The state has agreed to reimburse a wind developer most of the cost of a permit fee for a project now on hold.
The state Supreme Court ruled in December that Swanton Wind was entitled to some or all of a $100,000 fee it paid the Agency of Natural Resources to review the 20 megawatt project.
Matt Chapman, ANR’s general counsel, said Monday the state agreed to repay approximately $75,000.
“The agency and Swanton Wind reached a settlement that resolves the dispute surrounding reimbursement of fees from the project that Swanton Wind proposed,” he said.
After the Supreme Court said Swanton Wind should should get reimbursed, the Public Utility Commission opened up a docket to determine how much was owed. The commission last month asked the state to detail the time and money it spent on the Swanton Wind case. But it’s likely the settlement will halt that inquiry.
Swanton Wind filed a letter Monday with the state Public Utility Commission asking the panel to close the case.
“Swanton Wind, LLC requests that the commission close this docket as this withdrawal renders moot all live disputes and controversies on remand and any outstanding motions or unresolved issues,” the letter said.
The developers withdrew the plan in the summer of 2017 after the Public Utility Commission ruled that they had to first conduct a study to determine its impact on the regional electric grid.
