Allen County planning commissioners voted 5-1 Thursday evening to recommend county commissioners issue a conditional use permit for construction of a substation to accommodate the pending wind farm.
It would come to play to transfer power into the Centerville-Marmaton high voltage transmission line owned by Kansas City Power and Light.
Power would come from a wind farm in northeast Allen County capable of generating 200 megawatts, which has yet to win official approval from planners, or county commissioners. Planners will review a zoning request for the wind farm on Oct. 26.
Panel endorses wind farm substation
