The original plan for a 68-turbine, 136-megawatt project in southern Herkimer County took its first major hit in August 2007 when the state Public Service Commission accepted a scaled-down version of the project - with 19 fewer turbines - to avoid adverse environmental impacts on the Glimmerglass Historic District.
In December 2007, state Supreme Court Justice Donald Greenwood of Onondaga County ruled the Warren Town Board failed to look closely enough at the project's potential impact, and that the Warren and Stark town boards acted in violation of the state's Open Meetings Law and Freedom of Information Law. This ruled the environmental studies null and void.
The project developer, Iberdrola Renewables, is moving forward with a new plan for a project that would include only 40 wind turbines, Communications Manager Paul Copleman said. The environmental studies are being conducted for a second time, he said.
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