Juliet Browne: Get to the local community leaders early on
“Any large scale development has groups that form to oppose them,” says Juliet Browne, attorney with Verrill Dana LLP. “Wind, in particular, has its own energized set of opponents. As a result, it is increasingly difficult to permit wind projects and other large scale developments.”
Browne has been practicing in the fields of energy and environmental law for more than 20 years and formerly served on the Governor’s Wind Power Task Force in Maine.
“For example, when looking to permit a First Wind project in Oakfield, Maine, the town was considering creating its own ordinance to regulate wind projects. First Wind and the town engaged in a series of public meetings. The town retained legal, engineering, and sound experts paid for by the developer, and there was a substantive dialogue on key issues including, most significantly, sound which had been a contentious issue.” At the conclusion of the process, the town adopted several recommendations that the developer voluntarily incorporated into its state application.
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Comment by Penny Gray on October 28, 2016 at 7:03pm
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Wind industry research has been bought and paid for by the wind industry to ensure substantively biased bullshit designed to brainwash and manipulate to their own benefit. Must've surprised the hell out of them to discover that Mainers had brains.
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Comment by Deborah Andrew on October 28, 2016 at 5:33pm
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One method is to follow the example of Renneselaer, NY and form a Wind Advisory Committee tasked with researching and advising Selectboard/Mayor ... and then it becomes a ballot on which town votes, and town government is informed and takes a position. This is how Renneselaer banned IWTs, as did Shelburne, MA.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on October 28, 2016 at 4:39pm
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It seems this Juliet Browne, is a common figure with most if not all of these wind projects. She keeps popping up for various aspects related to Wind in particular, whether it be for the transmission aspect or the Wind Farm or an anti Solar movement. I have often seen but not heard from her in committee hearings. BEWARE
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Comment by Jim Wiegand on October 28, 2016 at 4:17pm
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Jim Wiegand states........."Any large scale development has groups that form to oppose them because wind industry research has been designed not to disclose devastating wind turbine impacts."
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