 Mighty River Power applied for resource consents for 131 turbines in 2008, and later applied to the Environment Minister for the project to be called in under the Resource Management Act.The call in process can result in faster processing of major projects, but in this case it coincided with the 2008 election and change of government.The Palmerston North City Council decided to continue with processing of the application, despite Mighty River Power's application for call-in.