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Panel introduces RS to let counties hold preference votes on commercial wind projects and impose excise tax
Summary
Representative Jeff Ehlers introduced RS 32471, which would require a county preference election for commercial wind projects of more than 100 feet and allow an excise tax on turbines; Ehlers cited an excise rate of $25,000 per height foot, which he estimated would be about $2.5 million per turbine for a typical turbine height.
The House Revenue and Taxation Committee introduced RS 32471 on Feb. 24, a proposal from Representative Jeff Ehlers that would give county voters a preference election on large commercial wind projects and authorize an excise tax on turbines if voters do not approve a project.
Ehlers described the measure as focused on commercial windmills "that exceed a hundred feet or more in height." He said the measure would put a preference…
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