I was recently contacted by a concerned citizen, Rich Gerlitz about some surprising news. A company called Scout Clean Energy is working to develop a HUGE wind turbine farm called the Horse Heaven Hills project. The group Save our Ridges says Scout plans a wind farm that would stretch along 24 miles of the ridges along the south of the Tri-Cities from Jump-Off Joe to Benton City. As many as 212 wind turbines would be placed in several rows. Each turbine would be 500 feet tall (nearly as tall as the Space Needle).
There are several nationally organized groups who are are concerned about the massive development of wind farms, click below:
The Truth About the Great Wind Power Fraud
Save Our Ridges is concerned about the impact this will have on our $560 million tourism industry and the 6000+ jobs it supports because of the disruption this project will cause to the views and vistas we have on the south side of town.
Wheat Field Patterns, Wind Turbines and the View North, Towards the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
It’s time for you to speak up and voice your opinion on this project, the following are suggestions:
Scout Clean Energy: scoutcleanenergy.com, horseheavenwindfarm.com
Javon Smith: javon@scoutcleanenergy.com
Michael Rucker, CEO
David Kobus, Scout Project Manager
Benton County Commissioners: (509)736-3080 or (509)786-5600
Jerome Delvin, District 1 Benton County Commissioner: jerome.delvin@co.benton.wa.us
Shon Small, District 2 Benton County Commissioner: shon.small@co.benton.wa.us
Jim Beaver, District 3 Benton County Commissioner: james.beaver@co.benton.wa.us
Benton PUD
Jeff Hall, District 2 Comissioner: jhall@bentonpud.org
Barry Bush, District 3 Commissioner: bbush@bentonpud.org
Rick Dunn, General Manager: rdunn@bentonpud.org
Steve Hunter, Asst. General Manager: shunter@bentonpud.org
Jodi Henderson, Communications Mgr: jhenderson@bentonpud.org
Energy Northwest
Carla Martinez, Public Affairs Manager: (509)372-5156, cjmartinez@energy-northwest.com
Greg Cullen, General Manager of energy services and development