DMC Supervisors to Hold Wind Energy Work Session Next Week

DMC Supervisors to hold wind energy work session next week

The Des Moines County Board of Supervisors will hold a work session on Tuesday, June 3 following the regular meeting of the board, to start addressing possible amendments to the county’s commercial wind energy conversions systems (CWECS) ordinance.

Board of Supervisors reject two-year renewable energy moratorium

Dickinson County supervisors shot down a proposed two-year moratorium on renewable energy projects Tuesday, with the measure failing on a 2-2 vote. Supervisors Levi Markwardt and Stephen Dullard voted to approve the moratorium, while Kim Wermersen and Bill Leupold opposed. Steve Clark abstained. The revised resolution would have blocked new applications for wind, solar, battery storage and biomass projects while exempting the recently approved R…