“The Seneca Nation is greatly concerned about the impacts upon ancestral burial grounds from Invenergy’s proposed Horseshoe Solar Project. The Canawaugus Territory and surrounding areas were the home to countless generations of Seneca and other related Native nations. The territories along the Genesee River were supposedly sold by treaty in 1826, however it was … [Read more…]
“Three years ago, John B. Rhodes, the chairman of the New York Public Service Commission, insisted that his state’s renewable-energy permitting process was not stacked against rural communities. During a 2017 meeting of the Independent Power Producers of New York in Saratoga Springs, Rhodes declared that the state’s siting procedure is “not a stacked … [Read more…]
“Landowners in Missouri are fighting the use of eminent domain by the developers of the $2.3 billion Grain Belt Express power line to run the high-voltage power line across their property. The future of a proposed 780-mile transmission line that would carry as much as 4,000 megawatts of wind power from southwestern Kansas across … [Read more…]
“A state Supreme Court judge heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit filed by Alle-Catt Wind Energy LLC against the town of Freedom. Attorneys from Hodgson Russ, representing Invenergy, the Chicago-based developer of the proposed $550 million Alle-Catt Wind Farm in northern Cattaraugus and Allegany counties were seeking a clarification of which Freedom wind law … [Read more…]
“In 2001, Michael Polsky found himself snared in the entrepreneur’s trap. He’d sold the power company he co-founded to the giant utility Calpine and agreed to stay on and run it for a while. He was miserable, but quitting meant leaving money on the table. After eight seemingly endless months, he persuaded his corporate … [Read more…]