Jeremy Wieland - What's Next...: More Crown Hydro
Jeremy Wieland comments in his blog What's Next... on Crown Hydro:
On the Minneapolis list serv today it was brought to my attention that a Senator is sponsoring an amendment in a spending bill to give a tax break to Crown Hydro for construction of a small hydroelectric facility in Minneapolis. I hope that this is reconsidered. The plan that I was familiar with was for a small facility that wouldn't support more than one neighborhood, and none of the neighboring neighborhoods wanted the facility. When I was running for City Council I commented "The Crown Hydro project is a more difficult decision. I like the idea. However, the proposed power generator is very small, and is not being developed as part of a larger dispersed micro power generation plan. In context, it is reported to provide power for 2,700 homes, or about one neighborhood, yet neither the downtown nor Marcy-Holmes neighborhoods are supportive. The very people it's supposed to provide power to don't want it. Furthermore, the plant is slated for the middle of a residential zone on top of a legitimate archeological site. I'm very open to alternative power generation plans, and would be interested in seeking alternatives..."