Idaho Falls rep tries again for wind-farm moratorium

Rep. Erik Simpson, R-Idaho Falls, has brought back his proposal from last year for a moratorium on new wind farms; the new version, introduced this morning in the House Local Government Committee, would impose a two-year moratorium. Simpson’s bill last year proposed a moratorium until July 1, 2013; it never got out of the House State Affairs Committee. Some eastern Idaho residents have objected to a proliferation of new wind-power turbines there.