The proposed Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center would be built on the site of a former coal-fired power plant that closed its doors two years ago after burning for over 70 years. Hundreds of members of the Chesterfield community and surrounding areas came to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality hearing for the air permit on Monday night. The department said that the so-called peaker plant will be significantly less polluting than the previous coal plant. The area near the plant has a high population of Black and Hispanic community members, many people in the community being Spanish-speaking. The gas put out by this plant would not help that at all,” said Jessica Schneider, a Chesterfield County supervisor.