Wind Energy Company Pleads Guilty To Killing 150 Eagles

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ESI Energy pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution.

BILLINGS, Mont. — A wind energy company was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act during a Tuesday court appearance in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It was charged in the deaths of eagles at three of its wind farms in Wyoming and New Mexico.

 

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