There is a 348 MW Proposed Power Plant - to be located in North Billerica. 
Effects of the emssions will impact Lowell, Tewksbury, Chelmsford as well as Billerica.

***IMPORTANT NOTE******UPDATED INFORMATION********
On 2/3/10 - Investors walk away from Power Plant
Lowell Sun:  http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_14324592

PLEASE NOTE:  - The Power Plant permit is still VALID for ONE more yeaR.  If a new investor comes along or energy needs change, this power plant will be back to be built!!!

WE STILL HAVE EXPERTS ON RETAINER!!!!  And we are STILL LEGAL Intevenors in the process.

Your continued help and support is still needed until the permit expires (or they pull the permit completely!!)  

We are a not-for-profit group and any funds donated are allocated for our experts.

You can donate online:
http://www.stopthebillericapowerplant.org/events.html

Here are the facts about the plant:
The plant is requesting to run 2,300 hours per year == 9 hours a day, 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year.

The proposed plant will have SIX, Eleven feet in diameter, 80 FOOT smokestacks

The proposed plant will dump 428,777 of CO2 emissions per year
This DOUBLES the carbon footprint of town of Billerica
The proposed plant will also emit:

41 tons of particulates per year
44 tons of NOx per year
13 tons of VOC's per year

***THE PROPONENT needs 60 Million Gallons of water.  They are requesting Billerica's Grey Water (from the WWTP)   

90% of this water will get burned out the smokestacks and will not get returned to the Concord River.

TWO 18,000 tanks of aqueous ammonia in single-walled tanks will be stored less than 1,000 feet from the Concord River

500,000 gallons of diesel fuel stored less than 1,000 feet from the Concord River, as well as TWO 18,000 gallon tanks of Aqueous Ammonia

Additional point -- we don't need the Power!!  The proponent was not able to purchase into Cap & Trade, since we have a surplus of energy. 

Any funds will be leveraged for our certified engineers, which is needed for town boards and MA DEP --we need your help.  You can also write a check out to Billerica Watchers and send to:

Billerica Watchers
PO Box 32
Billerica, MA  01821

Every dime will be spent fighting to stop this Power Plant.  Please help in any amount.  We meet regularly as well, if you'd like to help in other ways

email stopthebillericapowerplant@comcast.net if you'd like to meet us, or if you have any additional questions.

Keep updated in our Yahoo group:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BillericaWatchers/

Website- http://stopthebillericapowerplant.org/