Dustin Lang: The face of wind in Vermont

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Dustin Lang, of Franklin, a former resident of Swanton who moved from a home that was 2,000 feet from the proposed Swanton Wind project.
The wind industry in Vermont, which is represented by two law firms and two paid lobbying organizations, Renewable Energy Vermont and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group, has been complaining recently about what they refer to as “unnecessary scrutiny” by the Public Utility Commission (formerly the Pu