Many DeWitt County residents have noticed curtailment violations in wind farms owned by Enel Clean Energy. 

At Monday night's DeWitt County Land Use Committee Meeting, Zoning Administrator Elizabeth Weikle informed the board that the local representative from Enel, Matthew Seville, plans to attend next week's full board meeting, and asked what they would like to hear about. 

DeWitt County residents and board members have noticed videos of curtailment violations popping up on social media; however, in the operations reports Weikle received from Enel, they claimed to have no violations. The Committee plans to ask Seville about these violations at the board meeting. 

Weikle noted in her Zoning Report that she is currently working with four different solar operations that will be ready to make their applications to the county soon. One of which is Prairie Flats, a 900+ acre solar project with battery storage that is very close to completing the process. 

Early in the meeting, Weikle noted battery storage ordinances have been going through the Zoning Board of Appeals and have been tabled. This is due to the meeting taking place before the end of the state legislative session, and came at the recommendation of Full Board Chair Joe Witte.

The committee also made a motion to include Chastain Engineering in the approved firms for wind and solar applications that come into DeWitt County. This would pair them with Cummins Engineering to effectively share the load of work that comes into the area.