Dominion Power hopes to have a gas-fired power plant operating in Warren County's Kelley Industrial Park by 2015. The project will cost between $700 million to more than $1 billion.

Construction will employ 300 to 600 workers onsite, and the completed power plant could bring as many as 30 new jobs to the area once it begins operating. Annual tax payments to Warren County are projected to be between $2 million and $4 million.

"It is safe to say that this project will effectively double the existing industrial development of our community and will represent the largest investment in our community since the Avtex Fibers plant was constructed in the 1930s," County Administrator Douglas P. Stanley said. "We are extremely excited about the potential of the project and the financial benefits that it can bring to the county."

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