Completion of the wind projects by 2020, the company says, will allow it to use federal production tax credits to provide net cost savings to customers over the life of the projects.
The developers of what could become the largest wind energy project in the U.S. say the federal government has vastly overestimated how many eagles will be killed at the site.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has begun seeking ideas from the public as it considers ways to minimize and offset the number of eagles killed by what could become the largest wind farm in the country.