A seemingly very important Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee meeting, with potentially serious Wind implications is scheduled for Thursday, 1/14/16 according to the Portland Press Herald: "...a public hearing on a bill that would enable CMP and Emera to generate power..."

http://www.pressherald.com/2016/01/12/power-rates-on-the-line-as-cm...

According to the Maine Legislature calendar at http://legislature.maine.gov/calendar/#Calendar a one hour EUT Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Jan 14 from 1:00-2:00PM in the Cross Building, Room 211. Additionally a three hour EUT Worksession is scheduled in the same room from 2:00-5:00PM. All times are approximate.

Read more about transmission and wind by clicking HERE.

EUT Committee Members

Senator David Woodsome (R-York), Chair

Senator Garrett P. Mason (R-Androscoggin)

Senator Dawn Hill (D-York)

Representative Mark N. Dion (D-Portland), Chair

Representative Roberta B. Beavers (D-South Berwick)

Representative Christopher W. Babbidge (D-Kennebunk)

Representative Deane Rykerson (D-Kittery)

Representative Jennifer L. DeChant (D-Bath)

Representative Martin J. Grohman (D-Biddeford)

Representative Nathan J. Wadsworth (R-Hiram)*

Representative Beth A. O'Connor (R-Berwick)

Representative Norman E. Higgins (R-Dover-Foxcroft)

Representative Larry C. Dunphy (U-Embden)

*Ranking Minority Member


Committee Clerk: Ben Frech

Policy Analyst: Deirdre Schneider

Fiscal Analyst: James Robbins

Hearing Room: Room 211, Cross State Office Building - phone (207) 287-4143

Chairs' Office: Room 211A, Cross State Office Building

http://legislature.maine.gov/house/jt_com/eut.htm

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 12, 2016 at 4:29pm
The new generators probably would take the form of wind farms and large-scale solar arrays, and possibly natural-gas plants, based on government policies and market needs in New England. ....

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I think I will take a chance here and venture to say this attempt will be more Solar than Wind given last years sort of Anti-Wind attitude by this committee.


 

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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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