Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Wind Farm

Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Wind Farm
Key lawmakers adopt compromise that could boost prospects for
proposed Cape Cod wind farm

WASHINGTON, Jun. 21, 2006
By ANDREW MIGA Associated Press Writer
(AP) Key lawmakers have agreed to drop the idea of giving Massachusetts Gov.
Mitt Romney veto power over a proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, adopting
a compromise that could boost the project's prospects.

The proposed gubernatorial veto power was widely seen as a crippling blow
to the project, which would be located about six miles off Cape Cod. The proposal
has stirred controversy for five years.

The new bill, breaking weeks of stalemate on Capitol Hill, also ensures the Coast
Guard a primary role in deciding the fate of the offshore wind farm _ a group
of 130 turbines that would produce electricity.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a leading project opponent, helped forge the
compromise along with several other House and Senate members.