Wind energy advisory question added to ballots in Curry, Coos counties

OREGON COAST – Voters in Coos and Curry counties will have an extra question on their ballot this November.

Commissioners in both counties voted in favor of including an advisory question for voters on whether they should work to oppose the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s installation of two floating wind farms off the southern Oregon coast.

The first will be just over 60,000 acres, about 32 miles offshore near Coos Bay. The second is 18 miles off the coast of Brookings and will total over 130,000 acres.

Advisory questions are not legally binding, so regardless of the vote, it won’t stop the federal government from moving forward with the project.




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