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Fiksdal said in light of the county turning down the wind farm, later dates are now required, especially if Horizon calls on EFSEC to lay aside the county's decision and make its own decision on whether the wind farm is compatible with county land-use rules and policies.
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Kittitas County rejects wind farm near Ellensburg
May 6, 2006 by Associated Press in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 6, 2006 by Associated Press in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
ELLENSBURG -- Kittitas County commissioners have rejected a proposal to build a wind farm 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
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Unreconcilable differences? Commissioners, Horizon disagree on setbacks
May 5, 2006 by Mike Johnston, Senior Writer in Daily Record
May 5, 2006 by Mike Johnston, Senior Writer in Daily Record
He said there was data and criteria in the record to support the commissioners' request for a lengthened setback 2,000 to 3,300 feet that would buffer surrounding home-owners and property owners from the effects of shadow flicker and noise from the turbines.
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Zoning/Planning]
Kittitas County commissioners on Wednesday, after talks stalled
with developers of the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, voted
unanimously to reject the wind farm planned for 12 miles northwest
of Ellensburg.
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General]
County: wind farm setbacks too short - Commissioners will visit other wind farms
April 13, 2006 by Mike Johnston in Daily Record
April 13, 2006 by Mike Johnston in Daily Record
Kittitas County commissioners on Wednesday didn't give a thumbs up
or down on the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, but said they want
to see greater distances between the wind farm's towers and nearby
homes along with other changes to lessen impacts.
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Zoning/Planning]
WASHINGTON – Think about this the next time you flip a light switch: Washington state now ranks seventh when it comes to the generation of wind power in the United States.
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General]
Deep divide on wind farm proposal - Hearing on project continues tonight
March 30, 2006 by Mike Johnston in Daily Record
March 30, 2006 by Mike Johnston in Daily Record
Public testimony heard by Kittitas County commissioners went late on Wednesday night and was deeply divided on the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, a wind farm proposed for 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
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EPHRATA -- The Grant County Public Utility District's Board of Commissioners agreed Monday that Energy Northwest should proceed with phase three of its Nine Canyon Wind Project.
To proceed, Energy Northwest is required by law to obtain approval from a majority of its member public utilities in Washington, including Grant County PUD.
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General]
County commissioners set March 29 for wind farm hearing -Planning Commission recommended denial of Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project
February 22, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
February 22, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
Kittitas County commissioners on Tuesday set March 29 as the date to conduct their own public hearings on the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, a wind farm proposed for 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
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Zoning/Planning]
Commission: Deny wind power project - Horizon Wind Energy project now goes to county commissioners for review of recommendation
January 31, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
January 31, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
The Kittitas County Planning Commission on Monday voted 5-0 to recommend denial of the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project proposed for 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
Coalition of conservationists launch renewable energy initiative drive
January 25, 2006 by Rachel La Corte, Associated Press in seattlepi.com
January 25, 2006 by Rachel La Corte, Associated Press in seattlepi.com
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A coalition of conservationists and clean energy advocates filed an initiative Wednesday that would require Washington state utility companies to increase the amount of renewable sources in their electricity supply to 15 percent by 2020.
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Energy Policy]
Coalition pushes to require more "green" energy
January 25, 2006 by Warren Cornwall in The Seattle Times
January 25, 2006 by Warren Cornwall in The Seattle Times
A coalition of environmentalist groups is hoping Washington voters will force electric utilities to make their energy more green.
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Opponents of the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project dominated Wednesday’s second hearing on the wind farm proposed for 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg. They said the damage to scenic views from the wind turbines can’t be lessened and will reduce property values.
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Property Values]
The Kittitas Valley has beautiful views... and many residents are not willing to them give up so that a new 6-thousand acre wind farm can take it's place.
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General]
Wind farm makes its case for approval - Some dispute land values study
January 11, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
January 11, 2006 by Mike Johnston in kvnews.com
Roger Weaver, owner of three RE/MAX Community Realty offices in Kittitas County, said he testified and challenged the consultant’s study. He said there was “no way a wind farm won’t have a significant impact on residential development in the Kittitas Valley.”
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Wind turbines now generating electricity - Hopkins Ridge is Washington State’s first wind project owned solely by one utility
January 5, 2006 in americanrecycler.com
January 5, 2006 in americanrecycler.com
The Hopkins Ridge Wind Project has 83 massive wind turbines, all standing 335 feet high from the ground to the vertical tip of their 262-foot-diameter, three-blade rotors. The turbine towers are spread across 11,000 acres of mostly privately owned range and farm land.
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A tally made in early December indicated more than 90 percent of the comments at that time were opposed to the wind farm.
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Zoning/Planning]
Contractors building the $380 million Wild Horse Wind Power Project east of Ellensburg began this week to blast and dig out the foundations for 15 of 127 towers that will support power-generating wind turbines.
Clean energy advocates gunning for '06 ballot
December 16, 2005 by Deirdre Gregg, Staff Writer in Puget Sound Business Journal
December 16, 2005 by Deirdre Gregg, Staff Writer in Puget Sound Business Journal
But partly because hydroelectric power is not included as a renewable resource in the proposed initiative's current form, several of the state's public utilities worry that the initiative could drive up costs and hurt rural economies.
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Energy Policy]
Application for Kittitas Valley project is complete-Wind farm comments sought
December 12, 2005 by MIKE JOHNSTON in The Daily Record
December 12, 2005 by MIKE JOHNSTON in The Daily Record
Kittitas County officials have declared complete the application for the 64-turbine Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, a wind farm proposed for 13 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
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