A CHANCE FOR MAINERS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES ON A VERY IMPORTANT BILL WITH SEVERE CONSEQUENCES ON THE LANDSCAPE

THE BILL LD 1315 IS COMING BACK TO THE EUT COMMITTE FOR  A WORKING SESSION ON FEBRUARY 4 TH 

An Act To Amend Maine's Restructuring Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §3204, sub-§5,  as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §3204, sub-§6,  as enacted by PL 1997, c. 316, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

6.  Ownership of generation assets.   Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility may own, have a financial interest in or control generation or generation-related assets in the State if the utility or an affiliated interest applies for and receives approval from the commission prior to the time that the investor-owned transmission and distribution utility owns, obtains a financial interest in or controls the generation or generation-related assets. The commission may approve an application under this subsection if the applicant establishes that the ownership, financial interest in or control of the generation or generation-related asset is consistent with the interests of the utility's ratepayers. In granting approval under this subsection, the commission shall impose terms, conditions or requirements the commission determines are necessary to protect the interests of the utility's ratepayers.

SUMMARY

This bill allows an investor-owned transmission and distribution utility to own generation assets if the Public Utilities Commission determines that ownership is beneficial to the utility's ratepayers.

I sent my testimony BY EMAIL ON THIS BILL ,SEE POST : THE DOTS THAT THE MEDIA REFUSES TO CONNECT http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/the-dots-that-the-media...

I spoke to the EUT committee clerck Benjamin Fresh and asked him to resend my testimony to the EUT members prior to the working session, he said he would .

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BILL THAT WOULD GIVE TO THE OWNERS OF TRANSMISSION LINES THE RIGHT TO ALSO INSTALL GENERATION , A PARTICULAR DEMONIC TWIST IS THAT IT WOULD ALLOW IBERDROLA/AVANGRID TO SPREAD TURBINES ALL OVER MAINE WITH NOW JOHN BALDACCI AS VICE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMPANY. :

 

PLEASE IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SEND YOUR TESTIMONIES BY EMAIL TO THE EUT COMMITTEE MEMBERS . 

Cc: "Frech, Benjamin" a href="mailto:Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov>, "Mason, Garrett" a href="mailto:garrett.mason@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">garrett.mason@legislature.maine.gov>, "Johanson, Diane" a href="mailto:Diane.Johanson@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Diane.Johanson@legislature.maine.gov>, "Lynch, Rebekah" a href="mailto:Rebekah.Lynch@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Rebekah.Lynch@legislature.maine.gov>, "Sirocki, Heather" a href="mailto:Heather.Sirocki@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Heather.Sirocki@legislature.maine.gov>, "Reiner, Clarke" a href="mailto:Clarke.Reiner@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Clarke.Reiner@legislature.maine.gov>, "Black, Russell" a href="mailto:Russell.Black@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Russell.Black@legislature.maine.gov>, "Lorrain, Ryan" a href="mailto:Ryan.Lorrain@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Ryan.Lorrain@legislature.maine.gov>, "Higgins, Norman" a href="mailto:Norman.Higgins@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Norman.Higgins@legislature.maine.gov>, "Knorr, David" a href="mailto:David.Knorr@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">David.Knorr@legislature.maine.gov>, "OConnor, Beth" a href="mailto:Beth.O'Connor@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Beth.O'Connor@legislature.maine.gov>, "Willette, Melissa" a href="mailto:Melissa.Willette@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Melissa.Willette@legislature.maine.gov>
Subject: LD 1315 (EUT) - Work Session Scheduled
Reply-To: "Frech, Benjamin" a href="mailto:Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov" target="_blank">Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov>

for the mountains

Monique 

 

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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on February 1, 2016 at 12:39pm

Pat Caddell: We’re In A Pre-Revolutionary Moment, And Now Bigger

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/01/pat-caddell-were...

So much of the focus has been on the Presidential race. But we also need to focus at the more local levels including those in the Maine legislature. The crooked must go.

Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on February 1, 2016 at 10:14am

DONNA, THE WORKING SESSION IS FEBRUARY 4TH , I PM , COMMENTS IDEALLY SHOULD BE EMAILED BY THE  3RD.

WE NEED A LOT OF THEM .SEE MY ABOVE POST

Comment by Long Islander on February 1, 2016 at 10:06am

EUT contact info is here:

http://www.windtaskforce.org/page/eut-contact-information

UT Members' Regular Email Addresses - all in one place

dcwoodsome@gmail.com
garrettpaulmason@gmail.com
dawnhill@maine.rr.com
mndion@msn.com
rbbeavers@comcast.net
babbidge@roadrunner.com
rykersonforkittery@gmail.com
jdechant@me.com
martin.j.grohman@gmail.com
NATHANWADSWORTH@HOTMAIL.COM
LIBERTYMOM1@MSN.COM
NORMEHIGGINS@GMAIL.COM
SKIME2@ROADRUNNER.COM

EUT Members' Legislature Email Addresses - all in one place

david.woodsome@legislature.maine.gov
garrett.mason@legislature.maine.gov
dawn.hill@legislature.maine.gov
Mark.Dion@legislature.maine.gov
Bobbi.Beavers@legislature.maine.gov
Chris.Babbidge@legislature.maine.gov
Deane.Rykerson@legislature.maine.gov
Jennifer.DeChant@legislature.maine.gov
Martin.Grohman@legislature.maine.gov
Nathan.Wadsworth@legislature.maine.gov
Beth.O'Connor@legislature.maine.gov
Norman.Higgins@legislature.maine.gov
Larry.Dunphy@legislature.maine.gov
Comment by Donna Amrita Davidge on February 1, 2016 at 9:22am

thank you Monique- is there a way to make this an easier process for those of us time pressed? I will try to get to it- sifting through the addresses takes time! when is the deadline to get comments in?

Comment by Marshall Rosenthal on January 29, 2016 at 5:46pm

Perhaps it would be helpful to read Mike Bond's KILLING MAINE, and then swing into action as Monique requests. Mainers, you really have to stop Baldacci from stripping you and leaving you for dead.

U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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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