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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/bowers-wind-project-defeated

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Dan McKay posted blog posts
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Frank Haggerty commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Massachusetts Officials Knew Offshore Wind Would Double Electric Rates
" Modeling indicates large offshore turbines produce low-frequency vibrations that could technically overlap with baleen whale communications; empirical field measurements confirm these sounds degrade rapidly with distance.   Offshore wind…"
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Massachusetts Officials Knew Offshore Wind Would Double Electric Rates

First, the land-based wind fiasco;  .In January 2009, Massachusetts set a clean energy goal to install 2,000 megawatts of land-based wind power capacity by the year 2020, enough power for 800,000 homes. Today, most of those projects have been removed or failed.  The state never built more than 100 megawatts of onshore wind projects.  .Massachusetts officials and state…See More
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ISO-NE, A Case of Schizophrenia.

Sometimes, ISO-NE  decisions indicate a severe case of schizophrenia. Why would they propose a $2.2 billion dollar transmission line upgrade to allow a wind project to enter the New England Network when the wind project is not even in the ISO-NE territory. Shouldn't this project be delivering its energy to the Northern Maine Independent System Administered Network?  But what is really baffling is that ISO-NE has changed the way generators are paid to attract generation with attributes…See More
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Dan McKay's blog post ISO-NE has a Plan for Increased Demand and No Significant Future Reliable Supply. KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
"Shocker: Conservative Rep Ogles Loses GOP Primary to Challenger Charlie Hatcher who Was Backed By a ‘Renewable’ Energy PAC https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/shocker-conservative-rep-ogles-loses-gop-primary-challenger/"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Vineyard Wind Q2 Power Sales Check The Math
"Shocker: Conservative Rep Ogles Loses GOP Primary to Challenger Charlie Hatcher who Was Backed By a ‘Renewable’ Energy PAC https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/08/shocker-conservative-rep-ogles-loses-gop-primary-challenger/"
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Frank Haggerty commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Vineyard Wind Q2 Power Sales Check The Math
"Production = 800 MW x 8766 h/y x 0.40, capacity factor = 2,805,120 MWh/y or 701,280  MWh in 91 days   If FERC  said 323,600  MWh was fed to high voltage grid, i.e., sold to utilities, then a lot of the windmills were not working,…"
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Vineyard Wind Q2 Power Sales Check The Math

The 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind project can produce about 1,728,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity in 90 days if it runs at full power 24/7. Enough to power 400,000 homes. .The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent agency of the United States government, reports Vineyard Wind's power sales for Q2 2026 (April, May, and June). Over 90 days, Vineyard Wind…See More
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Tuesday
Penny Gray commented on Dan McKay's blog post The New CEO of ISO-NE Is Not Taking His Job Seriously.
"This is the time to build small modular reactors as fast as possible. Go, Trump!"
Monday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Yale survey indicates Mainers losing interest in climate change
"A. Lincoln said "You can fool all the people, some of the time, and you can fool some of the people, all of the time, but, you cannot fool all of the people, all of the time" Government, media, experts, environmental groups and people who…"
Aug 3
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Aug 2
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Little Known NGO, NESCOE Initializing a 2.2 Billion Dollar Transmission Project to Transfer Wind Energy From Aroostook County to the Southern End of New England

   Q. Are ISO-NE and NESCOE independent of each other?    A. The ISO acts as the billing and collection agent for the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) for recovery of amounts reflected in the annual NESCOE budget.   Q. Who pays for ISO-NE A. All ratepayers buying electricity who reside or do business within the ISO-NE territory pay. It is part of the T&D charge on bills. DIRECT TESTIMONY OF PHILIP L. BARTLETT II ( ISO New England Inc., Filing of Revised Tariff Sheet for…See More
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Massachusetts DPU 23-42 Offshore Wind Solicitation

The Massachusetts DPU 23-42 docket handles the massive 83C IV Offshore Wind Solicitation..Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (D.P.U. 23-42) docket to evaluate long-term clean energy procurements under Section 83C was opened May 31, 2023. .Documentation for Mass DPU 23-42 appears to be missing or difficult to find because the docket is locked in a cycle of…See More
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ISO-NE, A Case of Schizophrenia.

Posted by Dan McKay on August 7, 2026 at 7:13am

Vineyard Wind Q2 Power Sales Check The Math

Posted by Frank Haggerty on August 5, 2026 at 8:05am — 2 Comments

Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

Number%20Nine%20-%2010-22-15%20-%20Copy.pdf

NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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Wind Turbine Blade Slices Through Entire Car, Kills 2 in Grisly Accident…Continue

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Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

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    CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

     

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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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