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Case file · ALERG / power-plant redevelopment · Open

What does the public record document about the ALERG power-plant redevelopment — and who is tied to it?

A single-issue dossier assembled from reviewed public records about the former GenOn coal-plant site, now held by Avon Lake Environmental Redevelopment Group LLC (ALERG; contractor Charah). Each register below stands on its own evidence and carries its own limits.

197 prototype ALERG keyword matches · early 14-source case fixture · 4 seed parcels · corpus verified 2026-07-15
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ALERG / power-plant site
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Prototype keyword matches0
Source groups0
Exempt 2021 deeds0
Declared conflict mentions0
Site acreage split43.23 ac total
23.22 ac public park20.01 ac remainder
Every register below opens the record it was read from.
The money, in distinct states

Public money moves through separate states. Merging them is how accountability gets lost.

A planned purchase, a received grant, and an exempt deed with no recorded price are three different things, and none of them is the project's total cost. The case keeps them apart on purpose. Placing them side by side is the whole claim — it is not an allegation, and this file does not make one.

Recorded on the 2021 deeds — exempt, not a valid sale$0
Planned city purchase of 23.22 acres, financed by TIF$15M
Ohio Brownfield Remediation assessment grant$300K
Council roll-calls machine-readable from minutes90.6%

Receipt · Lorain Data source inventory; City TIF / development agreement and Ohio Dept. of Development · corpus verified 2026-07-15 · limitation: none of these three figures is the project's total cost.

The site & the entity

A former coal plant, taken to title in 2021 through exempt deeds.

The acquisition sits outside the money map: exempt general-warranty transfers create title records, not payments. The case reads transfer records, not dollar flows.

Limitation — these four transfers produce zero money-flow records: flagged exempt (EX) and not a valid sale, so no price is on record and nothing appears in the Money Map. Presence of a transfer is not evidence of a payment. Receipt · Lorain County Auditor, real-estate transfer records, retrieved 2026-07-15 · 4 records.
ParcelDeedTax yrValid saleExemption
04-00-005-000-103Gen. warranty2021NoExempt
04-00-006-101-085Gen. warranty2021NoExempt
04-00-006-115-017Gen. warranty2021NoExempt
04-00-006-115-019Gen. warranty2021NoExempt

Verify at the Lorain County Auditor →

The entity, in plain terms

GenOn → ALERG LLC, title 2021, contractor Charah.

The site is the former GenOn coal-fired power plant. Title moved in 2021 to Avon Lake Environmental Redevelopment Group LLC (ALERG); Charah is named as the redevelopment / remediation contractor. These names — ALERG, Avon Lake Environmental Redevelopment, Charah, GenOn — are the terms this case matches on across the record.

Limitation. Corporate and ownership relationships beyond the recorded names (parent entities, principals, financing) are not established here. The case tracks documented names and records, not a corporate family tree.

Receipt · SEC EDGAR full-text search · 6 local filings mention these names · retrieved 2026-07-15 · a filing mention is not a statement of control. Verify →

The redevelopment, by the numbers

Title chain and milestones.

Each stage stands on its own record. A signed agreement is not a closing; a projection is not an outcome.

2021

Purchase agreed

GenOn → ALERG transaction signed May 2021; auditor transfer records carry tax year 2021.

2022

Acquisition closed

April 4, 2022 — ALERG, a Charah Solutions subsidiary, fully acquires the 627 MW former plant.

2025

Development agreement

City agrees to acquire 23.22 acres for a public lakefront park via Tax Increment Financing.

2025

Demolition target

Coal-plant demolition and remediation projected to finish in spring; master plan by Gensler.

Limitation. Dates reflect reported milestones (signed May 2021, close April 4 2022); the auditor's recorded transfer year is 2021, and projected dates may have shifted.

Receipt · Lorain Data source inventory — City of Avon Lake, Lake Erie Living, Gensler · retrieved 2026-07-15. Verify →

The land, split

43.23 total acres

Planned public park53.7% of the site
23.22 ac public park20.01 ac remainder

The City plans to acquire 23.22 acres (53.7%) of the 43.23-acre site for a public lakefront park; the ~20 remaining acres stay in private redevelopment under the mixed-use overlay. Limitation — this is the planned acquisition in the 2025 development agreement, not a completed transfer; final boundaries follow closing and remediation.

