July 18, 2005, The Roanoke Times. Read more...
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7-8-2005 update. Read more...
After more than seven hours of testimony during a record-setting public hearing Thursday night, Highland supervisors tabled a vote on whether to approve the utility proposed by Highland New Wind Development. Read more...
The following weblink of US Wind Force's Liberty Gap, accessed on 11/22/04, projects the building of 112 huge turbines (1.8 MW), not just the 50 that their brochure and PSC application claims for Pendleton County, WV:
http://www.pjm.com/planning/project-queues/impact_studies/j07_imp.pdf.
This weblink accesses the 11/22/2004 revision of US WindForce's "PJM Generator Interconnection Request."
Here's the direct quote from US WindForce's request to PJM for hook-up to the grid at Franklin:
"The developer, Liberty Gap Wind Force, LLC, wishes to interconnect 112-1.8 MW wind turbine generators for a maximum total generating capability of 200 MW at their Liberty Gap site in Pendleton County, West Virginia."
If US WindForce is able to build the transmission upgrade to allow 200 MW of power connection at Franklin, then it will greatly facilitate their expansion into Highland County. If the Highland County BOS grant permission to McBride to construct a wind facility, the precedent will be set to allow the development of Jack Mountain by US Wind Force.
December, 2004. These documents are in the Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article:
September, 2004. These documents are in the Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article:
By Anne Adams, June 4, 2004. These documents are in the Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article:
Presented at the Highland County Wind Forum, Highland County Court House, Monterey, VA Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of Highland County, Virginia June 18, 2004.
Prepared by Michael Siegel, who has over twenty-six years of experience in the field of public finance and environmental finance. He is currently the Principal of Public and Environmental Finance Associates based in Washington, DC.
This document is Adobe PDF format; click/right click here to view/download the full article.
They appeared in The Highland Recorder in late May 2004. Also included is a follow-up letter to the Chamber from Mike Siegel, an economist and one of the forum speakers. This letter was also printed in the Recorder. All documents are Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article:
All documents are Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article:
All documents are Adobe PDF format; click/right click on each title to view/download the article: