I was recently contacted by concerned citizen, Rich Gerlitz, about some surprising news. A company called Scout Clean energy is working on developing a HUGE wind farm called the Horse Heaven Hills Project. The group Save our Ridges says Scout is planning a wind farm that would span 24 miles of ridges along the southern Tri-Cities, from Jump-Off Joe to Benton City. Up to 212 wind turbines would be placed in several rows. Each turbine would be 500 feet tall (almost as tall as the Space Needle).
There are several nationally organized groups that are concerned about the massive development of wind farms, click below:
The truth about the great wind fraud
Save Our Ridges is concerned about the impact this will have on our $560 million tourism industry and the 6,000+ jobs it supports due to the disruption this project will cause to the views and outlook we have in the south of the city.
Patterns of wheat fields, wind turbines, and views north toward the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
It’s time for you to speak up and express your opinion on this project, here are the suggestions:
Scout Clean energy: scoutcleanenergy.com, horseheavenwindfarm.com
Javon Smith: [email protected]
Michael Rucker, CEO
David Kobus, scout project manager
Benton County Commissioners: (509)736-3080 or (509)786-5600
Jerome Delvin, Benton County District 1 Commissioner: [email protected]
Shon Small, Benton County District 2 Commissioner: [email protected]
Benton County District 3 Commissioner Jim Beaver: [email protected]
Benton PUD
Jeff Hall, District 2 Commissioner: [email protected]
Barry Bush, District 3 Commissioner: [email protected]
Rick Dunn, Executive Director: [email protected]
Steve Hunter, assistant. Executive Director: [email protected]
Jodi Henderson, Communications Manager: [email protected]
Energy Northwest
Carla Martinez, Public Affairs Manager: (509) 372-5156, [email protected]
Greg Cullen, Managing Director of Energy Services and Development