<span id="docs-internal-guid-b2313235-5c98-1fa6-cdab-e4dae02a4021"></span><br /> <h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Governor Cuomo should chip away at home rule and force NYS to develop more industrial wind.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #883333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> &nbsp;</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: 'Courier New'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></h1>

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Aerial view of Wolfe Island Wind Farm

Opinion~

Watertown Daily Times

PUBLISHED: SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 AT 12:30 AM

Lewis County is the leader in wind energy in New York. Beginning with the 195-tower Maple Ridge Wind Farm commissioned in 2005, our community has been open for wind development. There are two new projects in process in Lewis County that would add 150 megawatts of renewable energy to New York state, enough to power an average of 50,000 homes. Our county, towns and school districts are active in the permitting process to make sure that tax agreements are in place to benefit the entire community. Continue…