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Citizens Groups Plan to Sue NedPower Mt. Storm, Dominion Resources, Shell Wind Energy

Late last week, eleven citizens groups filed a Sixty Day Notice of Intent to Sue NedPower Mt. Storm and its corporate owners Dominion Resources, and Shell Wind Energy for violations of the Endangered Species Act involving the “takes” of the West Virginia northern flying squirrel, the Indiana bat, and the Virginia big-eared bat.

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Burke official must turn over wind-farm paperwork

A Burke official with an option to lease land to a wind-farm company lost his court battle and must answer a subpoena from a Franklin County grand jury. Town Council member David Vincent must turn over all correspondence, contracts, receipts, leases, purchase agreements, options or communications he has had concerning Noble Chateaugay Windpark, Noble Energy, Jericho Rise Windpark and Burke Wind Power.

Tags: Burke, Wind, Industrial, Noble, Law on 2008-05-08 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Drake professor teaches wind energy law

Some farmers in Buena Vista and Cherokee counties, in northwest Iowa, were angry when the owner of a 10-year-old wind farm built on their land cut their annual payments of $2,100 by two-thirds. "We had no idea they could do it," said retired farmer Ronovan Meyer of Alta, who signed a lease with what was then an Enron subsidiary to allow a wind turbine on his 160-acre farm. The lease signed by Meyer and about 30 other farmers called for payments of about 6 percent of the value of the power produced. The new terms cut those payments to 2 percent with landowners being guaranteed at least $750 per year.

Tags: Wind, Law, Industrial, School, Alternative, Energy on 2008-05-06 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Stull vs. Gamesa Energy USA LLC and Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm, LLC

Todd and Jill Stull filed a complaint for damages and injunctive relief against Gamesa and Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm LLC (Babcock and Brown) due to excessive noise, flicker and other nuisance that are causing irreparable harm to the Plaintiffs and robbing them of their enjoyment of their property. A portion of their filing is detailed below. The full filing can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.

Tags: Gamesa, Lawsuit, Allegheny, Ridge, Wind, Industrial, WInd, Babcok, and, Brown on 2008-05-04 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Schools await windfarm decision

No decision was made in a lawsuit filed by the Prattsburgh and Naples school districts against a payment-in-lieu of taxes agreement approved by the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency in January.

Tags: Prattsburgh, School, Naples, SCIDA, Lawsuit, PILOT, UPC, Wind on 2008-05-03 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Homeowners File Lawsuit Over Wind Turbines

Dr. Todd Stull and his wife Jill say the wind turbines are a ‘nuisance’ and their presence disturbs the enjoyment of their property and their home. The lawsuit against the Allegheny Ridge Corporation and Gamesa Energy was filed Wednesday in the Blair County Court of Common Pleas.

Tags: Industrial, Wind, Legal, Action, Allegheny, Ridge, Corporation on 2008-05-02 -All Annotations (0) -About

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In a stir over wind farms

Two area wind energy opponents filed a lawsuit Monday against the Taylor County Commissioners Court for granting what the plaintiffs say are illegal tax abatements to wind farms developed within the county. According to the lawsuit, wind energy equipment is not eligible for tax abatements under the state tax code.

Tags: Industrial, Wind, Legal, Action, Farm, Environment, Alternative, Energy on 2008-04-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Groups threaten to sue Gamesa over wind plans

Although Gamesa Inc. has yet to start work or obtain a state permit for its proposed Shaffer Mountain wind project in Somerset County, three local groups say they’ll sue if the turbine maker proceeds. Sensible Wind Solutions, Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited and The Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society on Tuesday told Gamesa representatives that federal litigation is coming if they don’t stop the project.

Tags: Gamesa, law, suit, industrial, wind, Shaffer, Mountain on 2008-04-16 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Barnstable lawsuit challenges wind farm

As part of their quest to kill Cape Wind's plans for 130 turbines in the Sound, Barnstable officials filed a complaint in Barnstable Superior Court Wednesday claiming the Cape Cod Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over the transmission cables that would link the turbines to the shoreline.

Tags: Cape, Wind, electric, transmission, lines, wind, turbines, law, suit on 2008-04-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Schools sue over tax plan - The Naples Record

“It’s supposed to benefit not just one of them, but all of them,” Primo said Thursday. Prattsburgh Central School Superintendent Joseph Rumsey said the action is designed to give the board of education more time to study its options. Prattsburgh town and SCIDA officials worked “largely behind the scenes” to prevent the school districts from participating in the agreements according to the Naples complaint.

Tags: SCIDA, Windfarm, Prattsburgh, Naples, School, District on 2008-04-10 -All Annotations (0) -About