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On December 12, 2007, a special town meeting was held in Wilmington VT to determine the position the Selectboard should take on the Searsburg expansion project, also known as Deerfield Wind. The vote counts inserted below have been verified with the Wilmington Town Clerk.
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Ridge Protectors was an intervenor on the Sheffield Wind case before the Vermont Public Service Board. This petition letter was sent to the US Fish and Wildlife Service in response to the requirement that UPC Wind, the developer, secure a federal permit for wetlands impacts at the site.
Army Corps letter to Sheffield Wind regarding individual wetlands permit application
August 23, 2007
by Curtis L. Thalken
Army Corps' letter to UPC Wind states that the Sheffield Wind project "is not eligible for authorization under the VT General Permit, and must be reviewed under the individual permit review procedure." The letter further states that UPC Wind "may not proceed with any proposed work within our jurisdiction until you have received written authorization from this office." The full letter can be accessed by clicking on the link below.
UPC Vermont Wind, LLC motion for clarifications, technical corrections, and modifications to the Sheffield Wind CPG
August 22, 2007
by UPC Vermont Wind, LLC
UPC Vermont Wind, LLC motion before the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) in reference to the Board's August 8, 2007 Order and Certificate of Public Good (CPG) issued for the Sheffield Wind Energy proposal. The motion requests Clarifications, Technical Corrections, and Modifications to the Order and CPG.
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Vermont PSB Certificate of Public Good for Sheffield Project
August 9, 2007
by Vermont Public Service Board
This Docket concerns a proposal by UPC Vermont Wind, LLC ("UPC", "Petitioner", or
"Applicant") for a 16-turbine, 40 megawatt wind generation facility in Sheffield, Vermont (the
"Project").
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Zoning/Planning]
Town of Sutton Reply Brief to the Vermont Public Service Board
May 14, 2007
by Town of Sutton, Vermont
In order for the Public Service Board to concur with UPC's conclusion that the UPC proposed wind turbine project will not unduly interfere with orderly growth in the region, the Board must ignore the overwhelming, consistent and corroborating evidence in this recored that the vast majority of the citizens of the Northeast Kingdom are opposed to large-scale, industrial-sized commercial wind development.
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Zoning/Planning]
Bird and Bat Studies Conducted at Proposed or Existing Windpower Facilities
February, 2007
by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
This document includes studies in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
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The Wind Does Not Always Blow Freely- The Economics of Industrial Wind Energy
February, 2007
by Hugh T. Kemper, Londonderry (VT)
For those who think developers' feverish promotion of wind energy is about saving the planet, think again. The old adage follow the money explains their zeal much more than do its purported benefits. Worse, the enormous investment returns available to wind developers for an unreliable energy source that offers negligible emissions benefits stem largely from federal and state subsidies paid for by taxpayers and rate payers. Go figure.
USFWS Letter to UPC Re. Proposed Sheffield Wind Plant
January 3, 2007
by Michael J. Bartlett, Supervisor, New England Field Office
As a general comment, the Service appreciates the fact that UPC Wind has conducted radar and acoustic studies on bird and bat migration and bat activity at Hardscrabble Mountain and other locations at or near the proposed project. We believe the radar, visual, and acoustic information contained in the above-referenced reports is useful, but that it is not sufficient to demonstrate, at an appropriate scale, the spatial and temporal uses of the airspace over Granby, Libby, Barrett, and Norris Mountains by birds, bats, and insects.
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