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As a result of the ruling, the terms of the deal between the town and Antrim Wind Energy has been voided. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38445 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38402 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:06 GMT Antrim Town Administrator Galen Stearns said that the wind developer's attorney drafted the motion for rehearing, and it was sent back and forth several times between Geiger and the town for modifications. ...He added that having Geiger draft the appeal was an attempt to speed up the process. Geiger drafted the PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) agreement that was also signed by the town. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38402 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38359 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:27:04 GMT The appeal and request for a rehearing were crafted by Antrim Wind's attorneys Orr & Reno, according to Select Board Chairman Gordon Webber. Antrim Wind requested the town appeal the decision in support of the LLC's pending appeal, which has to be submitted by June 1, Webber said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38359 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7386 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:05:18 GMT The Antrim Select Board voted to appeal the state ruling that denied a 10-turbine wind project after deciding to accept a $40,000 offer from Antrim Wind in a contentious meeting Monday that led to one resident being escorted out by police and several others walking away in frustration. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7386 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38306 Wed, 08 May 2013 12:17:08 GMT The SEC denied Antrim Wind Energy's application based on negative visual impacts the wind farm - proposed for the ridgeline of Tuttle Hill and Willard Mountain in Antrim - would have had on the town and its surrounding communities. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38306 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38284 Sun, 05 May 2013 00:03:40 GMT One point of agreement during a daylong forum on wind energy in Concord last week is that nobody's really happy with the way New Hampshire has been deciding on these projects since Lempster Wind, between Keene and Claremont, was approved more than five years ago. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38284 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38256 Thu, 02 May 2013 22:58:19 GMT The Select Board voted Monday night to delay the decision whether to accept a $40,000 compensation from Antrim Wind Energy until after the state committee that turned down the project in February releases its final order. ..."It does look like you're taking a bribe," said Kat Affholter. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38256 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37829 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 20:07:20 GMT "Some breathing room is what everybody is asking for, and a chance to have an independent study of the SEC and its processes and to perhaps recommend ways it could become more efficient, more sensitive to the voices of the people most impacted," Tuthill said. "You can back off take a year, and see what's happening." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37829 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37754 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:12:53 GMT By a vote of 25-22, voters approved Article 29, which would require all wind energy facilities that may come to be located in the town to post security in the form of cash or bond, prior to initiating construction, in order to cover the costs of removing all of the facility upon ceasing operations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37754 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37765 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 02:47:56 GMT "Iberdrola Renewables knows where the community now stands, from the official voting records in the three towns. In November, Iberdrola stated at three separate meetings in three separate towns that they would not proceed if the townspeople were not in favor of their project. Will they live up to their words and respect the people's voice?" http://www.windaction.org/articles/37765 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37720 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:09 GMT The incumbent selectman was ousted and a wind farm project got the thumbs down from voters Tuesday. Almost 60 percent, of the registered voters turned out. An article asking voters "to advise the Selectmen to REJECT the proposed Wild Meadow Wind Project" passed 334 to 190. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37720 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37716 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:02:27 GMT It's town meeting season. Around Newfound Lake Several towns are contemplating non-binding resolutions to take the pulse of voters on the question of wind-farms. The votes show strong sentiment against more wind-farms in the area, and scant support. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37716 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37731 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:54:23 GMT The zoning board in January also amended its variance to allow for the three turbines. The zoning board had originally approved four turbines at up to 400 feet and a fifth turbine at 500 feet. In January, the zoning board approved three 500-foot turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37731 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37635 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:12:31 GMT Members of New Hampshire Wind Watch say that a subsidiary of a German company, called Juwi Wind, has signed a lease for 1,300 acres of land Groton, for the purpose of building a wind farm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37635 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37634 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 01:32:38 GMT "Everything I've discovered - on my own and through this committee - is that wind projects are not economical, nor will they ever be economical, and I believe that we should stop them before the state is destroyed," said Rep. Laurence Rappaport, a Colebrook Republican. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37634 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37468 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 01:00:18 GMT Last month, New Hampshire state lawmakers quietly introduced a bill that would suspend further wind project development in the Granite State. More than a month later, that proposal is gaining considerable attention from both state representatives and local residents, some of whom claim that wind turbines have damaging effects on tourism and property values. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37468 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37432 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:01:34 GMT Labor and business groups were outnumbered today in a hearing to put a moratorium on any wind farm or electrical transmission line project. House Bill 580 calls for an energy plan to be written before permits are issued for projects such as Northern Pass or wind farms such as the one on Tenney Mountain in Plymouth. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37432 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37435 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 04:05:35 GMT "The major downside of these wind towers they require an enormous amount of space. And it's not just ordinary space, it is our mountaintops, it is those high forests, it is the ridgelines that I think define with is beautiful about New Hampshire." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37435 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37434 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:45:48 GMT Those supporting the moratorium heavily outnumbered those opposed to the bill. Many traveled from northern parts of the state to explain why they think the wind turbines aren't a good fit for their communities. "When does a private company in search of profit have more rights than the private citizen who owns property in the state of New Hampshire?" http://www.windaction.org/articles/37434 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37377 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:48:14 GMT "Proper siting involves a multitude of considerations, including environmental impacts," the statement read. "We felt strongly that this proposed project failed the ‘proper siting' criteria. Clearly, the SEC agreed." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37377