It’s wrong to force us to sell power easements
“Rock Island Clean Line is a proposed 3,500-megawatt direct current transmission line that would carry wind energy from yet-to-be-built wind turbines in northwest Iowa to near Chicago to provide electricity to yet-to-be-determined customers.
The output from the turbines would be changed to direct current (DC) at a converter station (yet to be built) in O’Brien County for transport to a converter station (yet to be built) on the other end to reverse the process. Electricity can only be used in alternating current form, which means the electricity cannot be accessed by anyone until converted.
The proposed route through Iowa and Illinois is located entirely on private land, decimating some of the best farm land in the world.”
Webb, Jerry. THe Des Moines Register 7 May 2014.