Mon Feb 08 2010
From staff reports
A Fairlawn-based company has decided to scrap its plan to build a hydroelectric power plant at Gorge Metro Park.
In a June 12 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an official with Metro Hydroelectric Co. LLC announced the company was surrendering its permit to build the plant. The company obtained the permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in October 2008.
Metro Hydroelectric, a subsidiary of Advanced Hydro Solutions, planned to divert water from the Ohio Edison Gorge Dam for the hydroelectric power plant. The project would have cost about $4 million and the plant was expected to generate electricity for about 2,000 customers.
Parks and environmental groups -- including Metro Parks Serving Summit County and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency -- had opposed the project, and a Metro Hydroelectric spokesman said the company decided it was time to turn their attention to other projects.
Metro Parks officials have previously said the project would have led to the construction of roads, destruction of old growth forests, the loss of animal habitats and the destruction of park aesthetics.
Ohio EPA officials have previously identified the Ohio Edison Gorge Dam as a significant impact to water quality and recommended its removal. If the proposed project had moved forward, it would have delayed any possibility of removing the dam for at least 50 years, according to the Ohio EPA.
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