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Allegheny Treasures comments on West Virginia Public Service Commission siting approval for Mineral County, WV.
First, a disclaimer. Allegheny Treasures, while supporting the philosophy of groups opposing industrial wind as a viable source of the country’s energy needs, has no direct relationship to any citizen group. This blog is an amateur effort formed simply to … Continue reading
West Virginia PSC Final Order granting Mineral County industrial wind plant a siting certificate.
For your convenience, what follows is the WV PSC final order for the Pinnacle Industrial Wind Plant in Mineral County, WV:
Industrial wind plant slated for Mineral County, WV receives PSC approval.
Allegheny Treasures is not surprised by the decision of the WV PSC to permit installation of this costly, yet ineffective source of energy that will prove so destructive to our region. We believe the PSC may well be limited in … Continue reading
Follow-up email to Governor Manchin regarding monetary mitigation of industrial wind’s negative impact on historic sites.
What follows is text from an email sent December 7, 2009 to Governor Joe Manchin’s representative to express renewed urgency to our email sent to the Governor on November 17, 2009, linked here for your convenience. We felt it important … Continue reading
Hey, there’s this PSC hearing on a wind farm in my district. How about dropping by and slamming the folks I represent and, oh … would you drop off this note for me?
First I have to acknowledge I don’t know exactly how political stuff works in Charleston or other parts of West Virginia, but I know how it should work in Mineral County. If my interpretation of a certain activity at the … Continue reading
A question for the WV Division of Culture and History – What’s a Historic Civil War Site go for these days?
Funny thing about these industrial wind deals. The more questions you think you answer, the more questions that pop up. A couple of days ago, we had a piece on the fire sale of 18 historic landmarks negatively impacted by … Continue reading
Yeah, but that was in Minnesota! The wind plant tax deal we have here is rock solid!
From The Worthington Daily Globe via The Industrial Wind Action Group, “Counties deal with tax issues on turbines” by Julie Buntjer. November 11, 2009 by Julie Buntjer in Worthington Daily Globe WORTHINGTON – A couple of years ago, Murray County … Continue reading
Look! You guys just pass the laws forcing them to subsidize construction and then to force them to buy the product. I’ll convince them this turkey is a great product!
Sound incredible? … well! From the Boston Herald, via National Wind Watch: “Wind law could benefit company” Read carefully for the tangled web of politicians and developers and politician/developers and developer/politicians and money money money! Sorta makes me queasy! The … Continue reading
Exclusive: Windtoons explains how $10,000 view-shed grant to Mineral County, WV will be spent.
Windtoons scoops the secret agreement between Pinnacle Wind Force, LLC and the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Hey! This mitigation thing is pretty cool!
West Virginia: “It’s Wild” – “It’s Wonderful” and “It’s For Sale!” … CHEAP!
Asking “Can visual impacts be mitigated? West Virginia agency accepts grant offer from wind company,” National Wind Watch brings this article concerning Mineral County, WV and the ongoing debate over the merits of the Pinnacle Knob wind project. Pay very … Continue reading
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