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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post READ THIS: Maine municipalities that have enacted wind ordinances
"Thanks for reposting, very important links."
7 hours ago
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post LIFE CHANGING: Lawmakers warn Aroostook residents a proposed wind farm will do more harm than good
"Vote the midterms!  Vote, vote, vote straight republican if you care about your grandkids future."
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post LIFE CHANGING: Lawmakers warn Aroostook residents a proposed wind farm will do more harm than good
"It's good to see the town organizing. Let's see how much money to buy them out will be offered."
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine "leaders" societal electrification and "renewable" BS is as recklessly stupid as it is arrogant
"The unintentional consequences of "Beneficial Electrification" or a blatant attempt to takeover CMP ? Now that Bartlett has left, perhaps he can be straight up with us. Which is it, Phil?"
Tuesday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Tanya Blanchard: The Northern Maine Transmission Route
"The PUC secretive process is very frustrating to landowners and electricity customers. "
Tuesday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post CMP shares northern Maine transmission route with legislators
"Is it just a coincidence that Chair Bartlett quit just last Friday? This project is led by ISO-NE in a desparate attempt to add generation to the New England grid and Barlett promoted it through his top management position in NESCOE, a group funded…"
Monday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Mass. Gov Healey asks feds to expedite review of proposed gas pipeline expansion in Mass.
"Here is the 2013 omnibus energy bill summary: 13 years ago, an attempt to increase natural gas utilization in low cost heating and electricity production got hacked by environmental groups and democrats to expand Efficiency Maine Trust to an annual…"
Oct 6
Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Aroostook wind project should spur new public power authority | Douglas Rooks
"King Charles’ Secret AI Summit: Globalist Royal Plots Tech Takeover Behind Closed Doors https://www.rvmnews.com/2026/09/king-charles-secret-ai-summit-globalist-royal-plots-tech-takeover-behind-closed-doors-watch/"
Sep 18
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Aroostook wind project should spur new public power authority | Douglas Rooks
"This is the same plot conjured up between Troy Jackson and Seth Berry. Use up Maine landscapes to extort the other states of New England with even higher priced wind and solar than it already is. They think this is a pot of gold for a Maine public…"
Sep 17
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post CMP is back with a huge power project and fresh political problems
"Better stock up on candles and kerosene lamps."
Sep 6
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Aroostook Wind - Will they actually be able to build this travesty and the transmission travesty it would need?
"Crossing the St Lawrence river last week I saw another huge wind installation being built on the Gaspe, which is one of the most beautiful peninsulas on the planet.  It was very discouraging, and makes me wonder when we're going to revert…"
Sep 6
Donna Amrita Davidge commented on Long Islander's blog post Aroostook Wind - Will they actually be able to build this travesty and the transmission travesty it would need?
"When will these stupid tragic manipulative destructive scams stop? Greed greed greed"
Sep 3
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Aroostook Wind - Will they actually be able to build this travesty and the transmission travesty it would need?
"FERC would have to be blind not to see how ridiculous this proposal is. Move intermittent wind power across the entire length of New England at a cost of several billions of dollars. Only someone as dumb as Troy Jackson could think up such a stupid…"
Sep 3
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post CMP is back with a huge power project and fresh political problems
"This is no more than a regulatory agency guessing what wholesale electricity prices will be up to 20 years down the road in a market controlled by Massachusetts and Connecticut. Since 2018, this regulatory agency has incurred a losing record for…"
Sep 1
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post After years of delays, commission advances northern Maine transmission and wind project
"It's actually very painful to read this.  The "players" will be enriched, the ratepayers will be fleeced and the environment will be degraded. Ad nauseam. "
Aug 27
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post After years of delays, commission advances northern Maine transmission and wind project
"I can now see why James LaBrecque is so adamant of putting engineers on the Commission. These three are buffons."
Aug 27

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Falmouth residents rally against proposed CMP transmission line upgrade

"The transmission upgrades will also allow for more growth in the region and enable more climate-friendly electrification of existing infrastructure, said the CMP spokesperson."



As state regulators review the proposed project, residents question whether it’s needed.

Posted October 9

Updated October 12

Sophie Burchell

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Posted on October 16, 2026 at 10:30am

READ THIS: Maine municipalities that have enacted wind ordinances

This is simply a duplicate of a post published on July 23, 2018, over eight years ago. The list is almost certainly not current. But I believe the basic facts are the same: Most importantly, WIND ORDINANCES WORK. But they must be done right and clearly, model ordinances that likely reflect any and all possible changes since 2018 likely exist. I would encourage anyone who is concerned to contact a few of the towns listed below to become armed. Please post any updated info or corrections in…

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Posted on October 15, 2026 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

LIFE CHANGING: Lawmakers warn Aroostook residents a proposed wind farm will do more harm than good

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli

10/14/26


Bangor Daily News
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Lawmakers warn Aroostook residents a proposed wind farm will do more harm than good



State and county lawmakers shared financial and environmental concerns about the proposed County Line wind farm with concerned Haynesville residents.



