The town plan commission gave Tom Mattson of Prelude, LLC, the preliminary go-ahead on April 17 for five of the seven turbines he wants to erect on land in Glenmore.

The commission didn't approve two of the seven turbines because another wind-energy company - Emerging Energies/Shirley Wind LLC of Hubertus - said the proposed locations of the two posed potential conflicts with some of the eight turbines they plan on building on land in Glenmore.

Mattson went before the plan commission twice because the first time, commission members found the maps and details he provided about the turbines unclear. As of Friday, he had not provided new maps to the town, according to Town Clerk Lana Ossmann.

The matter has been a hot one for Glenmore. Some residents have expressed concerns about decreasing property values, stray voltage affecting children and animals, noise pollution, liability and what would happen if either of the wind energy companies went belly-up and left the turbines standing. To alleviate some of those fears, Emerging Energies volunteered a $20,000-per-turbine security deposit for removal of the turbines, should they fail to perform to the expected standards.

Emerging Energies played a key role in the formation of the wind-energy systems ordinance. Principal Bill Rakocy said he and his partners, who have engineering and marketing backgrounds, attended town meetings for more than six months before Glenmore adopted the ordinance in December 2006.