Coal plant towns wonder about future amid shift to renewables
Beth Burger, The Columbus Dispatch Published 11:29 am UTC Jan. 18, 2021 Not many people call Cheshire, Ohio, home now. Nearly 20 years ago, bulldozers sent by a utility company razed most of its homes in the small Appalachian village along the Ohio River. One of the nation's largest coal-fired power plants still looms over the village's handful of remaining businesses and its post office. The Gen. James M. Gavin Power Plant, named for a decorated World War II paratrooper, has the capacity to generate 2.6 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power 780,000 homes. The plant is Ohio’s largest ...
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