Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Half-mile from the nearest Wind turbine ~Noise outside home = 87 decibels inside home = 63.6 decibels

PSC staff recommends investigation of wind farm noise complaint


Rick Steelhammer, Staff writer
Charleston Gazette (West Virginia)
April 3, 2012

The state Public Service Commission staff has recommended rejecting a request by the operators of a Mineral County wind farm to dismiss a homeowner's complaint about excessive wind turbine noise.
Instead, the PSC should continue looking into noise and other issues involving Pinnacle Wind's 23-turbine Green Mountain operation near Keyser, according to a joint staff memo filed last week.

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