Community Input Made Our Project Better

Over the past several months, we have worked to reach out to meet with and listen to the thoughts of many interested stakeholders in Loudoun’s community. We’ve listened to your ideas and brainstormed many of the issues relating to energy with you. We did this because we feel that anytime there is a proposal in the community it is our responsibility to initiate the ability to communicate. This project is especially important one that would reduce Loudoun’s need to import energy and create significant annual tax revenue—the residents of the community deserve as many opportunities as possible to weigh in.

 

The series of meetings we’ve had have been very beneficial and I’m proud to announce today a significant change to our proposal that came to fruition through meetings with some of Loudoun’s stakeholders.

 

We’ve been told throughout this process that our 10 acres of solar is a step in the right direction. And we’ve been told by many that they like the idea of reusing treated wastewater that is currently just being piped into the Potomac River. We’ve also been told that Natural Gas, our main fuel source, is an improvement upon coal power though perhaps ideally as a bridge fuel to the future. We agree with that assessment.

 

Because we hope that some years down the road bio-fuels will become commercially viable, we’ve amended our proffers to allow us eventually to take advantage of emerging energy sources. This was the right decision to make from an energy and environmental perspective and it also happens to make tremendous business sense.

 

I want to personally thank Loudouner Tom Pfotzer, among others, who came to us with this idea. The willingness of others to have an open dialogue and exchange of ideas made our project better.

 

As we continue down the path towards approval, I encourage all of you to contact us with your thoughts, questions and ideas. You can email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We’re a local company with local roots and offices in Hamilton. Our doors are open and we thank many of you for sharing your thoughts with us already.

 

Best regards, 

 

John Andrews