Mid-summer 2022, Alta Farms representatives hoped to have the Alta Farms II wind farm online by the fall but a recent report from the engineer overseeing the project for DeWitt County indicates things are very behind.

Terry Fountain with Cummins Engineering at last Thursday night's DeWitt County Board meeting informed the Board there seems to be some pushback from Enel through the final stages on things that are in the local ordinances as well as their own documents.

Fountain brought a couple of concerns regarding the local ordinances in terms of enforcement of those ordinances. The first being curtailment of the turbines during severe weather to which he offered a couple of possibilities. Enel faces a $5,000 fine in the event they do not curtail the turbines in certain severe weather events.

According to Fountain, the County Board may still be able to temporarily hold up the project if Enel comes to the County with a request to go live with the project but there are things not up to par in the eyes of the County.

Among the final bullet points from Fountain, the decommissioning agreement has several anniversary milestones for funding and review.

Fountain does not have a firm timeline for when Enel may be ready to go live with the project. Regional Radio's last correspondence with Enel indicated they hoped the project would be live by the first of the year, but obviously, that has come and gone and the turbines are still not in operation.