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Long testimony on proposed statewide wind regulations highlights safety, tourism and decommissioning concerns
Summary
Sponsors presented a draft Arkansas Wind Energy Development Act after lengthy testimony from community and industry observers raising safety, visual and economic concerns; committee recessed before final action.
State Sen. Bart Hester and citizen witness Julie Morton urged the committee to consider a comprehensive regulatory framework for large wind‑turbine projects, citing safety, decommissioning and economic concerns.
Morton, who described a 43‑year energy industry career that included work on wind projects, said the draft Arkansas Wind Energy Development Act is not a ban but a set of minimum state standards modeled on rules in other states.…
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