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Williams County approves Homestead Wind project and related variances after lengthy public hearing
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After extended public testimony, the Williams County Commission approved Apex Clean Energy’s Homestead Wind conditional-use permit and two variances — allowing up to 67 turbines within a larger 81-location application — and authorized related transmission and permitting conditions. Opponents raised wildlife, procedural and visual-impact concerns.
The Williams County Board of County Commissioners voted Monday to approve the Homestead Wind conditional-use permit and two associated variance requests filed by Apex Clean Energy, following more than two hours of applicant presentations and nearly three hours of public comment.
Apex senior development manager Matt Eberl told the commission the Homestead Wind project is an up-to-256.5 megawatt facility that has secured voluntary agreements with roughly 25,000 acres and 37 landowners. He said the application includes up to 81 proposed turbine locations as alternates but that no more than 67 turbines would be built. "We have secured nearly 25,000 acres that are necessary and needed to build the facilities themselves," Eberl said. He added the company has signed a generator interconnection agreement and expects to fund about $32 million in local transmission upgrades.
Bree Anderson, Apex’s senior director of permitting, outlined the company’s modeling and environmental review. She said the project meets both Williams County setback rules and North Dakota Public Service Commission sound and…
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