Planning and Zoning Director Karen Rothe updated the Board of Harvey County Commissioners on Tuesday about Next Era Energy’s plans to develop wind energy in the county. Rothe said the planning commission met June 7 to look over the regulations for wind energy. She also said she was putting together a spreadsheet comparing Harvey’s land-use regulations to those of other counties. “We have really good regulations,” she said. “We are among the stricter regulations in the area.” Rothe noted that Brian Stucky of Goessel asked the planning commission to ban wind turbines altogether from the county. No action was taken. She said she also received a lot of requests, mainly from firefighters, to ban turbines from the Sand Hills. Next Era Energy already has expressed that it no longer had an interest in developing wind energy there.
Source: Harvey County Now
