As it moves toward a decision whether to issue a moratorium or try to control the development of a proposed wind farm in Reno County through a contract, the Reno County Commission agreed Tuesday to quiz Kingman and Pratt county officials about their experiences.
Residents seeking a year-long moratorium, meanwhile, appeared before the commission for a fifth consecutive week, with nearly a dozen speakers offering additional arguments in their opposition to the development of the 220-megawatt Pretty Prairie Wind Farm by NextEra Energy in southeastern Reno County.
A chamber official, there for another reason, was the lone voice from the audience in favor of the development.
Reno County Counselor Joe O’Sullivan apparently advised the commission during a previous executive session against meeting with commissioners from Pratt and Kingman counties.
He noted during Tuesday’s discussion that it is really the purview of the Reno County Planning Commission, which is supposed to be developing a new countywide overlay zone to control commercial renewable energy projects, to do that research.
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