Will the Antelope County Planning Commission make a decision this month on a conditional use permit being sought for a new wind energy farm in Antelope County?
County residents should soon find out.
The planning commission will again address the issue of a conditional use permit for Prairie Breeze II when they meet in open session on Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. in the supervisors’ room at the Antelope County Courthouse. Tuesday night’s meeting is open to the public.
Invenergy, owner of the 118-wind turbine Prairie Breeze Wind Energy farm south of Elgin, is seeking to build a second farm consisting of approximately 70 wind turbines on land east of Elgin.
Meeting last month, the planning commission heard more than two hours of public testimony before voting to table the matter.
Commission chairman Mark Smith, at the August meeting, said a decision on the permit may hinge on the setback distance between a wind turbine and a residential home.
He said at the August meeting if the current distance of 1,000 feet cannot be increased, “then it will be very hard for the application to move forward.”
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