When NextEra Canada starts its 10-turbine wind farm project near Arthur, it will have to pay all the fees required to the township.
Councillors received an idea of those fees at their May 22 council meeting when they saw a draft agreement for the turbine installation.
NextEra must obtain all permits from government agencies, plus pay all fees and charges. The company plans to build 10 wind turbines with nine of them having an output of 2.3 megawatts and the tenth at 2.22mW.
Chief administrative officer Patty Sinnamon presented the draft agreement to council with the following fees proposed:
– one-time development and administrative fee of $5,000 per turbine;
– building permit fee of $72,600, based on $10 per $1,000 of construction value, and $2,255 for the transformer substation, for a total of $74,855;
– development charges of $4,597 per turbine for the township and $5,517 for Wellington County’s development fees;
– entrance permits at $225 per entrance and $1,000 deposit per entrance at the anticipated five entrances, for a total of $1,250 and $5,000 deposits;
– legal costs and disbursements not to exceed $10,000 associated with the preparation and review of any and all agreements between the township and the company.
