EFSEC Manager Allen Fiksdal said that the council members will vote during the November 16, 2009 public meeting on issuing a recommendation on the wind farm in the form of an administrative order from EFSEC.
“At this point, the order would either be for its approval or denial,” said Fiksdal earlier this week.
If EFSEC recommends approval, the order will contain a draft site certification, outlining the conditions the company must follow in building and operating the wind farm.
A recommendation of approval for the project by EFSEC will also include a decision to pre-empt or override county land-use rules related to the county commissioners’ April 2005 rejection of an earlier version of the project.
enXco USA filed a revised plan on February 6, 2009 with the EFSEC that called for 95 turbines in a new configuration that they said significantly reduces, by 75%, the number of rural residences located within 2,500 feet of planned wind turbine locations.
The company officials said that the 2,500-foot setback was what county government sought as the buffer in talks with enXco in 2007.
Once the order is issued by EFSEC, enXco USA will have until November 30, 2009 to request EFSEC to reconsider all or parts of its decision. Parties to the EFSEC process will then have the opportunity to respond to EFSEC about any reconsideration request.
If no such request for reconsideration comes from enXco USA, then the recommendation is expected to reach the Governor a few days after November 30, 2009.
