Attorney General Mike Hunter has extended the deadline for a new wind mitigation plan to Monday, November 12. It was originally set for October. 29.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has granted a deadline extension to NextEra and the Department of Defense (DOD) in reaching a mitigation plan for a wind farm on a route airspace the military uses for training.
If the FAA clears certain turbines, NextEra may proceed with construction only on those that are approved, according to Hunter.
Construction on the company’s wind farm west of Hinton was stopped last month after NextEra and the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission (OSMPC) agreed to work on a mitigation plan with the DOD to resolve the issue. The new deadline is next Monday, Nov. 12.
The OSMPC contends the wind farm violates a recent amendment to the Wind Energy Development Act.
The changes to the law require a determination by the federal government that planned wind turbine construction has no military impact, or the company must have an approved mitigation plan from the DOD, before a wind farm is constructed or expanded.
The attorney general is representing the OSMPC in the negotiations.
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