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Proposal weakens towns' control of wind turbine siting
A proposed bill that aims to streamline the permitting process for land-based wind turbines has some Cape officials worried it will give the state veto power over local zoning regulations.
The Green Communities Act Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law last year created a commission to analyze whether fossil fuel projects have an unfair advantage over renewable energy projects.
May 28, 2009
by Patrick Cassidy
in Cape Cod Times
A proposed bill that aims to streamline the permitting process for land-based wind turbines has some Cape officials worried it will give the state veto power over local zoning regulations.
The Green Communities Act Gov. Deval Patrick signed into law last year created a commission to analyze whether fossil fuel projects have an unfair advantage over renewable energy projects.
"There's recognition that we've created a much stronger green power mandate on the utilities, and our siting laws need to catch up to that," the state secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Ian Bowles, said during a telephone interview yesterday, referring to... [continue via Web link]
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