Earlier this week, a long running lawsuit by a couple opposed to Green Mountain Power’s Kingdom Community Wind Project was dropped after the couple settled with the utility out of court.
Don and Shirley Nelson are selling their Lowell farm to the state's largest electric utility for $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit over the ownership of land that is part of Green Mountain Power's 21-turbine industrial wind project.
The Nelsons were among the most vocal critics of the GMP's plan to build the Kingdom Community Wind project on a ridgeline near their home.
The Nelsons say they are confident they could have prevailed during a trial, but it would not have reversed the construction of the project, which is now operating.
Robin Smith is a reporter for the Orleans County Record, an edition of the Caledonian Record. She’s been following that story and she spoke with VPR's Mitch Wertlieb for our Friday Regional Report.
