Wayne County windmills generate over $347G in tax

HONESDALE -- The owner of 43 windmills towering over the western Wayne County landscape was hit with a tax bill of more than $347,000 Tuesday after an appeals board ruled portions of the devices are subject to local levies. The decision by the Wayne County Assessment Appeals Board, which could be appealed to the county court by owner Juno Beach, Fla.-based Florida Power and Light Energy, could result in the dismantling of the windmills. The company hinted last week that if the windmills were taxed it might pull the plug on the operation and close the wind farm.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14379562&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6

Note: Local taxes render wind facility uneconomical.

Pandemic of Electrically-Powered Windmills (1)

Ron’s Log http://ronslog.typepad.com January 21, 2005 New Windmill Proposal Energy Unlimited Inc. has proposed the construction of 8 new 340-foot windmills just west of Desert Hot Springs. 340-f***-feet! Wow! I don't know the height of the tallest existing windmills here, but they aren't anywhere close to that big. Naturally, Energy Unlimited Inc. has requested permission to proceed without an Environmental Impact Report because, I guess, that's just what they do. It's like in Boston where the developers know they won't be allowed to build anything taller than 25 or 30-stories, but they still propose 90-story monsters only to negotiate them down to 30-stories. The Desert Sun article says these big new wind turbines will generate 1.5 kilowatts, but Energy Unlimiteds own website says their turbines generate from 65 kilowatts to 1 megawatt. There is also this other website offered by a company with an identical name but it only promotes sawdust burners and makes no mention of wind turbines. Whadda ya think? Just poor website design, or poor legal advice? Filed under Coachella Valley | permalink | January 21, 2005 at 11:27 AM

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