This letter to the editor was published in today's Clinton County News:
Will the proposed wind farms in Clinton County be a Windfall or Wind Fail? Forest Hill Energy and Fowler Farms are local-sounding names used by a Chicago company. Make no mistake; they have no vested interest in our community once the turbines go up and they receive their government payment.
Research shows that payment agreements are already being broken for turbines built in Gratiot, Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac Counties. Because of the tremendously high cost of litigation, these four counties have been forced to pool taxpayer resources to fight for their promised payments from Detroit Edison. The companies who built the turbines are nowhere to be found in this battle. They have taken their money and walked away.
A headline in the Huron County View reads, “County Frustrated by Wind Issues”. In an excerpt from that article, a county commissioner states, “We moved ahead on these projects on spec, and what we were told in the beginning has not happened”. Let’s not make the same mistakes here in Clinton County. Take advantage of this insight and encourage your elected officials to protect our county from this Wind Fail.
Kathy George
St Johns
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