Facility:
The facility is a wind energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 404 megawatts.
 
Location:
Gilliam County
 
Status:
The Energy Facility Siting Council issued a site certficate for the facility. The facility is not yet under construction.
 
Certificate Holder:
Montague Wind Power Facility LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.)
 
Contact:
Sara Parsons
Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
1125 NW Couch Street, Suite 700
Portland, OR 97209 
503-796-7732

Department of Energy Staff: Andrea Goodwin

History: 

• Nov. 9, 2009: The applicant submitted a Notice of Intent
• Jan. 5, 2010: ODOE issued a Project Order
• Jan. 22, 2010: The applicant submitted a preliminary application
• April 27, 2010: The applicant submitted an application supplement
• April 27, 2010: ODOE filed the application
• June 22, 2010: ODOE issued a Draft Proposed Order
• Aug. 9, 2010: ODOE issued a Proposed Order
• Sept. 10, 2010: The council issued a Final Order approving a Site Certificate
• Sept. 14, 2010: Effective date of the Site Certificate
• Dec. 28, 2012: Applicant submitted a Request for Amendment #1 and Transfer
• Jan. 11, 2013: ODOE issued a public notice on the Request for Amendment #1 and Transfer
• April 10, 2013: ODOE issued a public notice on the Proposed Order on Amendment #1 and Transfer
  

  
 
Documents (submitted by the applicant in support of the site certificate application):

Health Effects

• The Potential Impact of Wind Turbines, [Ontario, Canada] Chief Medical Officer of Health Report (May 2010)
• Independent Review of the State of Knowledge About the Alleged Health Condition Known as Wind Turbine Syndrome (WTS), Health and Safety Briefing, Renewable UK (June 2010)
• Wind Turbine Sound and Health Effects, An Expert Panel Review, W. David Colby, M.D., Robert Dobie, M.D., Geoff Leventhall, Ph.D., David M. Lipscomb, Ph.D., Robert J. McCunney, M.D., Michael T. Seilo, Ph.D., Bo Søndergaard, M.Sc., Prepared for the American Wind Energy Association and the Canadian Wind Energy Association (December 2009)
• Wind Turbines: A Brief Health Overview (PowerPoint), Jevon D. McFadden, MD, MPH, Wisconsin Wind Siting Council (May 17, 2010)
• Wind Turbines and Health, A Rapid Review of the Evidence, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (July 2010)
• Photosensitive Epilepsy (booklet), Epilepsy Action (2007)
  

• The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis (Report), Ben Hoen, Ryan Wiser, Peter Cappers, Mark Thayer, and Gautam Sethi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (December 2009)
• The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi-Site Hedonic Analysis (PowerPoint), Ben Hoen, Ryan Wiser, Peter Cappers, Mark Thayer, and Gautam Sethi, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (December 2009)
• Response to Industrial Wind Action Group Critiques, Ryan Wiser, Ben Hoen, Peter Cappers, Mark Thayer, Gautam Sethi (December 2009)
  

• Final Order, September 2010
• Attachment A (Wildlife Monitoring and Mitigation Plan
• Attachment B (Revegetation Plan)
• Attachment C (Habitat Mitigation Plan)
• Attachment D (Draft Proposed Order comments and ODOE responses) 
• Site Certificate, September 2010
• Request for Amendment #1 and Transfer, December 2012
• Attachment 1 (PGE Articles of Incorporation)
• Attachment 2 (Red-lined Site Certificate)
• Attachment 3 (Property Owners within 500 feet)
• Attachment 4 (Iberdrola Pre-Construction Meeting, Compiled)
• Attachment 5 (Exhibit A)
• Attachment 5 (Exhibit D)
• Attachment 5 (Exhibit M)
• Attachment 6 (Certificate)
• Proposed Order on Amendment #1 and Transfer, April 2013