Vermont Public Service Board adopts 35 dBA nighttime noise level for wind turbines.
The PSB just issued its new rule, which has been submitted to ICAR. See this section, excerpted from the rule, below. This is a huge victory for us!! They adopted the German nighttime standard of 35 dBA and the highest standard in Denmark for daytime of 42 dBA, plus a setback of 10x the total height which is what Poland requires and the Cape Cod Commission recommend. The wind industry just sustained a huge loss. This comes as a big surprise, and we will have to defend this through the public hearing process that remains to get this rule fully adopted. DECLARE VICTORY!!
Facilities with a plant capacity of greater than 150 kW. Operation of facilities with a plant capacity of greater than 150 kW shall not result in: (1) audible prominent discrete-frequency tones pursuant to the latest revision of ANSI S1.13 Annex A at a distance of 100 feet from the residences of non-participating landowners; and (2) sound pressure levels in excess of 42 dBA between the hours of 7 A.M. and 9 P.M. and 35 dBA between the hours of 9 P.M. and 7 A.M. at a distance of 100 feet from the residences of non-participating landowners. Each sound-producing element of such facilities shall be set back horizontally no less than ten (10) times the turbines’ height, as measured from base to the tip of a blade in the upright, vertical position, from the residences of non-participating landowners.
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Comment by Eric Rosenbloom on March 6, 2017 at 5:43pm
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This is from the proposed rule as filed last week with the Vermont Interagency Committee on
Administrative Rules, the first step of official rule making. Eventually there will be another round of public comment and then input from the legislature, so the fight is still on. It was sent to the distribution list of people involved with the Wind Generation Facility Sound Rulemaking that started last year. But it is indeed encouraging that the proposed rule was revised in this way after all the public testimony and comment (http://psb.vermont.gov/about-us/statutes-and-rules/proposed-rule-so...).
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Comment by Willem Post on March 4, 2017 at 10:09am
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Steve,
Please provide the source, ASAP.
The URL, so it can be confirmed by all
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What is the source for this? The draft rule of 1/20/17, eg, specified a 45dBA limit at night (7-7) and the alternative setback for only small turbines (≤150kW). http://psb.vermont.gov/sites/psbnew/files/doc_library/draft-rule-5....
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This is absolutely beautiful.
I have been advocating for 42 dB daytime and 35 dB nighttime noise standards, and 10 times turbine height setbacks for years. Read all about it in this article.
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-turbine-noise-adve...
It is important these noise standards include 5 dB annoyance penalties, to account of irregular pulsating noises, AS THEY DO IN DENMARK.
After 6 years of stonewalling with the connivance of ex-Governor Shumlin, the VT-PSB finally caved and did what was right for the people.
Putting America first and the American people first is a Trump mantra and campaign promise.
Annette Smith of Vermont has been the real, tireless, relentless hero in all this.
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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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