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Final Details Approved for Prevailing Wind Project

Final Details Approved for Prevailing Wind Project

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The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved some final details for the Prevailing Wind Park that will be built in Bon Homme, Charles Mix and Hutchinson Counties.

The commission approved the naming of Kelsey McGregor as public liaison officer for the project.
She told the Commission she will be located in Sioux Falls…

Commissioner Kristie Fiegen says having a project contact person is very important…

Fiegen says it ties a name with a wind power project..

The Commission approved a construction permit last November. The power park will hold up to sixty-one turbines, with a capacity of up to two hundred sixty megawatts.

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