PSB rejects call for Deerfield Wind project halt

Protesters picket the groundbreaking in September for the Deerfield Wind project in Readsboro and Searsburg. File photo by Jim Therrien/VTDiggerSEARSBURG — The Vermont Public Service Board has denied a request that it halt construction of the Deerfield Wind project on national forest land in Searsburg and Readsboro.
Thomas Shea, who owns property in Searsburg and is an intervenor in the permit process for the 15-turbine project, asked the PSB on May 24 to halt construction until the develo