Removed in remediation

36.8k tons hauled, reported

Coal36,000 t
Asbestos778 t

As of January, more than 36,000 tons of coal and 778 tons of asbestos had been removed; demolition managed by ALERG, environmental consultant Verdantas. Limitation — point-in-time figures reported as of January (Lake Erie Living); totals at completion are not yet on record here.

Evidence registers

Four independent registers, kept separate on purpose.

Register 01 · Mentions across the record

197 prototype matches · early 14-source fixture

Council agendas & minutes70
Boards & hearings44
Council legislation39
City press releases13
SEC EDGAR (local)6
Schools board5
County auditor property4
Other registers (7 sources)16
Limitation. A mention is a keyword match on a case term, not a verified substantive discussion. Nothing in this prototype connects these 197 prototype keyword matches to one another; the “Other registers” bundle NPDES, ECHO, city finance, NOAA storm events, USASpending, county commissioners, and OSHA.

Receipt · Lorain Data corpus scan, Avon Lake jurisdiction scope · prototype snapshot 2026-07-15 · 197 keyword matches · a mention is not a discussion. Browse all 197 prototype matches →

Register 02 · Council votes on the record

96 of 106 records carry a machine-readable roll-call

Motion for passage — a representative recorded roll-call.
Resolution No. 26-43 · moved by Mr. Shahmir · motion passed
Limitation — roll-calls are read from stored minute text; 10 of 106 council records carry no parseable motion, and 3 long agenda packs may have motion sections truncated by a text-length cap. This is one example record, not the full vote history.
MemberVoteMemberVote
SmithYesKosYes
FenderboschYesShahmirYes
GentryYesReynoldsAbsent
GoodwinYesTallyYes 6 · No 0 · Absent 1 — passed
Roll-calls parsed from the minutes106 council records
96 machine-readable · 90.6%10 with no parseable motion

Receipt · Avon Lake council agendas & minutes · retrieved 2026-07-15 · 106 records · 3 long agenda packs may be truncated. Verify →

Register 03 · Declared conflicts & recusals

Self-reported ties, in the members' own words

Self-declared conflicts are the highest-signal feature in the record: they establish the baseline of acknowledged ties, entered into the minutes. They are counted and quoted here exactly as recorded.

Council President Smith moved to permit Mrs. Goodwin to be excused from discussion and voting on Ordinance No. 26-48 pursuant to Code of Ordinances Section 220.19(b). — Mrs. Goodwin is on the board of the Community Resource Services and has a conflict of interest. Member: Goodwin · Ord. 26-48 · §220.19(b)
Counted in the corpus
Acknowledged ties
“Conflict of interest” mentions0
“Excused from” recusal actions0
Counted on the recorded phrase, not on an assessment of the tie.
Limitation. A recusal establishes an acknowledged tie for one specific vote; it is not a finding about any undeclared tie, and the reason recorded (here, a nonprofit board seat) may be unrelated to ALERG. Undeclared relationships, by definition, do not appear in this register.

Receipt · Avon Lake council minutes, motions to excuse · retrieved 2026-07-15 · 25 mentions, 21 actions. Verify →

What remains unknown

The gaps are part of the record, too.

Register 04 · stated limits
  • Whether any of the 197 prototype keyword matches are substantively connected — the pipeline shows co-occurrence, not linkage.
  • The price or consideration behind the 2021 deed transfers (recorded as exempt, no valid sale).
  • Corporate principals and financing behind ALERG / Charah beyond recorded names.
  • Motion text truncated in 3 long agenda packs by a 100,000-character cap (fix filed 2026-07-15).
  • Undeclared ties between officials and case entities — only self-declared conflicts appear.
  • Campaign-finance and Secretary-of-State entity ties (deferred; not yet parsed).
The rule beside every claim: a receipt and a limitation. This file surfaces conjunctions in the record; it does not allege wrongdoing. You draw the conclusions.
Receipts · source registers

Every register opens to the record it was read from.

Counts reflect the Lorain Data corpus scan of Avon Lake–scope sources, verified 2026-07-15. Open each register to confirm any figure independently.
RegisterWhat it holdsMentionsOpen
Council agendas & minutesMotions, roll-calls, and recusals.70
Boards & hearingsPlanning & board records.44
Council legislationOrdinances & resolutions text.39
City press releasesOfficial statements on the redevelopment.13
SEC EDGAR (local filings)Corporate filings naming Charah / ALERG.6
County auditor propertyDeed transfers for the four seed parcels.4