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Only the Hardin County portion of the proposed $350 million Scioto Ridge Wind Farm project will move forward, after Logan County commissioners rejected a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) plan for the wind farm, The Lima News reports. The original 105 turbines will now be reduced to the 87 planned for Hardin County, as “Hardin Wind, a subsidiary of EverPower Wind Holdings Inc. based in Pittsburgh, Pa., has chosen to forego the Logan County portion of the project due to the rejection,” according to the article. Logan County commissioners listed several reasons for the rejection in the resolution they passed, including a public meeting at which approximately 40 citizens “spoke against the project with only the wind developer speaking in favor,” and questions about the application not listing the number of jobs or the amount of tax revenue the project would bring. The commissioners also “spelled out their disappointment with some reactions from the public who were in opposition of the project.” Electricity from the Hardin County turbines will be sold on the open market; EverPower estimated “the project will generate up to $37 million over the 25-year life of the project” for the county and local school districts.