Maine is at stake: Turn on your speakers today at 1:00PM - Very Important Wind Bill

This is a very important bill for us. If you cannot attend in person, please tune in at 1:00PM today. (5/5/15).

Tune-in Alert: Public Hearing at EUT Today (May 5, 2016) at 1:00PM  - Very Important Bil

Listen live on the Web 

After clicking the link below, turn up your speakers and use the audio buttons immediately to the right of the words "Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee Room (EUT)".

http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Audio/211

Descriptions of the three audio buttons are as follows:

If they start late or take a break, there will be dead air.

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Cross Building, Room 211

Public Hearing at 1:00 PM for about 4 hours
HP0904, LD 1329 An Act To Maximize the Benefits of Renewable Energy in Maine
HP0923, LD 1355 An Act To Improve Residential Renewable Energy Use
SP0495, LD 1362 An Act Concerning Membership on the Board of Directors of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority

LD 1329: 

- Prioritizes firm capacity electric generation over lower quality resources.

- Maintains renewables as a priority, but emphasizes higher quality renewables, regardless of where the electricity is generated.

- Removes from Legislative Findings some inaccurate and misguided language that gave favor to wind energy.

- Repeals the law that made wind energy a permitted use

- Removes from statute future goals for wind energy buildup

- Requires wind project applicants to fund thorough review

- Removes assumptions of benefits from wind energy

- Improves the community benefit requirements

- Improves the decommissioning requirements

For detailed information, please see:

http://files.ctctcdn.com/fe02db8f001/d8288dcf-473c-40b6-af66-acb499...

and

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0904...

Contact Information: Committee On Energy, Utilities and Technology

Members & Staff
 Senator David Woodsome of York, Chair
R, Senate District 33
1156 Sokokis Trail
Waterboro, ME 04061
Phone: , e-mail: David.Woodsome@legislature.maine.gov
 Senator Dawn Hill of York
D, Senate District 35
PO Box 701
Cape Neddick, ME 03902
Phone: 207-337-3689, e-mail: Dawn.Hill@legislature.maine.gov
 Senator Garrett Mason of Androscoggin
R, Senate District 22
PO Box 395
Lisbon Falls, ME 04252
Phone: 207-577-1521, e-mail: Garrett.Mason@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Mark Dion of Portland, Chair
D, House District 43
45 Allison Avenue
PORTLAND, ME 04103
Phone: 207-797-6341, e-mail: Mark.Dion@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Christopher Babbidge of Kennebunk
D, House District 8
84 Stratford Place
Kennebunk, ME 04043
Phone: 207-985-3332, e-mail: Chris.Babbidge@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Roberta Beavers of South Berwick
D, House District 2
72 Woodland Hills
SOUTH BERWICK, ME 03908
Phone: 603-781-9529, e-mail: Bobbi.Beavers@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Jennifer DeChant of Bath
D, House District 52
1008 Middle Street
Bath, ME 04530
Phone: , e-mail: Jennifer.DeChant@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Larry Dunphy of Embden
R, House District 118
PO Box 331
NORTH ANSON, ME 04958
Phone: 207-635-2831, e-mail: Larry.Dunphy@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Martin Grohman of Biddeford
D, House District 12
9 Lisa Lane
Biddeford, ME 04005
Phone: , e-mail: Martin.Grohman@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Norman Higgins of Dover-Foxcroft
R, House District 120
PO Box 594
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
Phone: , e-mail: Norman.Higgins@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Beth O'Connor of Berwick
R, House District 5
92 Sullivan Street
BERWICK, ME 03901
Phone: 207-698-7899, e-mail: Beth.O'Connor@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Deane Rykerson of Kittery
D, House District 1
1 Salt Marsh Lane
Kittery Point, ME 03905
Phone: , e-mail: Deane.Rykerson@legislature.maine.gov
 Representative Nathan Wadsworth of Hiram
R, House District 70
PO Box 321
Cornish, ME 04020
Phone: , e-mail: Nathan.Wadsworth@legislature.maine.gov
 Benjamin Frech, Committee Clerk
Legislative Information Office
100 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 287-4143, e-mail: Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov
 Deirdre Schneider, OPLA Analyst
Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
13 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 287-1670, e-mail: Deirdre.Schneider@legislature.maine.gov

MORE EMAIL ADDRESSES

Beth O'Connor LIBERTYMOM1@MSN.COM
Christopher Babbidge babbidge@roadrunner.com
David Woodsome dcwoodsome@gmail.com
Dawn Hill dawnhill@maine.rr.com
Deane Rykerson rykersonforkittery@gmail.com
Garrett Mason garrettpaulmason@gmail.com
Jennifer DeChant jdechant@me.com
Larry Dunphy SKIME2@ROADRUNNER.COM
Mark Dion mndion@msn.com
Martin Grohman martin.j.grohman@gmail.com
Nathan Wadsworth NATHANWADSWORTH@HOTMAIL.COM
Norman Higgins NORMEHIGGINS@GMAIL.COM
Roberta Beavers rbbeavers@comcast.net

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Comment by Penny Gray on May 5, 2015 at 2:00pm

Larry Dunphy's loaded for bear!

Comment by Long Islander on May 5, 2015 at 1:24pm

It just went on (1:22PM)

Comment by Penny Gray on May 5, 2015 at 1:19pm

Can't get the audio no matter what I do.

 

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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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