Municipalities and Wind Project Siting

Information by, for, and about municipalities and wind energy projects

• New York
  • Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council
  • Town of Bethany
  • Town of Hamlin
  • Wayne County NY Alternative Energy Task Force
    
• Documents
  • “Host Community Agreements for Wind Farm Development” in New York Zoning Law and Practice Report (Mar./Apr. 2009), by Daniel Spitzer, Patricia Salkin and Michael Bookser
  • Patricia E. Salkin, Planning & Zoning for Wind Power in New York, GOVERNMENT LAW ONLINE, Sept./Oct 2005
• Other Jurisdictions
  • California A.B. 45 – law promoting small wind energy systems
  • Great Lakes Wind Collaborative Environmental Planning, Siting and Permitting wiki
  • Great Lakes Wind Collaborative “State and Provincial Land-Based Wind Farm Siting Policy in the Great Lakes Region: Summary and Analysis” (01/2010)
    
  • Dixmont (Maine) Wind Ordinance Primer
  • Massachusetts Model Zoning By-Law for Wind Facilities
  • Sample zoning ordinance from Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG) Energy Office
  • Oregon Department of Energy Model Ordinance for Energy Projects
  • Pennsylvania Wind Working Group proposed model local ordinance
  • Wind Energy Guide for County Commissioners (National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2006)