Abandoned Wind Turbines Worries Officials

Abandoned wind turbines worry officials

by Associated Press

KTVB.COM

Posted on October 23, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Updated yesterday at 11:32 AM

BURLEY, Idaho -- Cassia County officials in southern Idaho are considering an ordinance that would require wind turbines to be decommissioned by their owners and not the county should the turbines stop turning a profit.

The Times-News reports that County Commissioner Paul Christensen has asked planning and zoning to start drafting an ordinance to handle such problems in the future.

Planning and Zoning administrator Kerry McMurray says dismantling one of the turbines would be expensive.

The turbines can be up to 328 feet tall with 100-foot-long blades and profitable life spans of up to 20 years.

McMurray says if the towers were abandoned due to bankruptcy, removing them would be the responsibility of the property owners.

McMurray says most landowners probably couldn't afford that.
source: www.ktvb.com

Living With Turbines

Click here to view a news story on turbine development in a community similar to ours. Click here for another great link showing the visual impact of 400-foot turbines with 1,100-foot setbacks when placed near homes(Champaign County's proposed turbines are 492-feet to give you some idea of the visual impact of the turbines that will possibly be coming here).

Wind Projects are Dependent on Extending the Tax Credit

If you believe the PTC should NOT be extended, it's important that you fax or call each of these lawmakers tomorrow, this weekend, and Monday. It is important to contact these legislators right now. A fax or call is more direct than email. Urge these lawmakers to NOT extend the PTC. Go to these websites to find reasons why http://ptcfacts.info/ http ://www.wind-watch.org/ Go to this website to send 5 free faxes per day http://faxzero.com/ If you can, fax or call the office of each of these lawmakers: Steve King Phone: 202.225.4426 Fax: 202.225.3193 http://steveking.house.gov/ Duncan Hunter Phone: (202) 225-5672 Fax: (202) 225-0235 http://hunter.house.gov/ Tim Johnson Phone: 202-225-2371 Fax: 202-226-0791 http://timjohnson.house.gov/ Cory Gardner Phone: (202) 225-4676 Fax: (202) 225-5870 http://gardner.house.gov/ Cynthia Lummis Phone: (202) 225-2311 Toll Free: (888) 879-3599 Fax: (202) 225-3057 http

Editorial in the Urbana Daily CItizen

http://www.urbanacitizen.com/ news/editorial/5035999/ Turbines-imperiled-by- shifting-political-winds Turbines imperiled by shifting political winds After seven years of development, controversy and exhaustive legal examination, the two wind farms planned for Champaign County might soon be put on the scrap heap because of recent state legislation that discourages their construction. It’s too soon to say for certain because the proposed projects continue to be affected by ambiguity on many fronts, but EverPower’s comments to the Columbus Dispatch on Sunday sounded like the beginning of the end of Buckeye Wind. “It’s clear this development isn’t wanted here … and it gives us less confidence in where Ohio is moving forward,” Michael Speerschneider, EverPower’s chief permitting and public-policy officer, told the Dispatch . “We’ll take that message to heart.” After Gov. John Kasich signed legislation on Friday that stops increases in requirements f

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