Wind power, water rights

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8:03p, 7/19/08

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There are rumors that some wind power contracts (I heard around Childress) contain language that enables the company to take the water rights as well even though that is never discussed in the negotiations.

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10:04p, 7/19/08

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I've heard the same as part of the T-Boone right-of-way, water authority deal. He gets the right-of-way for the transmission lines for the wind generated elctricty and ties up the water rights in the process.

At least that's what I've heard. Don't know how reliable the sources were.

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10:55p, 7/19/08

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I was curious about that.

If that's the case, why would anyone sign without him having to use eminent domain. With eminent domain, I don't think there is any way form him to sneak in something to take the water rights in the process of putting in a power line and water line.

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11:49p, 7/19/08

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It looks like Pickens has intentions of expanding his power of eminent domain.

From http://earth2tech.com/2008/06/20/t-boone-pickens-taps-water-wind-for-land-grab/:

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But Pickens’s lobbying powers aren’t limited to the Lone Star state. Pickens testified yesterday in front of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Pickens told Congress to expand the scope of eminent domain and right-of-way, which are currently controlled at the state level, so companies like his Mesa Wind and Water can operate across state lines.

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5:40p, 7/21/08

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8:07p, 7/26/08

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Pickens refuses to have wind generators on his ranch because they are ugly!

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/14/windpower.energy:

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So he set about convincing neighbouring ranchers to join his scheme, promising them between $10,000 and $20,000 in annual royalties for every turbine they allowed on their land. They have all signed up, eager to cash in on this literal windfall. (Pickens, by contrast, refuses to have any of the turbines placed on his own ranch. "They are ugly!" he says, unashamedly.)