Vt utility to start work in August on wind project

Two Vermont electric utilities are planning to start work in August on a $150 million wind power project on a Lowell ridgeline.

But opponents of the plan to erect 21, 400-foot windmills on Lowell Mountain are vowing to continue to fight it.

On Tuesday, the Vermont Public Service Board approved the plan for the Kingdom Community Wind project, a joint venture of Green Mountain Power and the Vermont Electric Cooperative. The turbines will generate enough electricity to power 20,000 households.