A Leader in Windmill Law and Litigation
Vinsko & Associates has been fortunate to be a part of one of the fastest growing areas of energy law and litigation in Pennsylvania — windmill law.
Windmills have been touted by legislators, scientists, energy consultants and engineers as one of the cleanest forms of energy in the United States and across the world.
Many American utility companies are required to produce a certain percentage of their energy output in the form of renewable energy. These companies frequently look to the wind corridor of northeastern Pennsylvania for placement of their windmills.
Barriers to Windmill Development
What has created an impediment to communities and utilities moving on this path of overall energy independence is the municipal, zoning and other regulatory requirements established by municipalities and counties throughout Pennsylvania.
Vinsko & Associates, through its managing principal, William E. Vinsko, Jr., Esquire, has aided communities and local organizations in the creation of ordinances and agreements regarding windmills. We have also successfully represented clients in litigation over the location, installation and construction of wind turbines and wind power generation facilities.
Our firm successfully defended one of the leading cases involving windmill placement in Energy Unlimited, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors of Bear Creek Township, 916 A.2d 745 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2007), Appeal denied, 594 Pa. 700, 934 A.2d 1279 (October 25, 2007).
If your community or your energy company needs competent legal representation regarding windmill law, please feel free to contact us today.
Our clients include municipalities that are faced with windmills being placed within their borders. We help them develop appropriate zoning ordinances and general ordinances regulating windmills. We also represent landowners in windmill leasing arrangements for those who are going to have substations or windmills on property and those who are concerned about the placement of windmills.
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Whether you are a wind developer, property owner or a member of a municipal government, if you need legal advice and representation from an attorney experienced in windmill law and windmill litigation, please contact Vinsko & Associates. From offices in Wilkes-Barre, our lawyers represent clients throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.
