Schoppa here again. Quickly, I forgot to mention one very important thing.
And, thanks to Burgermeister above, you absolutely should question everything this company does. First, they require Confidentiality Agreement because they do not want news of their presence in an area known. Why do you think that is?
Ok, two things. But this was really the first thing. We have been in contact with an attorney who is representing some folks out in Abeline dealing with this same company (SAME energy company mind you) and he has been at this for almost a year out there. So, he has at least a year on the learning curve in dealing with this specific company. This attorney tells us that there is no "indemnification clause" (I may have misspelled that) in the lease agreements. That's right. If a landowner, in this case who has no windmills, files a suit against an INDIVIDUAL LAND OWNER, in this case who has windmills, and can, of course, PROVE damages in court, the energy company will NOT "indemnify" the individual land owner.
In other words, the individual land owner who chooses to place windmills on his property and causes PROVABLE damage to another may be sued INDIVIDUALLY and has NO recourse to the energy company.
I find that both interesting AND astonishing.
All I can say about that is ----
OOoopps!!!! There goes about 20 years of my income from my windmills......
Darn the luck....
That is straight from the attorney who has been dealing with this specific company for about a year. He sent me a copy of the actual lease agreement and I have it in my office.
Thanks again folks.
Poor Old Jack Schoppa
