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Alfred supervisor says town cut out of wind profits
The Town of Alfred's planning board submitted its first complete version of wind energy laws Thursday night, while Supervisor Tom Mansfield and others expressed anger at knowledge the town is being omitted from payment arrangements between Alfred State College and the Village of Alfred.
March 13, 2010
by Justin Head
in The Evening Tribune
Alfred, N.Y. - The Town of Alfred's planning board submitted its first complete version of wind energy laws Thursday night, while Supervisor Tom Mansfield and others expressed anger at knowledge the town is being omitted from payment arrangements between Alfred State College and the Village of Alfred.
The first version of the Alfred town wind law is largely the same as the Town of Hartsville's, requiring a turbine setback distance of 2,640 feet from buildings, a 1,000 foot setback distance from a non-participating property line, a $250 per megawatt one-time application fee, a $4,000 per megawatt annual fee, along with a... [continue via Web link]
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