Xcel Energy fined for wind farm lighting delay

Photo by: Xcel Energy
Photo by: Xcel Energy

(Jamestown, ND) -- Xcel Energy will be paying a 45-hundred dollar penalty for failing to meet the state's deadline for operating light-mitigating technology on a wind farm north of Jamestown.

The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved the fine Wednesday for the utility's Courtenay Wind Farm in Stutsman County. The utility missed the deadline by nine days, incurring a 500 dollar a day fine.

Two wind farms operated by other companies continue to be out of compliance with the deadline.