Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Callisto, PSC, Public Service Commission, setbacks, shadow flicker, standards, turbines, Wiedermann-Smith, wind, wind farm
Comments: 2
Uniform standards for the placement and operation of wind turbines were sent on Monday by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to the Legislature for action.
The rule will govern how municipalities can establish setbacks for turbines, noise and shadow flicker standards and the involvement of neighboring property owners in the decision making process.
Teresa Wiedermann-Smith, a [...]
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: PSC, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, wind, wind farm
Comments: 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State utility regulators will consider a recommendation that homeowners who live near wind farms be compensated for concerns about noise and reduced property value.
A task force working to create state standards for wind turbine locations is forwarding its recommendations to the Public Service Commission, which is expected to consider them by [...]
Published: August 10, 2010
Tags: PSC, Public Service Commission, wind farm, Wind Siting Council
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An advisory panel has completed its work on statewide wind farm siting rules.
The Public Service Commission is working to establish uniform siting standards. The Wind Siting Council has been developing recommendations to guide the commission since March.
The council’s suggestions include setting turbines back from property lines at 1.1 times the maximum [...]
Published: August 4, 2010
Tags: conditional-use permit, Lutheran Medical Center, turbines, wind farm
WINONA, Minn. (AP) — A western Wisconsin health care provider is closer to its goal of becoming energy independent by 2014.
Winona County commissioners approved conditional use permits Tuesday for Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center’s wind farm.
Gundersen, based in La Crosse, plans to build three wind turbines and a substation on 315 acres near Lewiston. According to [...]
Published: July 28, 2010
Tags: blog, Fetters, Glacier Hills, Hot Topics, Ledge Wind Farm, Rothschild biomass plant, Stahl, West Butte Wind Power, wind farm
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
Renewable energy developers slugging it out with residents over project plans could benefit by borrowing from the strategy used by Sarah Rankin Stahl and her dad, John.
Published: July 2, 2010
Tags: Brown County Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy, Brown County Ledge Wind Farm, geothermal, Invenergy LLC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, solar, Ted Zigmunt, wind farm
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Unrest among Brown County neighbors of what would be Wisconsin’s largest wind farm is reason enough for the state to consider alternative projects, said a lawmaker from the area.
State Rep. Ted Zigmunt, D-Francis Creek, said the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin should consider energy projects such as geothermal and solar hot water for individual [...]
Published: June 29, 2010
Tags: Callisto, Glenmore, health, Morrison, placement, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Schwalbach, turbine, wind farm, Wind Siting Council, Wrightstown, Zweizig
By Paul Snyder
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is sticking to a firm Sept. 1 deadline to propose wind turbine placement rules despite calls from local governments to wait.
“We had a very clear mandate to get work done quickly,” PSC Chairman Eric Callisto said Tuesday.
“Expediency is important in order to have uniformity and ground rules [...]
Published: June 25, 2010
Tags: Anne Rodriguez, Clean Wisconsin, Dane County, Laufenberg, Lummus, Madison Gas & Electric, Springfield, Taglia, Wave Wind, wind farm, Wind Siting Council, WPPI Energy
By Paul Snyder
A $20 million wind farm proposed for Springfield hinges on whether Sun Prairie-based WPPI Energy will buy electricity and eventually acquire the project.
Sun Prairie-based Wave Wind LLC needs an answer from the utility by Tuesday, or the turbines will be sent to Iowa or Minnesota, said Dionne Lummus, Wave Wind’s business development coordinator.
“The [...]
Published: June 23, 2010
Tags: blog, Fetters, Hot Topics, PSC, Public Service Commission, wind farm, Wind Siting Council
By Tom Fetters
copy editor
We value diversity. (People of every stripe ought to have a voice, right?) We value consensus. (United we stand!) But these goals are often tough to achieve in tandem.
Published: June 14, 2010
Tags: AgWind Energy Partners, ARM Group, Bryan Wheler, decibel, EcoEnergy, electricity, Jason Yates, Naleid, noise, setback, shadow flicker, turbines, wind farm, Wind Siting Council, Zweizig
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Environmental consultants can count the minutes a home is affected by the strobelike flickers of a wind turbine’s shadow.
They can measure the decibels of the rhythmic thrum of turbine blades cutting through the air.
They can use those flicker and sound measurements to determine the best placement for wind farms.
But, wind farm developers argue, [...]
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