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Tell Davidson County Commissioners to defer the Duke Energy rezoning vote!

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Davidson County Commissioners meeting

Monday, Nov. 9, at 6 p.m.

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Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas are planning a massive buildout of dirty energy infrastructure in Davie and Davidson counties on the Yadkin River to ultimately power data centers. The companies want to use land zoned for farms and homes in Davidson County for their project.

The Davie-Davidson Energy Complex includes what would be the largest liquefied gas storage facility in company history, two methane gas-fired power plants on Perkins Game Land across the river in Davie County and a pipeline running under the Yadkin to connect the two sites. 

The Davidson County Board of Commissioners is slated to vote on the rezoning on Monday, Nov. 9. Call or message your commissioners between now and Nov. 9 to tell them to defer the vote until they have full information on the impacts!

There are many unanswered questions. Duke must first submit complete information on the project impacts around traffic, sound, light pollution and water usage before a vote can take place so the Commissioners can fully assess the impacts of this project. 

Guidelines for your comment

  • Share your name and state that you’re a Davidson County resident
  • Begin by sharing that you’re commenting on Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas’ proposed rezoning for its gas project.
  • State that the commissioners should defer the vote until PNG and Duke share full information on project impacts, or deny the rezoning and let Duke resubmit its application with the missing information. 
  • Share your reasons why (feel free to draw from the talking points below)

Contact your County Commissioners

  • Call (336) 242-2200
    • A call will be more impactful than the online message
    • Request to speak with a commissioner, or request to leave a voice message for all commissioners
      • Names of commissioners:
        • Karen Watford
        • Todd Yates
        • Chris Elliott
        • Tripp Kester
        • Matt Mizell
        • Steve Shell
        • Steve Shook
  • Send an online message using this form

Talking points

  • Duke hasn’t submitted the information needed to vote on this project. Commissioners must fully assess the impacts of this project before voting, and Duke must provide the following complete materials for the board’s consideration:
    • Completed air modeling analysis – the state Department of Environmental Quality has deemed Duke’s air permit application incomplete for this reason
    • Sound study that includes impacts from construction and operation
    • Light pollution study
    • Traffic impact analysis
    • Evaluation of water usage and impacts to water resources during construction
    • Impacts on the floodplain and wetlands, and tributary streams to the Yadkin River
    • Evaluation of economic harm, including property value impacts
  • The county needs to fully understand the impacts of this project to fulfill its responsibility to protect its residents, given that state regulators with the Department of Environmental Quality have limited ability to fully regulate these projects.
  • The county must take its time and evaluate this application carefully, given that this project is a departure from the Land Development Plan
    • The Land Development Plan requires the preservation of agricultural and rural areas, the protection of water and air resources and the location of industry only where it is compatible with surrounding land and environmental conditions.
  • If this project moves forward, it will take place under the terms of the new leaders. Those leaders should be the ones to review the application and make the decision, since they will be responsible for the project’s impacts on the community moving forward.
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