Property value comment from a professional appraiser

(from National Windwatch)

In a closing comment on page 17 his firm's June 8, 2010 report of to the Adams County Board (Quincy, Illinois), professional real estate appraiser Michael S. McCann states, in part:

When people react to the negative influences (of industrial wind energy) in ways that would normally seem extreme, such as filing lawsuits or selling their properties for steep discounts from what they should be worth on the open market, or give up on marketing attempts completely and end up abandoning their homes, it is not a minor impact or "refrigerator noise" that triggers such market reactions. Those comparisons are often made by wind energy representatives are disingenuous based on virtually everything I have researched.

Market sale data analyzed not only by me, but also by proponents and highly paid consultants to the wind industry, cannot hide the fact that these effects become measurably manifest in dollar terms, even if that is just one component of negative impacts.

To be sure, not every neighbor experiences the identical effects or has the identical reactions, but the negative reactions are clearly widespread enough to warrant special measures, consideration and conditions to be placed on wind energy project developers, and use of setbacks that are well outside of industry preferences appears to be the single best way to avoid or minimize impacts.

I understand that my recommendation of a 2-mile setback exceeds most of the setbacks required by other communities, but then again it is not my goal to win favor with wind energy developers or march in step with the typical community setback requirements. My setback recommendation is also fairly consistent with independent medical expert recommendations, which they have based on real-life experience in treating people suffering from close proximity to turbines.

If it is Adams County's goal is to avoid as much conflict as possible, the 2-mile setback, in my professional opinion, has the best chance of accomplishing this goal.

(signed) Michael S. MCann, CRA

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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