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Panel: Taking Falmouth turbines offline will be costly
Taxpayers will have to come up with nearly $650,000 annually to pay for wind turbine-related expenses if the spinning blades of the town-owned Wind 1 and Wind 2 are brought to a screeching halt.
That was the determination Tuesday of a panel trying to lift Falmouth from its wind turbine quagmire.
June 13, 2012
by Sean Teehan
in Cape Cod Times
FALMOUTH - Taxpayers will have to come up with nearly $650,000 annually to pay for wind turbine-related expenses if the spinning blades of the town-owned Wind 1 and Wind 2 are brought to a screeching halt.
That was the determination Tuesday of a panel trying to lift Falmouth from its wind turbine quagmire, after meeting for the third time since forming three weeks ago.
The 10 panel members at the 2½-hour meeting at the Gus Canty Community Center Tuesday night found that the two 1.65-megawatt turbines cost Falmouth $644,000 annually - money that will come out of the town budget if abutters... [continue via Web link]
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