April 25 & 26

 

If there ever was a chance to tell our stories in Augusta it will be these two days, when several of our bills will have their public hearings.  

 

The hearings are at 9:30 Monday (probably lasting all day) and 1:00 Tuesday.  More details will follow.
Meantime, below are links to the bills if anyone wants to start crafting testimony.  
Thank you.
Public Hearings
HP 542, LD 711 An Act To Regulate Noise from Wind Turbines in Residential Developments Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
SP 269, LD 865 An Act To Require the Department of Environmental Protection To Enforce Standards for Smaller-scale Wind Energy Development in Organized Areas Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
HP 776, LD 1042 An Act To Preserve and Protect Citizens' Property Rights and Values Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
HP 925, LD 1234 An Act To Restore the Uniform Visual Permitting Standard for Wind Power Projects Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
HP 927, LD 1236 An Act To Amend the Legislative Findings in the Maine Wind Energy Act Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
HP 1001, LD 1362 An Act To Ensure Accurate Valuation of a Community Benefits Package for Communities That Host Wind Energy Developments Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building
HP 1037, LD 1411 An Act To Facilitate Transparency and Accountability while Reducing Electricity Costs Apr 25, 2011, 10:00a Room 211 Cross Building

HP 855, LD 1157




HP 395, LD 502


An Act To Protect Property Tax Revenue in the Unorganized Territory


An Act To Place a Moratorium on Expedited Permitting of Grid-scale Wind Energy Development

Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p
 

Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p


Room 127 State House


Room 211 Cross Building
HP 769, LD 1035 Resolve, To Establish Baseline Information on Health Impacts from Grid-scale Wind Energy Development Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p Room 211 Cross Building
HP 868, LD 1170 An Act To Establish a Code of Ethics for Individuals Involved in Grid-scale Wind Energy Development Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p Room 211 Cross Building
HP 946, LD 1291 Resolve, To Promote Community Wind Energy Development Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p Room 211 Cross Building
HP 1005, LD 1366 An Act To Update the Maine Wind Energy Act Apr 26, 2011, 1:00p Room 211 Cross Building

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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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