breakout session 1 report 10.26.12

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Breakout Session I The Use ofInformation in Wind Siting -

identification, categorization and

prioritizationReport Back Summary

October 26, 2012 Workshop

Injecting Useful and Credible Information into Wind Power Siting


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Breakout Session 1 Report Back-

Question 1

What 2-3 issues are most ripe for

additional information,questions or needs for

improvement/additional

research information would

you prioritize for future

attention?

Report back on 1-2

1. What is the cumulative impacts post-construction?Conduct studies post-construction; get public

perceptions on sound, aesthetics, and health impacts

within the context that more turbines are coming.

2. Federal research into health impacts from wind.

High level research on health issues specifically.Include: health history of individuals for those

living w/in proximity of turbine.

3. Comparing wind to other generation technologies?4. Understanding the level of complaint around NE

wind projects why are the sites that are causing

problems doing that? Understanding what has beensuccessful and not successful about development of

wind projects in NE.

5. How does the size of turbines or projects relate tothe appropriate guidelines surrounding them?

October 26, 2012 WorkshopInjecting Useful and Credible Information into Wind Power Siting


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Breakout Session 1 Report Back-

Question 1

What 2-3 issues are most ripe for

additional information,questions or needs for

improvement/additional

research information would

you prioritize for future

attention?

Report back on 1-2

6. Data to guide setback requirements, particularly asthey relate to human health impacts

7. Research on what leads communities to accept orreject projects

What models for community engagement are

most successful?

Other issues (non-physical) affect perception of

sound (Psychologicalsense of control, etc.)

8. Credibility=information + context + impact +mitigation. Not just technical info

9. Cumulative impacts of wind in the context ofcumulative impacts of energy development

10.What should you do if a project meets allregulatory/permitting issues and the community still

rejects it?



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Breakout Session 1 Report Back -

Question 2

What 2-3 pieces of advice would

you offer to the region,states, or sites (specific

proposals as well as

guidelines/regulations) to

guide effective use of

information in wind siting?

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1. Treat all stakeholders with dignity; engagestakeholders early in the process. Use consensus

building. ready to find the truth (does this exist)

from all sides.

2. Evaluate the salience of information beingdeveloped is it really contributing to the process;

be prepared to refine methodology as you move

forward at state level not creating a process that is

just a hoop one has to jump through.

3.Need for a complaints resolution process not justa hotline, but response and mitigation

procedures/funding determined before project is

permitted.

4.Development of community assessments of benefitsand impacts of energy development before projects

are even considered that allows a framework for

decisions when projects are proposed.



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Breakout Session 1 Report Back -

Question 2

What 2-3 pieces of advice would

you offer to the region,

states, or sites (specific

proposals as well as

guidelines/regulations) to

guide effective use of

information in wind siting?

Report back on 1-2

5. Bring in unaffiliated third-party experts, ensuretransparency

6. Put the community at the center of the processPerform comprehensive community outreach at

early stages of project

7. Information from experts should be part of anindependent process and based on prior agreement

as to what is studied and the scope of the study

8. Information must be understandable, especiallyregarding issues that are subjectively experienced.

How to present and make it meaningful andaccessible to everyone? Examples: maps, listening

booths, site visits


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