Project No Project

Pinnacle Wind Farm, Green Mountain, US Windforce

STATUS: In progress, with opposition

TYPE: Wind

OPPOSITION: Allegheny Front Alliance

PROSPECTS: Likely

NedPower Mount Storm Wind

STATUS: Completed, with opposition

OPPOSITION: Rep. Allen Mollohan; Friends of Blackwater

PROSPECTS: Complete

Beech Ridge Energy Wind Farm

STATUS: Completed, with substantial delays

OPPOSITION: Local residents (Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy; Jeffrey and Alicia Eisenbeiss)

PROSPECTS: Complete

US WindForce Liberty Gap Wind Farm

STATUS: Killed

OPPOSITION: State government (Public Service Commission); Local residents (Protect Pendleton County, Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County)

PROSPECTS: Dead

BACKGROUND: US WindForce sought to build a wind farm in Pendleton County, West Virginia beginning in 2004. On December 22, 2005, the developer notified Pendleton County that it had filed an application with the West Virginia Public Service Commission (WVPSC) for a siting certificate for 50 turbines. Local NIMBY groups Protect Pendleton County and Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County opposed the project on the grounds that the turbines would impact the natural scenery and drive down tourism in the region. The Protect Pendleton County NIMBY group's website specifically advocates to use the permit approval process to stop the project. At one point in 2006, Liberty Gap's permit application was pulled, only to be reinstated later in the year. The NIMBY groups were successful, and on June 22, 2007, WVPSC denied Liberty Gap's application.

SOURCES: Protect Pendleton County Website (NIMBY Group) (http://www.protectpendleton.com/).

Allegheny Energy and American Electric Power - PATH project

STATUS: In progress, with opposition.

OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Various Citizens Groups, including: West Virginia Citizens Against PATH; Preserve Fredrick; and

PROSPECTS: Indeterminate

Western Greenbriar Co-Production Demo Project, Rainelle, WV

Type: Coal

STATUS: KILLED

OPPOSITION: The Sierra Club; West Virginia Highlands Conservancy; Greenbrier River Watershed Association; Citizens

PROSPECTS: Unlikely

Longview Project, Maidsville, Monongalia County, WV

Type: Coal

STATUS: In progress with opposition

OPPOSITION: Sierra Club; Trout Unlimited, and the National Parks and Conservation Association; concerned citizens

PROSPECTS: Likely