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Senate passes wind farm siting bill
The state Senate has passed legislation that could ease wind farm development in Wisconsin. The bill's author, South Milwaukee Democrat Jeff Plale, says local regulations makes siting wind farms too difficult. ...Critics charge the bill will allow the PSC to quickly push through wind energy projects, without determining how they'll impact those living around them. Plale said they've worked to address those concerns with a citizens panel which will work with the PSC.
September 15, 2009
by Bob Hague
in Wisconsin Radio Network
The state Senate has passed legislation that could ease wind farm development in Wisconsin. The bill's author, South Milwaukee Democrat Jeff Plale, says local regulations makes siting wind farms too difficult.
"There are companies who want to come here, who want to bring those jobs here, but they don't," said Plale. "They bypass us for Minnesota, they bypass us for Iowa, they bypass us for South Dakota. In part because the wind resources are better in those states, but also because of the patchwork quilt that we've established in the state of Wisconsin."
The measure - which gives the state Public Service... [continue via Web link]
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