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Board grants preliminary approval to RWE development agreement for Pottawattamie Wind Project
Summary
The Board granted preliminary approval for a development agreement with RWE Clean Energy for the Pottawattamie Wind Project, subject to final approvals; the motion passed 3–1 with Supervisor Wichman opposed and Supervisor Jorgensen absent.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 granted preliminary approval to a development agreement with RWE Clean Energy, LLC for the proposed Pottawattamie Wind Project. The approval came after closed-session discussions and was expressly conditioned on final approval.
The motion to grant preliminary approval passed by roll call: Brian Shea, Susan Miller and Keith Jones voted yes; Tim Wichman voted no; Jeff Jorgensen was absent. County minutes record the action as "preliminary approval" and note that final terms and formal execution remain subject to subsequent approvals and any outstanding conditions.
Why it matters: A development agreement would set the terms under which the developer proceeds with planning and potentially construction of a utility-scale wind project in Pottawattamie County; such agreements commonly address siting, decommissioning, tax and road-use provisions. The transcript records only preliminary action and does not contain the final contract language.
Procedure and next steps: The board's preliminary approval followed closed-session review and a recommendation from the county attorney. The minutes state the approval is "subject to final approval," indicating staff and counsel will finish negotiations and return to the board for formal action.
