Tracy Mitrano

Tracy Mitrano, the Democratic opponent to incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Reed in the 23rd Congressional district, is not certain on how to proceed with the future of the Dunkirk power-generation station.

“I know that there have been various efforts,” she said about the site along the waterfront. “I would go for a much more vigorous approach to analyzing what could, should be done with that facility.”

NRG Energy Inc., which owns the site, decided in early July against repowering the plant from coal to natural gas. Because of that decision, no one is quite sure what the future holds.

Reed, who spoke with the OBSERVER earlier this month, is open to having another operator come into the site.