Drew Christensen (center), public engagement manager with Apex Clean Energy, engages with the public during a wind energy moratorium discussion item that was part of the Tama County Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, May 9, in Toledo. –Photo by Ruby F. Bodeker
What had been shaping up to be a reliable discussion item for the Tama County Board of Supervisors every week – the continuing request by a local coalition for a wind moratorium – was anything but this past Monday in Toledo when a representative from the energy company Apex Clean Energy popped up in the audience.
In response to a question posed to the supervisors by a member of the public in regards to who owns one of the energy companies – Apex Clean Energy – currently developing an industrial wind energy project in the county,…