Thursday, December 30, 2010

Hammond wind panel OKs property guarantee

HAMMOND — The town's Wind Committee voted 9-1 Tuesday evening to adopt the controversial Residential Property Value Guarantee and move it on to the Town Council as part of its proposed wind zoning law.

Committee member and wind farm leaseholder Michele W. McQueer cast the lone dissenting vote.

With the move, the committee appears to have taken direct aim at the company most interested in locating a wind farm in Hammond.

In a recent letter from Iberdrola Renewables to the committee, Mark Epstein, senior counsel, wrote, "We believe that if the Committee chooses to pursue the RPVG, it will prevent any development of windpower facilities in Hammond."

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