Wind Energy's Impact on Land Value: An interview with Rod Wetsel
(Originally produced for Texas Rural Land News & Review which merged with The Texana Review in March 2008)
Rod Wetsel is a wind lawyer. He could be considered to be one of the pre-eminent wind lawyers in Texas, if not the United States.
Born in Sweetwater, Texas as a third generation Texan to a ranching family, Mr. Wetsel schooled in Sweetwater before attending the University of Texas where he took a Bachelor of Arts degree in history before going on to take a law degree from UT’s Law School.
He returned to Sweetwater to practice trial law but soon found himself representing landowners in oil and gas matters.
In 1999, wind energy quietly peeked over the horizon and Mr. Wetsel was retained to investigate the ins and outs of wind development for a long-time ranching friend near Sweetwater.
Today the Sweetwater area is home to two of the world’s largest wind farms.
I thought if anyone could offer an opinion on wind energy’s impact on land value, it was Rod Wetsel.
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