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Wind farm decision: overrule Kittitas County? State energy council, governor will decide
One of the decisions faced by state officials as they consider the revised Desert Claim Wind Power Project is whether to overrule Kittitas County government's April 2005 rejection of an older version of the wind farm planned for eight miles north of Ellensburg.
One could say the Desert Claim project, the state and the county have a "history" in regard to the project.
February 17, 2009
by Mike Johnston
in Daily Record
KITTITAS COUNTY - One of the decisions faced by state officials as they consider the revised Desert Claim Wind Power Project is whether to overrule Kittitas County government's April 2005 rejection of an older version of the wind farm planned for eight miles north of Ellensburg.
One could say the Desert Claim project, the state and the county have a "history" in regard to the project.
Back in 2005, county commissioners rejected a 120-turbine version of the project stating it wasn't compatible with the surrounding land-use in the project area in connection with the distance between residences and proposed turbine towers.
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