McIntosh County Wind Energy Committee LLC
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| McIntosh County Wind Energy Com. LLC Box 466 Wishek, ND 58495-0466 ph.701-452-2371 fax 701-452-2179 email tlbek@bektel.com |
Don Kosel, Pres. |
Wayne Bauer, VP |
| Tom Lovik, Sec-Trea. Box 466 Wishek, ND 58495 ph. 701-452-2371 |
Gary Jenner, Dir. 9910 Hwy. 3 Ashley, ND 58413 ph. 701-288-3726 |
David Bollinger, Dir. 8630 54th Ave. SE Lehr, ND 58460 ph. 701-288-3217 |
| Ron J. Meidinger, Dir. 5291 88th St. Lehr, ND 58460 ph. 701-288-3374 |
Floyd Helfenstein, Dir 10267 339th Ave. SE Ashley, ND 58413 ph. 701-288-3411 |
Jerry Westlund, Dir. Box 277 Zeeland, ND 58581 ph. 701-423-5421 |
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Dennis Haupt 408 3rd St. E Venturia, ND 58489 701-684-7511 |
James Hauff 7341 Hwy. 30 Lehr. ND 58460 701-378-2315 |
Michelle Kempf Box 72 Ashley, ND 58413 701-288-3230 |
Our LLC
officially formed in mid-June of 2001, and includes members from
Job Development Authorities (JDA's)
Economic Development Corporations (EDC's), City Councils, and
representatives from the McIntosh County Commissioners. We have
hired EAPC, Architects-Engineers as our consultant and work with
Jay Haley.
We received a Division of Community
Service (DCS) grant to help purchase our wind monitoring
equipment. The monitoring equipment was put on a tower owned by
Jamestown Communication in southwest McIntosh County, on June 20,
2001. We have been collecting data since then, and receive
monthly reports from EAPC on our wind regime. We have a very
large area of relatively consistent land at 650 meters, which has
been tentatively identified as possessing good attributes for
wind development.
Our next mission, as we see it, is to
get ourselves and the county landowners educated about their
rights and options regarding signing leases. We hope to act as
the collective bargaining agent for our landowners as we begin
visiting with developers. Given the independent nature of
farmers, I see this as a huge task. TL