Minnesota State Representatives Steve Drazkowski and Tim Kelly, joined by State Senator John Howe, are asking for a review of AWA Goodhue industrial wind project. The controversial industrial wind project was granted "Community Based Energy Development" (C-BED) status by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) in April 2010. T. Boone Pickens' Mesa Power had already purchased the project four months earlier, in December 2009.
Citizen's have long wondered how a project 100% owned by a Dallas Texas company, with no Minnesota business address and no employees who are residents of Minnesota could possibly have been granted financially favored C-BED status. C-BED allowed Xcel to garner MPUC approval for the highest electrical rate for any wind project in Minnesota in their power purchase agreement with AWA Goodhue.
How high is the electrical rate? Lack of transparency on wind projects funded largely by federal tax payers and local rate payers ensures that the public does not know. Concerned citizens welcome review by the State Auditor and by legislative committees.
State legislators request review of AWA Goodhue
Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 by Eagle Siting in
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on Friday, December 30, 2011
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Community based while their address in the Twin Cities is that of a process server: a fancy term for one who forwards mail. There is a sign posted in that office that says businesses should not use that address for a business address.....and yet here we are, with any number of individuals who are aware of this problem completely ignoring it. Thanks to the Representatives in Goodhue County, we may get to toss T. Boone out on his billionaire bum.....with a clear message about where we feel he should stick his wind turbines.
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