Calhan neighbors oppose wind farm expansion, citing health concerns | News [Video]

Rebecca Nusbaum came home from work one day in June to find a sticky note on her front door.

Someone was interested in talking to her about a local wind turbine project.

“Huh,” she thought.

Nusbaum already can see all 145 wind turbines of the Golden West Wind Energy Center from the back deck of her home in Calhan.

When she called the number, she said the man who answered said he works on behalf of NextEra Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Next Era Energy Inc.

Nine years ago, the publicly traded, Florida-based company erected a fleet of wind turbines in the area, and today, all highway drivers see miles of the otherworldly machines on the skyline of El Paso County’s Eastern Plains.

NextEra wants to expand with a third phase of construction, the man told Nusbaum, and he’s looking for additional property owners who might want wind turbines installed on their land.

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