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Group appeals PSC's wind farm decision; Petition targets Green Mountain Pinnacle project
February 18, 2010 by Megan Miller in Cumberland Times-News
Opponents of a planned Mineral County wind farm have appealed to the West Virginia Public Service Commission to reconsider its decision to allow the project to go forward. On Jan. 11 the PSC approved a permit allowing developer US Wind Force to move forward with its plans to build up to 23 wind turbines atop Green Mountain in Mineral County.
Allegheny Front Alliance appeals Pinnacle Project
February 16, 2010 by Richard Kerns in Mineral Daily News-Tribune
The Allegheny Front Alliance has appealed the West Virginia Public Service Commission's approval of the Pinnacle Wind Farm, delaying construction of the 23-turbine project atop Green Mountain. The Alliance, which represents opponents to the Pinnacle project, filed its "petition for reconsideration" late last month, submitting a 13-page appeal that raises a number of issues with the approval.
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Not on my ridgeline
February  4, 2010 by Jessica Y. Lilly in West Virginia Broadcasting
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance that prevents wind farm construction on specified locations. Wind industry supporters say it's an example of how the "anti-wind agenda" is gaining steam. It's one of the latest ordinances in the country adopted by local government that prevents wind farm construction as the federal government is pushing for cleaner greener technologies.
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Tazewell officials anticipate ridgeline ordinance vote at meeting, no guarantee
January 25, 2010 by Charles Owens in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tazewell County officials say they will attempt to make a decision Feb. 2 on a controversial wind turbine farm for East River Mountain. However, they aren't guaranteeing at this point that the board will be able to reach a consensus decision on the proposed ridgeline construction ordinance at the Feb. 2 meeting.
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Mineral wind project may begin by fall
January 20, 2010 by Megan Miller in Cumberland Times-News
Construction on the Pinnacle Wind Project in Mineral County could begin, at the earliest, in fall 2010, but the first turbines probably won't be installed until summer 2011, according to David Friend, vice president of project developer US Wind Force. On Jan. 11, the West Virginia Public Service Commission approved a permit to allow the project.
Public Service Commission approves Mineral County wind project
January 12, 2010 by Megan Miller in Cumberland Times-News
The West Virginia Public Service Commission on Monday approved a permit to allow up to 23 wind turbines to be built atop a 3.5-mile stretch of Green Mountain in Mineral County, a few miles west of Keyser. Pinnacle Wind Force, a subsidiary of Greensburg, Pa.-based US Wind Force, filed the permit application on March 17, but the project has been in development since 2002.
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Greensburg company gets go-ahead for panhandle wind farm
January 10, 2010 in The Tribune-Review
The Public Service Commission approved plans today for a 23-turbine wind farm in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, citing the hundreds of jobs and more than $1 million in state and county tax revenue it could generate. The decision on the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage in Mineral County came on the last day of the agency's 300-day review period.
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Pinnacle wind project's PSC deadline Monday
January  8, 2010 by Megan Miller in Cumberland Times-News
The West Virginia Public Service Commission is scheduled to issue a decision in the next few days on a wind energy developer's application to build wind turbines in Mineral County. The deadline for the decision is Monday, but it could come as soon as the end of this week, according to commission spokeswoman Sarah Robertson.
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Pinnacle wind farm vote set for Monday
January  6, 2010 by Richard Kerns in Mineral Daily News-Tribune
After several years of study, many months of local debate and nearly a year of intense review by the West Virginia Public Service Commission, the proposed Pinnacle Wind Farm is approaching the decisive "no" or "go" vote from state regulators. If approved, however, actual construction of the wind farm may be delayed beyond 2010, as the project developer negotiates with the University of Maryland.
A towering controversy: Wind turbines proposed on East River Mountain
December 29, 2009 in Bluefield Daily Telegraph
The concept of going green took on a whole new meaning in 2009 for the region. With the Obama administration pushing new clean energy sources, the scenic beauty of East River Mountain was suddenly threatened, and the greater Bluefield region was divided by a towering controversy.
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