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Committee introduces bill urging radar-activated lights on wind turbines
Summary
Representative Jeff Ehlers introduced RS32138, which asks wind farm operators to install radar-activated lighting that keeps red obstruction lights off except when aircraft are nearby; the committee voted to introduce the measure for further consideration.
Representative Jeff Ehlers (District 21, Meridian) asked the committee to introduce RS32138, a proposal aimed at reducing the nighttime nuisance of continuously blinking red obstruction lights on wind turbines by allowing radar-activated systems that illuminate only when aircraft are nearby. "Imagine living in the same house for 40 or 50 years, and then a windmill farm is,…
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