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Supervisors give preliminary approval to development agreement with RWE Clean Energy for wind project
Summary
The Pottawattamie County Board granted preliminary approval to a development agreement with RWE Clean Energy, LLC for the Pottawattamie Wind Project, subject to final approval; the vote was 3–1 with one supervisor absent.
The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors voted to grant preliminary approval for a development agreement with RWE Clean Energy, LLC for the Pottawattamie Wind Project. The motion to grant preliminary approval passed with three votes in favor (Shea, Miller, Jones), one opposed (Wichman) and one supervisor absent for the vote (Jorgensen).
The minutes record the action as "grant preliminary approval for development agreement with RWE Clean Energy, LLC, regarding the Pottawattamie Wind Project, subject to final approval." The board’s action was taken in closed session earlier in the meeting and finalized in open session per the roll‑call recorded in the minutes.
Why it matters: A preliminary approval signals the county’s willingness to enter detailed negotiations and move toward a final development agreement, which may include terms for land use, tax payments, road impacts, decommissioning provisions and other contractual obligations that would shape the project’s local impacts.
Quotations and attributions: The minutes record the motion, the vote, and that preliminary approval was granted "subject to final approval." No final development agreement text is included in the minutes.
Next steps: Because the approval is preliminary, final approval will require fulfillment of conditions and a subsequent board action reflecting the final agreement language and any required permitting or mitigation commitments.
