DeKalb Co., IL. (ECWd) - It’s not every day that we see a local body of government step up to the plate and do the right thing. DeKalb County residents did see this happen in Sycamore IL at the February 22, 2017 DeKalb County Planning and...
Lake Land College Blows $1,017,697.20 "Into the Wind" . Question: What does an Illinois junior college do with industrial wind turbines which are 4 years old (The answer may surprise you, but it does not surprise us.) . Answer: The new wind turbines will be TORN DOWN!!!! . Yes, tonight, Lake Land College...
WARREN COUNTY, IN. (ECWd) - Last night, former Vermilion County Board Member, Rick Knight, presented information to the Warren County decision makers at the Orion Wind Energy application special use permit hearing held at the Seeger Fine Arts Center. Rick Knight served on the Vermilion County Board...
InvEnergy's wind farm joins "WALL OF SHAME" (InvEnergy owes Champaign County $480,298 in unpaid taxes.) Recently, we shed a spotlight on three parcels of land in Champaign County which have unpaid taxes in the California Ridge Wind Farm developed and partially owned by INVENERGY which is 90%...
InvEnergy claimed they were going to be "good neighbors" and bring lots of jobs and income to Champaign and Vermilion County when they constructed the so-called "California Ridge (CalRidge) Wind Farm." It appears they have broken another promise by failing to pay taxes on their...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - On October 7, 2016, the 3rd Illinois Appellate Court overturned the Illinois Commerce Commission's decision that Clean Line Energy Partners was a public utility, and remanded it back for further proceedings. Some facts from the case: Rock Island admitted that the wind generators...
Mon, 06/27/2016 - 5:25pm | Will Brumleve WATSEKA — The owners of farmland used to build the Pilot Hill Wind Farm in Iroquois County are suing the wind farm's developers, arguing that they are still owed money for access roads built on their property and...
PILOT HILL, IL. (ECWd) - The Pilot Hill Wind Project, located in Kankakee and Iroquois counties in Illinois was the target of wind today. Yes, wind damaged the wind turbine - This project is a 175 MW Farm and consists of General Electric (GE) and Vestas turbines and happens...
Reading the following article, I was reminded of Attorney Mike Blazer, representing Invenergy, when he told the Vermilion County Board that the blades were designed to fall straight down (article here on Blazer's statement). Such a statement is impossible to prove, since a person could...
Invenergy accused of running misleading ad in Burrillville Bargain Buyer - At Tuesday night’s Energy Facilities Siting Board Meeting (EFSB), with Invenergy‘s Director of Development John Niland in attendance, angry residents accused the company of running a deliberately deceptive ad in the Bargain Buyer regarding the...
