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Wind projects' costs irk utilities in 9-state pool
July 25, 2011 by Dan Voorhis in The Wichita Eagle
July 25, 2011 by Dan Voorhis in The Wichita Eagle
With the deck stacked in favor of building, he said, if systems aren't designed to keep costs down, ratepayers will suffer the most.
"I'm not opposed to building transmission lines, but right now it's sort of the gold rush," Springe said. "I'd like to see a few more checks and balances, and actually building in the least-cost way for customers."
Midwest power transmission project targets Kansas wind
May 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Tomich in St Louis Post-Dispatch
May 29, 2011 by Jeffrey Tomich in St Louis Post-Dispatch
Developers there are lining up to build new wind farms, representing thousands of megawatts. Projects have been permitted and land has been leased, but work won't go forward without additional transmission ...the existing transmission grid lacked capacity to move Kansas wind power to eastern Missouri.
Bill would overhaul Missouri's renewable energy law
April 17, 2011 by Jeffery Tomich in Post Dispatch
April 17, 2011 by Jeffery Tomich in Post Dispatch
The bill would cut the mandate for renewable energy about in half, resulting in utilities deriving 7 percent, rather than 15 percent, of their electricity from green fuels by 2020. It also would eliminate a controversial provision that allowed utilities to receive credit for subsidizing out-of-state renewable projects.
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A Missouri Compromise for renewables; Not much of a mandate left after a recent controversy
April 11, 2011 by Bill Opalka in Renewablesbiz
April 11, 2011 by Bill Opalka in Renewablesbiz
A Missouri legislative committee has salvaged the state's renewable energy law, but it looks like it had to be considerably weakened to succeed. At least, renewable energy advocates say, the requirement for state-sourced clean energy has survived earlier attacks.
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Winds of change: Fresh hope for householders' lives blighted by 'strobe light' effect from turbines
March 17, 2011 in Daily Mail
March 17, 2011 in Daily Mail
The blight of shadow flicker from turbine blades could soon be a thing of the past for those living near wind farms.
The government has recommended strict guidelines for developers to relieve householders of the annoying strobe-like effect.
Residents in the town of Falmouth say that a nearly 400-foot wind turbine has severely impacted their quality of life. They talk about noise issues, ringing in their ears and changes in pressure when they are outside. But sound isn't the only thing generating discontent. ...there also are complaints about a phenomenon called ‘shadow flicker'.
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Another problem is the noise, Next Era says the turbines sounds like a refrigerator running, Stephanie says while that is true some times, it's not all the time. She says sometimes it sounds like a jet engine, other times like metal being shaken, and a few times the turbines will start whistling.
Rules for turbines get look; Panel will host spring hearing
February 27, 2011 by Will Guldin in Columbia Daily Tribune
February 27, 2011 by Will Guldin in Columbia Daily Tribune
If you want to put up a wind turbine in Columbia you might need an environmental study, shadow analysis and simulated model of what the turbine will look like before you can legally install one.
These stringent permit requirements are part a new draft ordinance that would regulate wind turbines. The ordinance was presented to the Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday night.
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State Renewable Energy Standards under attack from GOP legislators
February 9, 2011 by Maria Gallucci in SolveClimate
February 9, 2011 by Maria Gallucci in SolveClimate
Officials pushing the bills say that energy prices soar and consumers suffer when utilities are required to allocate a certain percentage of electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar. Clean energy groups counter that lowering the bar on state renewable energy policies would stifle new investment and kill jobs.
A 2008 law passed by voters requires that utilities use at least 15 percent renewable energy by 2021.
On Monday the senate voted against a part of the rules saying the energy must be produced in the state of Missouri.
County officials say this could hurt the chances of the trade wind farm coming to Adair and Sullivan counties.
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Missouri Senate votes to reject part of renewable energy rule
January 25, 2011 by The Associated Press in The Missourian
January 25, 2011 by The Associated Press in The Missourian
Senators voted 29-2 to reject part of the rules developed by state regulators. At issue is a portion of the rule that requires the electricity from renewable energy sources be produced or sold in Missouri. Critics of the rule said that requirement goes beyond the law approved by voters.
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Missouri Senate to take up resolution to weaken 2008's Prop C
January 24, 2011 by Tony Messenger in STL Today
January 24, 2011 by Tony Messenger in STL Today
PSC member Jeff Davis was one of two commissioners, both Republicans, to vote against the new rule. He says that Missouri renewable energy companies are trying to 'stick up" consumers by forcing them to pay higher rates for their product.
"What you are witnessing here is an attempted train robbery of consumers," Davis told a House committee that passed the resolution 8-3 on Wednesday.
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become unbearable since the wind turbines arrived a year ago.
"Last summer when it started, I left my house. I just couldn't stand it. I've had friends over that left during the situation, saying, 'I'm starting to get a headache,'" Curley said Friday.
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High Prairie Wind Energy, owned by Wind Capital Group, is seeking to create a wind farm just north of Queen City, but the development will likely harm or kill Indiana bats, one of 14 bat species in the state.
In order to overcome that challenge, the project will need an incidental take permit.
Fish, Wildlife Service seeking input on proposed wind farm, impact on endangered bat species
December 7, 2010 in Daily Express
December 7, 2010 in Daily Express
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is hosting an open house this evening to gather input on the development of a Habitat Conservation Plan for a proposed wind energy facility near Queen City which could affect local endangered species.
Representatives from the Fish and Wildlife Service and High Prairie Wind Energy will answer questions about the planning effort.
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SPP execs cannot explain why power line costs were not rigorously studied
November 23, 2010 by Lynn Doan in SNL Financial LC
November 23, 2010 by Lynn Doan in SNL Financial LC
While being grilled by Missouri regulators on the rising costs of planned transmission lines, Southwest Power Pool Inc.'s CEO and a senior vice president said Nov. 23 that they "don't know" why the initial cost estimates were not more rigorously examined for accuracy.
Fertilized with federal stimulus money, 100 new wind turbines have cropped up among the soybean fields of northwest Missouri, and they're generating some high-voltage sparks in Missouri's U.S. Senate race.
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The upfront payments to Lost Creek, a $300-million-plus project, and various other projects aren't awarded competitively but on the basis of meeting various criteria. For instance, companies were required to submit accredited designs and start building by the end of this year. Energy Department officials described the process as automatic.
The utilities would be required to obtain at least 2 percent of their retail sales from renewable sources by 2011, increasing to 15 percent by 2021. The proposition also stated that no more than a 1 percent rate increase could be passed on to consumers for the energy.
But there is considerable debate about the voters' intent.
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Renewable energy rules take up energy in Jefferson City
July 6, 2010 by Dale Singer in St. Louis Beacon
July 6, 2010 by Dale Singer in St. Louis Beacon
More than 20 months after Missourians voted to require electric utilities to get more of their power from renewable energy sources, rules putting the mandate in place are taking up a lot of energy in Jefferson City. The Public Service Commission spent months putting together regulations ...
But the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules.
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