Wind permit approved

By Anne Adams • Staff Writer MONTEREY — Three years of debate. Months of research. Strong opposition. Lawsuits promised. An eight-hour public hearing. Final board approval. Now what? Nearly a year since it requested one, Highland New Wind Development now holds the conditional use permit it needs to forge ahead with plans to erect as many as 22, 400-foot turbines on what many call one of the last of the most pristine, mountain ridge tops on the East Coast and the first wind energy utility in the state of Virginia.

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