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February 19, 2020
The P.E.I. Energy Corporation is appealing a development permit approved by the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings, saying it interferes with its proposed wind farm expansion.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission held a public hearing on the issue Tuesday.
The municipality granted the permit to an Eastern Kings landowner, who plans to put up a two-bedroom building on his property in the community.
Lawyer Gordon MacKay, representing the P.E.I. Energy Corporation, told the hearing that Jeff Klein, who received the development permit, was “well aware” his application could impact the proposed locations for wind turbines for the province’s wind farm expansion on a site adjoining Klein’s property.
MacKay said the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings “ought to have been” aware of the issue as well, but in testimony former Eastern Kings CAO and development officer Ron Coffin said he hadn’t considered how other properties would be affected by the permit.
The municipality’s development bylaw requires wind turbines be placed a minimum of 1,000 metres from any dwelling on a neighbouring property.
If Klein is allowed to build the structure and if the setback is enforced, it could require the P.E.I. Energy Corporation to find new locations for four of the seven proposed new turbines, a significant potential challenge for the $50-million project.
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