First and foremost, GMG is against this project because it is a use of our ridgeline that flies in the face of thirty years of Act 250 land-use protection, made possible by the utility law (VSA 30 Section 248) which never contemplated such a site for electrical generation.

Second, we are against this because what seems like a benefit – Vermont based non-polluting electric power – would be sold outside the region, fails to provide a reliable base load power source, fails to provide meaningful municipal taxes, fails to provide turbine lease income to Vermonters, yet DOES provide 24 hour a day flashing lights, impacts birds and mammals and their habitat, impacts water sources, impacts the reliability of the interconnection system, and adds higher ambient noise levels to the immediate area, plus indeterminate impacts on aesthetics and property values.

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Issues Raised by Catamount's Project

Wind Power Does Not Deliver
What Its Supporters Say

Proposed Catamount Project