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Committee introduces proposal requiring decommissioning deposits for wind developments
2821824 · March 7, 2025
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Summary
A legislative filing would require developers to post a cash decommissioning deposit at the state treasurer equal to a third-party estimate to cover removal and site restoration when wind turbines are retired.
Representative Kevin Andrus introduced RS 32183 to require owners of wind turbine sites to obtain an outside estimate of the reasonably anticipated cost to remove turbines and restore the site, and to remit that amount as a cash decommissioning deposit to the state treasurer before fabrication begins. “...they have to put that amount of money in a fund at the…
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