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A federal subsidy will shore up NaturEner in its efforts to pick up production on a 189 mega watt wind farm planned for the Shelby area. In order to qualify for the federal subsidy the company had to split the Rim Rock project into two phases.  The first phase, which is expected to be complete by the end of the year, will finish 126 wind turbines for a total of 189 megawatts of power. The project could eventually produce as much as 309 mega watts of energy. As many as 300 workers are expected to be on site by the summer. The energy that is produced will be transmitted on the Montana Alberta Tie Line.