Wind plants: How loud is too loud?
Barely has the ink dried on a Public Service Commission
order dismissing a complaint about noise from the Pinnacle wind plant at Keyser
than another complaint has been filed.
Gary Ray Braithwaite filed a complaint June 27 seeking to
have the Pinnacle Wind Farm at New Page shut down until the noise from it can
be stopped.
It was just June 1 when the commission dismissed the case in
which Richard Braithwaite — Gary's brother — complained about noise from the
plant.
The 55.2-megawatt Pinnacle wind plant, 23 turbines stretched
in a line on several miles of Green Mountain ridge alongside Keyser, was
commissioned in January 2012.
In February, Richard Braithwaite filed his complaint with
the PSC.
Richard's complaint
"The constant noise of the wind turbines makes it
impossible to rest or sleep," according to the complaint filed by Richard
Braithwaite, who lives about three-quarters of a mile from the plant.
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