Siting Wind Energy Facilities – What Do Local Elected Officials Need to Know? is a brief guide to aid local officials in understanding commercial-scale wind siting. Local government officials presented with potential wind energy projects in their municipalities often find that clear and concise answers to their citizens ’ concerns can be difficult to locate. This publication seeks to give local elected officials, in a few paragraphs on each topic, a clear understanding of the information they need to sort fact from fiction and get a sense of how states and other municipalities have addressed key issues. Topics discussed include...