Maine Rep. Tracy Quint, R-Hodgdon, and Aroostook County…
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Posted on October 15, 2026 at 6:30am — 2 Comments

NRCM et al: Day One Agenda for Maine’s Next Governor to Rein In Energy Costs

EXCERPT:

"Promoting information symmetry in rate cases, so intervenors don’t have to fight protracted discovery battles just to get the financial data needed to challenge a utility’s rate hike"

Geez, just like the wind projects you relentlessly support NRCM. They're planned for years and the public only hears of the project at virtually only the last minute.

Got hypocrisy NRCM and friends?…

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Posted on October 15, 2026 at 6:00am

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At 9:10pm on June 17, 2015, Eskutassis said…

The arguments we have with those on the other side are really amazing.  I saw yours on the PPH article.  I posted one too.

At 11:13am on July 17, 2013, Peter Beckford said…

Yo Long Islander, can you do anything to give my blog post the widest audience, like emailing it on to everyone or something? Thanks a lot, Peter Beckford

We appreciate the steady diet of posts from you

At 8:03pm on July 14, 2012, Wind Scam said…
Wind Scam Artists strategies to destroy "America the Beautiful".
 
This is long, but it is worth scanning all of it. Be sure to download and search for your Reps. and Senators too. Don't forget to share with all.
This shows the backroom dealings of these wind scam artists and our politicians ramming this "Rip Off" unreliable and unproductive wind energy crap down our thro@@t.
 
Don't miss there campaign to save wind jobs that cost the American Taxpayer in excess of $8,000,000 each also, why because it come our of our wallets and purses.
Be sure to check out all their propaganda goals to destroy the Beautiful United States and make each of us pay for this destruction from "Fake Renewable Energy".
At 7:31am on February 29, 2012, Allen Barrette said…

Ok lets update Americas status first there are millions of abandoned homes from foreclosure, there is less electricity for lights,furnaces,etc. being used today  so we all can relax with the scare of congesting our grids. There is plenty of current being generated at the moment. So what steps do we take to rid our lands of the dinosaur turbines that this foreign company called first wind first and they are not from New England originally folks. The office in Boston is just a front to be what they thought was going to be action. Obama our fearless leader wants to keep this going,The wasteful spending, allowing the companies to change names as fast as the sun sets,how they do business,How they are awarded these funds I'll never understand because there is in my opinion no practical method in deciding who gets funding for these energy projects. I am disgusted at this administration, If you were working in my company I"d fire you for insubordination, you know your not suppose to use public money for your personal interests. It has to be personal because it surely is not a public interest  Shame on you ----- Got Vision           

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At 8:08pm on March 27, 2010, Mary Elen Marucci said…
HI, Ita a geodatabase I am building with two others as a project in intro GIS. Has to do with state and local ordinance rules affecting possible sites in a particular town. I enjoyed your picture gallery. Mary Ellen
At 10:52pm on March 14, 2010, Joanne Moore said…
Thanks for the link to the report. Geeze, these guys say just what industry pays them to say. Wow! The Name Norm Famous reminds me of one of the Lounge Lizards wannabe types. Very interesting to know he is the husband of Marcia Spenser-Famous. I had a sneaking suspicion he was. The name is unusual, if not famous. Heh. Another conflict of interest, ya think?
At 11:28am on January 24, 2010, Art Brigades said…
Investigative reporting.... We need to whip this beast a little better.

Interesting to read Tux Turkel's piece this morning. While his focus was narrowly on noise, and only at Vinalhaven, it surely helped puncture the huge bubble just a bit. More noteworthy than what he wrote was what he did not write.

How he could interview Hanna Pingree and NOT ask her why she withdrew her turbine noise bill is either abject stupidity or laziness. Legislators regularly rush to the statehouse with a new bill whenever a constituent says "there oughtta be a law..."

Could it be that he didn't ask the Speaker of the House (who can get anything she wants to a public hearing) why she doesn't think this is worthy of a bill, or why she isn't raising holy hell over getting a hearing???

It would be one thing if her district was Old Orchard Beach, but these are HER constituents who are under the bus!! Investigative reporting??? Please. One doesn't need to be a political veteran to know that the ties that bind among the Pingrees, Baldaccis, Adamses, and the wind mafia are very tight indeed. Turn a blind eye to a monumental calamity in your state, district, and town why? To repay political favors? Now that's a story that'll sell papers.

Turkel needs to pursue this angle. He also needs to expose the tragic economic realities of this trojan horse that has been wheeled into Maine.
 
 
 

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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