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Who is the Ohio Wind Working Group?

According to the group's website, the organization began this way: "As the first utility-scale wind turbines in Ohio were installed near Bowling Green on September 25-26, 2003 diverse stakeholder from 19 organizations began an educational process to form a strategic plan to guide developing more of our statewide wind energy potential. The Ohio Wind Working Group (OWWG) was originally organized under an Ohio Energy Office grant by Green Energy Ohio (GEO). OWWG is now managed by the Ohio Department of Development and funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind Powering America Program."

The Ohio Wind Working Group has specifically encouraged utility-scale wind development for central Ohio despite its low ranking on the scale of viable wind. If you are concerned about the development of the proposed utility-scale wind project for a heavily-populated Champaign County, you can communicate with members of the OWWG at the following e-mail addresses (also available on their website: www.ohiowind.org).

Main Contacts for Ohio Wind Working Group:
Tom Maves, Ohio Energy Office, tmaves@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-8425
James Damon, Ohio Energy Office, jdamon@odod.state.oh.us,
614-466-1809
A letter from a member of the Ohio Wind Working Group to the Ohio Power Siting Board regarding Everpower's proposed project.

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