For opponents of a wind farm in Lincoln County to the now-cancelled federal Transmission Corridor to the on-going Cimarron Link transmission line project, they remain unsure whether Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is on their side.
It’s why they plan to hold on Tuesday their “Stop the Green” rally at the state capitol with speakers from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. As their rally information declared, it is “time to let Governor Stitt know we expect him to enact an Executive Order to stop the WIND TURBINES, SOLAR and other “GREEN ENERGY agendas from destroying Oklahoma.”
As for Gov. Stitt, he recently tweeted his stand.
“Oklahomans’ private property isn’t up for grabs. That’s why I shut down the federal transmission line—and my administration is holding the line to make sure Washington stays out of our property rights.”
He, attorney general Gentner Drummond and a handful of state legislators took credit last month for killing the federal Corridor line proposed by the Biden administration’s Energy Department.
But some of the opponents to the projects, including one landowner whose property is targeted by the Cimarron Link, suggested the timing of the Governor’s message was “interesting,” adding that perhaps Stitt was “trying to get out in front of something.” The landowner also suggested the Governor keeps using the word “federal” in terms of eminent domain, but not by a private company such as Invenergy, developer of the Cimarron Link and a firm that is planning the use of eminent domain.
