Community concerned with potential Entergy power plant
Entergy Mississippi is looking ahead and preparing to meet future energy demands with plans to build a new 500-acre natural gas power plant on West County Line Road in Ridgeland.Homeowners in the area have mixed emotions about the project.“I think it’s too close to people that work really hard down through the years to live in a decent neighborhood,” said Jimmie Sandifer.“I’m more concerned about the environmental side of it, not the noise, but the health issues that can come up,” said Darek Ashley.State Rep. Justis Gibbs held a town hall meeting for people to get answers. Entergy didn’t allow us to bring a camera inside, but we spoke with Gibbs ahead of the meeting.”What we have to do is we have to give them the information that they need so that they can take a stance, but as long as they’re in the dark, they’re not going to know exactly how this is going to affect their children and their property values,” Gibbs said. Entergy leaders say this plant would have Mitsubishi technology, making it less noisy and more cost efficient for customers.Entergy also released a statement.”We understand that residents have concerns, and the safety of our communities and employees has always been our leading value. It’s why our local power generation fleet meets or exceeds the EPA and MDEQ health requirements and abide by noise ordinances. This new site will be no different,” said Jeremy Vanderloo, vice president of business operations for Entergy.
Entergy Mississippi is looking ahead and preparing to meet future energy demands with plans to build a new 500-acre natural gas power plant on West County Line Road in Ridgeland.
Homeowners in the area have mixed emotions about the project.
“I think it’s too close to people that work really hard down through the years to live in a decent neighborhood,” said Jimmie Sandifer.
“I’m more concerned about the environmental side of it, not the noise, but the health issues that can come up,” said Darek Ashley.
State Rep. Justis Gibbs held a town hall meeting for people to get answers.
Entergy didn’t allow us to bring a camera inside, but we spoke with Gibbs ahead of the meeting.
“What we have to do is we have to give them the information that they need so that they can take a stance, but as long as they’re in the dark, they’re not going to know exactly how this is going to affect their children and their property values,” Gibbs said.
Entergy leaders say this plant would have Mitsubishi technology, making it less noisy and more cost efficient for customers.
Entergy also released a statement.
“We understand that residents have concerns, and the safety of our communities and employees has always been our leading value. It’s why our local power generation fleet meets or exceeds the EPA and MDEQ health requirements and abide by noise ordinances. This new site will be no different,” said Jeremy Vanderloo, vice president of business operations for Entergy.