All Blog Posts Tagged 'maine' (11)

FAKE NEWS FROM AP: LePage energy adviser repeats tall tale about UMPI wind turbine

The zero-credibility media owe Mr. LaBrecque an apology and the people of Maine truthful coverage of an industry they've protected and promoted at the expense of everyone else.

By The Associated Press July 26, 2018

An informal energy adviser to Republican Gov. Paul LePage has repeated a tall tale about the wind turbine at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.

Refrigeration technician James…

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Added by Long Islander on July 27, 2018 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Did Maine Rep Janice Cooper Attempt to Besmirch Maine Citizens at LD 1810 Public Hearing?

On Friday, March 16, 2018 at the long awaited EUT public hearing on L.D. 1810, An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Expedited Permitting for Wind Energy Development, Chris O'Neil, on behalf of the citizen funded 501c3 nonprofit organization Friends of Maine's Mountains, gave verbal testimony which called for "repealing the Wind Act ten years and countless…

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Added by Long Islander on March 19, 2018 at 2:00pm — 14 Comments

Wind Power Zealot Diane Russell Loses Her Bid For Senate Seat Held By Termed Out Justin Alfond

Rep. Ben Chipman defeats Rep. Diane Russell and Dr. Charles Radis in a primary for the District 27 state Senate seat.

Through May 30, Russell had raised more than $89,700, compared to the nearly $13,000 raised by Chipman and the $12,700 raised by Radis. Russell spent heavily in the closing days, shelling out about $17,000 in the final week for direct mailers, palm cards and “persuasion calls and texts,” compared to the nearly $2,800 spent by…

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Added by Long Islander on June 17, 2016 at 8:29am — 16 Comments

What Every Maine Ratepayer Needs to Know

8/4/13

There's a problem with wind power in Maine

Inadequate transmission lines mean some power has to be kept off the grid. And ratepayers will likely bear the cost of future upgrades.

By Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.com

Staff Writer

Read the article here: …

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Added by Long Islander on September 29, 2012 at 7:30pm — 14 Comments

The lemmings hit the surf at Fed/state ocean wind meeting in Augusta 11/16/10. Notes & audio.

Listen to your government officials speaking November 16, 2010 at the second fed-state ocean energy task force meeting at the Statehouse, Augusta. click here for recordings or scroll down this page. For recordings of first task force meeting on September 14, 2010, Belfast, Click… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on November 17, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Hoping For Toehold, Wind Company Gets Toe Tag

From: http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2827788820101028

Wind farm owner and operator First Wind Holdings Inc canceled its IPO after cutting its expected price range by 24 percent and facing investor skepticism about its balance sheet and wind industry financing.…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on October 28, 2010 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Analysis of the Epidemiology and Related Evidence on Health Effects of Wind Turbines on Local Residents

Analysis of the Epidemiology and Related Evidence on Health Effects of Wind Turbines on Local Residents
July 3, 2010 by Carl V. Phillips, MPP PhD
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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on July 10, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Wilting at Windmills

Summertime, and the living is breezy --- NOT.



Just as the air conditioners are starting to crank up in earnest, the wind turbines stop turning. They hardly produce any electricity in the windier winter. And they produce almost zero electricity when Maine turns on its air conditioners. Brilliant, simply brilliant.

UMPI's $2 million (and counting) wind turbine experiment is clearly elucidating the gross failure of wind…

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Added by Long Islander on June 22, 2010 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

Barry Hobbins: We Know What's Good For You

Don't worry about the fact that ocean wind will be many times more expensive on your electric bills. Don't worry at all. It is for our own good according to Ocean Energy Task Force member and Utilities Committee Co-Chair Barry…

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Added by Long Islander on March 29, 2010 at 11:30am — 5 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

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(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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