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Meetings to oppose the Ocotillo Wind Project will be August 24th @ Imperial Valley Planning Dept. and August 25th @ Ocotillo Community Center, both meetings will begin at 6:00PM. You may also Contact the BLM at cedric_perry@ca.blm.gov or Angelinahavens@co.imperial.ca.us, please take the time to send...

I agree with Brew. This project will be very hard to stop. Previous environmental concerns are getting overlooked to allow construction of the things. But, I'm going to give everything I have to stop this project.
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The Ocotillo Wind Express Energy Project is proposed to be located in a conditional use area located around the city of Ocotillo. The entire area of the latest proposal is 13000 acres, slightly down from 15000 acres. The energy company states that the footprint of the actual windmills will be substa...

The BLM will complete their EIR in July. There will be a public comment period of 90 days following it's release. The documentation can be viewed on the BLM website, El Centro Sector. This project is on a fast track to be constructed. The project will require back up power from other forms of electr...

You are right on Brew. I missed that documentory, hope it replays. Maybe the officials at BLM saw it, I sure hope so, since this project sits on BLM land. Let me correct that, one of the proposed 240 windmills sits on private property. You mentioned the massive quantity of concrete. Each wind genera...

Does anyone agree with me that the proposed "Ocotillo Wind Express Energy Project" is bad for the desert community of Ocotillo? My concerns are as follows: Only about 20% of the proposed 550 megawatts of power are usually utilized by a wind farm and this low figure only helps to create mor...