Advice to other towns from Clifton: "Slam the door on these wind projects"

Wind project a heated issue at Clifton town meeting

Posted March 16, 2013, at 6:31 p.m.

 

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Comment by Hart Daley on March 16, 2013 at 11:46pm

Michael McCann Literature Review

Summary: Wind Turbine – Property Value Impact Studies

Independent Studies

Author

Type

Year

Location

Method

Distance

Impact %

Lansink Appraiser

2012

Ontario

Resale(1) < 2 miles (39%) Avg. 23%-59%
Sunak Academic RWTH Aachen University

2012

Rheine & Neuenkirchen

Geographic Weighted Regression (2) 2 Km (25%)
Heintzelman Tuttle Academic Clarkson University

2011

Upstate NY

Regression Resale & Census Block 1/10 to 3 miles Varies to > (45%)
McCann Appraiser

2009 -2012

Illinois, (3) MI, MA, WI

Paired Sales & resale < 2 miles (25%) 20% – 40%
Gardner Appraiser

2009

Texas

Paired Sales 1.8 miles (25%)
Kielisch Appraiser

2009

Wisconsin (4)

Regression & Survey Visible vs. not visible (30-40%)(24-39%)
Luxemburger Broker

2007

Ontario

Paired Sales 3 NM (15%) $48,000
Lincoln Twp. Committee(5)

2000-2002

Wisconsin

AV ratio 104% v. 76% 1 mile (24%)

Wind Industry-Funded Studies

Canning & Simmons Appraisers (CANWEA)

2010

Ontario

Regression Paired Sales Viewshed(6) (7%-13%) (9%)
Hinman AcademicISU ‐ REP Student thesis

2010

Illinois

Pooled Regression Realtor survey 3 miles1/2 mile No SS (11.8%) (7)
Hoen USDOE-funded LBNL

2009

9 states

Pooled regression 5 miles 3k ft – 1 mile Increases (5.6%) (8)
(Adapted from “Wind Projects & Land Value” by Michael S. McCann, CRA, McCann Appraisal, LLC. Chicago, Illinois © 2012. Used with permission.)
Comment by Brad Blake on March 16, 2013 at 11:06pm

he Pisgah Mt. LLC just wants to be pigs at the subsidy trough. Don't think for a minute this is about generating electricity. This project will underperform at less than 25% of its design capacity just like all the other wind projects in Maine:http://www.windtaskforce.org/p... These thieves are investing in a taxpayer scam and ruining Clifton and the scenic values of the region. These projects always cause rifts, hard feelings, and loss of property values in every community the wind scammers target.

 

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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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