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1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant revealed for old Alcoa site in Milam County

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1,200-megawatt natural gas power plant revealed for old Alcoa site in Milam County

The planned power plant is being called crucial for the region’s economic development and for efforts to breathe new life into the site of the shuttered Alcoa facility, which operated for six decades. The overall vision for the 31,000-acre site includes tens of millions of square feet of industrial space — and that’s just the start. This article details what plans have been revealed for the massive site near Rockdale.