Long Islander's Blog – May 2014 Archive (26)

Grant Failure Casts Doubt on Future of Maine Offshore Wind Project

BREAKING NEWS: Feds give Chinese-backed firm $47 million to build wind farm N.J. doesn't want

So much for the will of the states. You really have to wonder what is going on behind the scenes in 2014 Washington, D.C. At least the money doesn't befoul the Gulf of…

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Added by Long Islander on May 7, 2014 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

The Real Wind Story Will Come Out One Day

The real story will come out one day.
MAY 6, 2014

Public advocate changes…

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Added by Long Islander on May 6, 2014 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

We Have Made Investments Too!

Letter: We’re invested in New Hampshire, too

Several times since the proposed Wild Meadows industrial wind turbine complex in Danbury and Alexandria was first revealed to our unsuspecting towns, I’ve written to Gov. Maggie Hassan. Each time I get a version of a form letter in response.…

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Added by Long Islander on May 6, 2014 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

May the Wind Be At Our Backs - And On The Racks

I haven't yet gotten my hands on a hard copy and it's not yet online, but hope to read this soon. The Bollard's physical edition is circulated primarily in southern Maine.

http://thebollard.com/masthead-contact-info/…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2014 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

PPH: Maine board sets stage for rejection of First Wind project

Posted: May 1, 2014

Updated: Today at 12:45 AM
 

Maine board sets stage for rejection of $100 million wind project

The Bowers Wind Project would have an adverse impact on Downeast’s scenic lakes and the people who use them, members say.

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2014 at 7:00pm — 28 Comments

NEWS FLASH: Legislature Sustains Gov's Veto of Justin Alfond's Wind Lobby Bill

In an extraordinarily well deserved rebuke to Senate President Justin Alfond, his fellow legislators supported Governor LePage's killing of Alfond's special interest bill which was shamelessly written by and for the wind industry at the expense of citizens.

The vote was along party lines. Kudos to the Republicans and shame on the Dems and Dick…

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2014 at 7:30am — 7 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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