February 2012 Blog Posts (58)
BREAKING!!! Angus King may run for Olympia Snow's Senate seat.
Today's Sun Journal, Feb 29th. Might be a good place to comment?
Added by Joanne Moore on February 29, 2012 at 8:52pm — 2 Comments
oh yeah, another warrior never gives up.
Added by alice mckay barnett on February 29, 2012 at 9:02am — 4 Comments
Wind Industry Playbook: Statoil Stakeholder Analysis
Added by Long Islander on February 29, 2012 at 2:27am — No Comments
First Wind Denied Motion to File Exceptions by Maine PUC
STATE OF MAINE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Docket No. 2011-170
February 27, 2012
BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMPANY ORDER
and MAINE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Request for Exemptions and for
Reorganization Approvals
WELCH, Chairman; VAFIADES AND…
Added by Long Islander on February 29, 2012 at 1:54am — No Comments
FEN's "The Maine Woods" January 2012 Edition Devoted Entirely to Industrial Wind Power in Maine
2/29/12
The January 2012 edition of FEN's publication The Maine Woods is devoted to the issue of industrial wind power in Maine.…
Added by Long Islander on February 29, 2012 at 1:00am — 3 Comments
A Business Model of "Lie, Cheat and Corrupt"
For those of us who are new, a letter to the President you will likely find interesting. This is from a U.S. Democratic Representative in NY State.
Download here:
Massa_USRep_DNY__letter_to_Obama.pdf
We found it interesting. Governor Baldacci's Attorney General, Janet Mills, apparently didn't.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 28, 2012 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments
FIRST WIND & Emera - MPUC Special Deliberations scheduled for March 8, 2012
Added by Long Islander on February 28, 2012 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments
URGENT: Another Stake for the Vampire
Keep tax dollars out of wind development–defeat the Production Tax Credit
"...The PTC is nothing more than an earmark that lines the pockets of project owners and…
Added by Ellin Beltz on February 27, 2012 at 5:30pm — No Comments
Goodhue Wind Truth wins major victory.
Added by Rick Conrad on February 24, 2012 at 6:26pm — No Comments
UMPI website reports "annual maintenance" - for the first time.
As of February 24, The UMPI turbine website has something new to report - "annual maintenance" has revealed a need for some new parts, which have been ordered. Officials hope to have it working "in early March".
I will be at UMPI on Sunday and will report if the turbine is turning or not. But I won't hold my breath.
The same old 164,808 kWh of power production since mid-November is reported - there has been no update since Feb. 14th.
The turbine's third…
ContinueAdded by Harrison Roper on February 24, 2012 at 11:46am — 4 Comments
LURC to discuss public comments on changes to expedited wind development permitting
February 23, 2012 EXCLUSIVE: LURC to discuss public comments on changes to expedited wind development permitting |
Added by Long Islander on February 23, 2012 at 9:54am — No Comments
"Windfall" Being Screened at Environmental Leader Unity College
Provocative Film Windfall Examining Wind Power Debate to be Screened on February 28 at UCCPA
Added by Long Islander on February 22, 2012 at 3:28pm — 1 Comment
Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals - Citing Higher Costs
Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals
Two key legislators say businesses are worried about higher costs and that the 2017 state goal is unreachable.
By Dave Gram / The Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Two key state lawmakers said Tuesday that Vermont won't meet its goal of getting 20 percent of its…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 22, 2012 at 11:30am — 3 Comments
New Documentary Illustrates Global Backlash Against Big Wind
Reading this, it occurred to me that some of the "CO2 trumps all" mainstream environmental groups are so addicted to their "ties" with the wind industry that their repeated lying is just like that of a junkie who must have his fix. When the wind industry dies, who will they cozy up to next?
Someone just sent me the following which I believe totally applies to the tired…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 20, 2012 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments
Google Earth Windmill Simulator for Any Address on Earth
http://www.windpowerinplymouth.info/Wind_Power_in_Plymouth/Google_Earth_Simulation.html
Click GET STARTED >>
new window opens
It says "ENTER your address"
- type address in box
- "go" button shows google map,
- THEN press "click here when address is correct"
A new window opens.
It next prompts you to…
Added by Ellin Beltz on February 20, 2012 at 3:46am — No Comments
The Environmental Implications of Offshore Wind Generation
Please check out the URL below.
2 Companies that are searching for “environmentally friendly” sources of energy should…
ContinueAdded by MaineHiker on February 19, 2012 at 6:32pm — No Comments
WINDFALL ( THE MOVIE ) IN ROCKLAND AT THE STRAND THEATER -SCHEDULE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 17, 2012 For Information, Contact: Liz Lovell Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841 Tel: (207) 594-0070 x5 Email: llovell@rocklandstrand.com…
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on February 19, 2012 at 6:15pm — No Comments
Learning from Others’ Mistakes
February 2012
Learning from Others’ Mistakes: What Europe’s Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies can Teach Texas
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2012-02-PP03-LearningFromOthersMistakes-ACEE-JosiahNeeley.pdf…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 19, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments
University of Maine Fails Wind Power Data Test
The $2 million University of Maine wind turbine experiment, the state's only wind experiment that actually measures electricity, continues to fail the data test, not to mention the viability test.
When this grossly wasteful and expensive experiment began, great promises were made by the University about openly sharing data on electricity production and how much in supposed cost savings (ha!) could be truthfully attributed to the turbine.
It's been about a YEAR…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 19, 2012 at 9:30am — 8 Comments
If you go to the MPUC website and click on the link to "Online filing...", then go to "virtual case file". When you get to the search function, type the case number, 2011170 and hit search. Then yo…
If you go to the MPUC website and click on the link to "Online filing...", then go to "virtual case file". When you get to the search function, type the case number, 2011170 and hit search. Then you can look at 34 pages or so of filings - several thousand pages. You can pick which briefs, motions, procedural orders, etc. that you want. The excerpts in a previous post were from the latest transcripts.
It sounds like First Wind just doesn't beleive that procedural rules…
ContinueAdded by Snowalker on February 19, 2012 at 9:25am — No Comments
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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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