Representative Vieira Files Wind Energy Relief Act
Representative Vieira filed a bill this month that if passed would establish two funds for residents, businesses and towns that have been adversely affected by industrial wind turbines.
Representative David Vieira (R-Falmouth) filed the bill after various options for dealing with the town’s turbines were presented to selectmen by the Wind Turbine Options Process group, according to a press release. If passed, the bill would establish two funds using money from the current Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. One fund would set aside $15 million for residents, businesses and towns that incurred losses such as negative health effects and property loss. The bill calls for a second fund, called the Wind Turbine Decommissioning or Relocation Fund, that would set aside $7.5 million to help towns remove or relocate wind turbines. “I have filed the Wind Energy Relief Act as a means to open up various options for dealing …
Chris Kapsambelis
2:05 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
It's not tax money. The money will come from a fund that has been accumulating over the years from a renewable energy surcharges on our electric bills which was used, in part, to fund the wind turbines in the first place. The state enticed Falmouth and other towns to do these projects with our money. In Falmouth and other places they made a mistake by underestimating the impact when they knew or … more ›