Cohocton Planning Board January 21, 2008 Letter by Judith Hall

We now know that there are significant problems with the Clipper 2.5 Liberty turbines which are in the prototype stage only. One needs to ask what turbines are being erected at this time on Dutch Hill. Why would a company intending to produce safe reliable electricity be erecting turbines which do not work? The media and press has widely reported that the Steel Winds project in Lackawanna, NY, allegedly using the same Clipper 2.5 turbines have failed gear boxes and blade defects. All eight of these industrial machines must be disassembled and taken down. The extent of the re-engineering has not been disclosed.