Senator’s plea to speed conversion to new wind turbine lighting may threaten reform bill

Havana Republican Sen. Virgil Peck, right, requested a House committee speed mandatory retrofitting of blinking red lights on thousands of Kansas wind turbines with a less-annoying alternative aviation warning system, but advocates of the pending bill indicated the change could undermine efforts to pass reform legislation. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)
By Tim Carpenter KansasReflector.com TOPEKA — Rancher Lisa Moser can see from her porch the blinking aviation warning lights atop turbines on three wind farms…

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