Moratorium on Wind Turbines Fails in Dickinson County

Moratorium on wind turbines fails in Dickinson County

(Radio Iowa) – A two-year moratorium on wind farms in a northwest Iowa county has failed on a tie vote. Dickinson County Supervisor Levi Markwardt proposed the moratorium on new construction.  “I’m not trying to change things that have already been approved,” he said. Another supervisor on the Dickinson County Board joined Markwardt in voting for the moratorium. It failed on a two-to-two vote after the fifth member of the board cited a business …

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…