric combustion turbine generators and associated equipment and appurtenances on approximately 13 acres of the 94 acre property. Each of the two stacks will be 160’ tall. The generators will run primarily on natural gas using low sulfur diesel oil as a back-up.
The project will interconnect with Eversource via an approximately 1,200 linear foot overhead circuit from a transformer to the Eversource switchyard on the western portion of the Property utilized and controlled by Eversource through an easement agreement. The energy generated by the project will be distributed by Eversource to the Southeast Massachusetts/Rhode Island ISO load zone to help meet energy demand during peak times.
The project includes a control/administration and facility services building, a trailer-mounted demineralizer system, an enclosed gas compressor station, a one-million gallon fuel oil tank, a 500,000 gallon service water tank, a 450,000 gallon demineralized water storage tank, a 12,000 gallon fully-diked and covered aqueous ammonia storage tank, advanced emissions control equipment, and a perimeter access road. Access to the site will be controlled via a motorized security gate located off the relocated main site access driveway
from Summer Street. The proposed facility will also include full acoustical enclosures for the gas turbines and generators, a 55’ high noise wall, and a full complement of acoustical controls. A 3,080 linear foot lateral interconnection to the existing Algonquin Gas pipeline is also planned along with an associated 14’ x 50’ building to contain flow control and metering equipment, and a 12’ by 16’ building to contain gas monitoring and analysis equipment.
If you have not yet reviewed the project proposal and wish to provide comments, please do so at your earliest convenience.