Stray voltage settlement... $6.3M US

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MN Dairy Wins Stray Voltage Lawsuit — A Cass County jury has ruled in favor of a Pine River, Minnesota couple. Randy and Peggy Norman were awarded $6.3 million for losses suffered from stray voltage on their dairy farm. That’s the largest amount ever awarded in a stray voltage lawsuit in Minnesota history. Crow Wing Power, which is based in Brainerd, is considering an appeal.

Red River Farm Network | 1407 24th Ave. South - Suite 235 | Grand Forks, ND 58201
(701) 795-1315 | Email: rrfn@rrfn.com | www.rrfn.com

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Wind Power











Minnesota law passed the legislature in 2007 and was signed by Governor Pawlenty mandating that electric utilities in the state generate or procure, by 2025, 25% of their retail electric sales from renewable sources, which includes solar, wind, hydroelectric, hydrogen, biomass, and refuse-derived fuel (garbage). Crow Wing Power's wholesale energy providers are well on their way to reaching that goal and currently has a mix of renewables in their portfolio. In addition, our members have an opportunity to purchase wind power voluntarily.

Your cooperative's wind energy comes from regional sources - mostly wind farms in southwestern Minnesota, one of only a handful of places in the nation where wind-generation is feasible.

The Power to Choose

By selecting part of your power through Crow Wing Power's Green Power program, you can make a difference in today's world. You’ll be choosing to participate in a program that can lead to a cleaner world for future generations; to help preserve our nation's non-renewable energy sources, like coal and other fossil fuels currently used to produce electricity; and to help spur further development of wind energy and other renewable energy sources. Currently we have over 1100 members enrolled in our greenpower program purchasing over 590,000 kWhs each month of wind-generated electricity.

[sumdumguy]

So that's why my hair all fell out--stray voltage?

[TOM4CWB]

If you live beside a windmill they are not a good deal when the wind is blowing and they must waste the electricity they generate. Kills all the worms in the ground... and is not good for livestock.

[johnseba]

mattmax also looking for Canola, hopefully you will get someone who are selling. I will inform you if i found any seller.

[BTO_farmalll]

Roger That John Seeba!!!!!!!!