Sep 28 Utica SD Informational Meeting on RL 21
Oct 1 Wakonda SD Informational Meeting on RL 21
Oct 5 Yankton SD Informational Meeting on RL 21
County Commission Meeting Tuesday, August 20th 6pm
Industrial Wind Development Concerns
Model of 600 Plus Ft Tall Wind Tower Compared to a 75 Ft Silo
NextEra’s history of scandals, investigations, lawsuits, and settlements
NextEra’s history of scandals, investigations, lawsuits, and settlements
Below are multiple links to articles explaining the history of NextEra, the owner of Swan Lake Wind LLC, which has applied for a permit for a wind project in Yankton County. At the Yankton County Planning and Zoning meeting (8/14/24) attendees discovered that Swan Lake LLC wasn’t even an entity in South Dakota when they applied for a conditional use permit in Yankton County. The unending number of nationwide lies, scandals and lawsuits involving NextEra is the reason they should be banned from doing business in Yankton County.
Read these articles thoroughly because it is local residents/taxpayers, towns, townships, and municipalities that are in danger not to mention our power grid, property values and electricity prices.
https://energyandpolicy.org/nextera-energy/
https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/nextera-energy/
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/25/clean-energy-nextera-climate-project-block-00143147
https://capitalresearch.org/article/nextera-energy-part-3/
https://bucoa.org/2023/08/02/four-months-later-new-york-hay-farm-is-still-unusable/
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/06/1091250692/esi-energy-bald-eagles
For those who didn’t do their homework and decided to sign up with Swan Lake Wind LLC for a few extra bucks, check out the fact that NextEra was not an entity of South Dakota to get out of your contract because they probably shouldn’t have been contracting with you in the first place. When these towers burn up, blow down, or cause other issues, the landowner may be held liable, so good luck with insurance and lawsuits. You will realize that the check you’re getting from the wind company might not even cover your expenses in the end.
http://www.flaginc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/fgwe05.pdf
Other interesting articles
Yankton County Strategic Planning Discussion on 06/12/2024
The following video draws attention to some comments that were made about people opposed to Wind Towers during the Yankton County Strategic Planning Discussion on 06/12/2024. Read the transcript context below the video while listening to the audio:
Brief Summary:
- Min 48:45 – start
- Min 48:54 – Don – “Listen to the same people b1tch”
- Min 49:00 – Don – “They sit there and b1tch”
- Min 50:00 – John – “Windfarm- 99% of people don’t want it”
- Min 50:15 – Ryan – “What it said was 99% of people don’t want it in their backyard. (LAUGHTER)”.
- Min 50;25 – Dan – “I think it is closer to 100% (LAUGHTER)”
- Min 50:53 – John – “I wouldn’t want it 50 ft from my house. A quarter mile wouldn’t bother me any.”
48:45 Having sat through this wind tower thing and listening to the same group of people sit there and b1tch um it appears to me that a big part of our challenge is educating our community. They don’t understand. 17, what 17 percent of the people voted this year? Yes, in the primary. 17 percent? I mean what the hell? But they’ll come and sit there and b1tch and of course it’s the non-b1tchers, the ones that aren’t here, the ones we need to have come out and, but we need to educate the public about what the situation is.
49:40 I mean, if you just, if you just, if we just go in and build a 2,000 square foot deal and without convincing the public that this is a damn good reason to do this, we’re wasting our time.
49:57 You know um, speaking of the Wind Tower last night, one of the gentlemen that came up and spoke against it said 99% of the people in Yankton County don’t want it? Poll in the newspaper says 47 percent do and 43 percent don’t. And granted, that’s just the P&D, but that’s…
50:19 The correction is 99% of the people don’t want it in their backyard.
50:23 I think it’s closer to 100.
50:26 That’s basically, he said 99% of the people in Yankton County, but you are right, I wouldn’t want it 50 ft from my house. A quarter mile wouldn’t bother me any.
50:31 Well, do you remember, Don, we had that cell phone tower by the lake, that nobody wanted but it’s not so bad now.
50:40 Nobody thinks about it sitting out there.
