Floyd County leaders are no longer willing to consider changing their horizon, for a company called Horizon Wind Energy. They will vote on a new ordinance in the near future.

Reported by WSLS TV Dec. 14-Horizon Wind Energy wants to put up more than a dozen wind turbines along Wills Ridge. A final draft of the ordinance was given to supervisors Tuesday afternoon. The measure would: 1) Prevent anything from being built on a “protected mountain ridge.� Defined as 2,000 feet or higher in elevation and also above 500 feet on an adjacent valley floor. 2) Nothing taller than 40 feet can be built 3) If any portion of privately owned real estate is on a “protected mountain ridge� A public hearing on the potential ridge line ordinance is scheduled for January 31st, but supervisors do not expect much if any opposition. Credit: By: Ken Heineck, WSLS 10, www2.wsls.com 13 December 2011