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Attorney questions wind farm financing
After a week that smoothed the path for a proposed Coos County wind farm, a state attorney is asking for closer scrutiny of its financing.
Peter Roth, a senior assistant attorney general, has asked the state Site Evaluation Committee to suspend hearings to license the construction of 33 wind turbines along forested ridgelines. He said Granite Reliable Power has not shown it can pay for the $275 million project, a claim rebutted by an attorney for the company.
February 25, 2009
by Karen Langley
in Concord Monitor
After a week that smoothed the path for a proposed Coos County wind farm, a state attorney is asking for closer scrutiny of its financing.
Peter Roth, a senior assistant attorney general, has asked the state Site Evaluation Committee to suspend hearings to license the construction of 33 wind turbines along forested ridgelines. He said Granite Reliable Power has not shown it can pay for the $275 million project, a claim rebutted by an attorney for the company.
The state committee denied Roth's request in a letter last week, although it ordered Granite Reliable to pay for a financial consultant... [continue via Web link]
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