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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post CMP gets $425 million for Northern Maine power corridor contingent on state contract to build transmission
"Is Avangrid the only bidder? This project, even though it will have major effects on current land use and the price Maine people will pay for electricity has been so secretive. There is no need for the blindsiding maneuvers the federal, state and…"
Oct 4
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them
"Avangrid Awarded $425M Federal Capacity Contract for Maine Transmission Project Capacity contract granted through the Transmission Facilitation Program by the U.S. Department of Energy Grid Deployment Office Award represents one of the largest…"
Oct 4
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them
"Is this "capacity contract" available to Avangrid exclusively and before selection of the winning bidder by the PUC?  I am not aware of the PUC having selected anyone yet."
Oct 4
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them
"The highly subsidized evil doing subsidy suckers are planning to connect 1000 MW of wind turbines to this line The maximum output during strong winds will be 850 MW, and about 50 MW during wind lulls which may last 3 to 7 days. Remember, all these…"
Oct 4
Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Long Islander's blog post Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them
"Fight, fight, fight."
Oct 3
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them
"This project is not in the public interest, will require permits from PUC, DEP, FERC, ISO-NE, the Maine Legislature and the Army Corp of Engineers.  This gives more reason to vote for Trump so he can put an end to this stupid project."
Oct 3
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post New solar development rules show tensions in Maine climate goals
"Farmers, fishermen, ratepayers and alert citizens are all coming out against experimental wind and solar. When will the politicians wake up to the scam? "
Oct 3
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post New solar development rules show tensions in Maine climate goals
"No farms, no food.  we can't eat solar panels."
Oct 2
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"World's first floating wind farm Hywind Scotland faces shutdown for 'heavy maintenance' Norway's Equinor confirms component changes needed on all five Siemens Gamesa 6MW machines operating since 2017 . One of five 6MW Siemens…"
Oct 1
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"UK 50 MW Kincardine floating wind system was placed in service on October 2021 It produced 144 GWh in 2023 It was predicted to produce 200 GWh CF = 144000/(8766 x 50) = 0.329, a far cry from 0.457 predicted by proponents Located 15 km off the…"
Oct 1
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"US shoppers start to 'stock up' on essentials as port strikes pressure prices to go 'higher than ever https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/us-shoppers-start-stock-up-essentials-port-strikes-pressure-prices-go-higher-than-ever"
Oct 1
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"Unaffordable Wind, Solar, Battery Fiasco Will Impoverish New England for Many Decades https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/unaffordable-wind-solar-battery-fiasco-will-impoverish-new By Willem Post, Energy Systems Analyst Floating Offshore…"
Oct 1
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"Whenever people fear or trust government, tyranny rules. Maine citizens are fed up with this nonsense that continuously hikes energy bills and the government reply is to watch your electric meter and curb your usage accordingly. Climate Alarm, The…"
Oct 1
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement
"David, Installed capacity, MW, has a generating capacity of about 0.50, annual average. 3000 MW installed, gives 1500 MW of generation, annual average. But floaters are new technology with very long blades, that are known to fail often, so 0.50 is…"
Sep 30
arthur qwenk commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine manufacturers push back against rising electricity bills tied to renewable power incentives
"This is nothing less than a State and Federal Fraud . A subsidized "Renewable Green" scam; an illegal taking from certain businesses ,that is all it can be called. Mainers should be responding to the PUC and this Idiot Governor with…"
Sep 9
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine manufacturers push back against rising electricity bills tied to renewable power incentives
"Contact your legislator and demand regulations that places the subsidizing of net energy billing exclusively and entirely on everyone voting for democrats."
Sep 9

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Maine Public - a bit of a shill for offshore wind it seems

We hopped on a boat off Massachusetts to see what Maine’s offshore wind future could look like

Maine Public | By Molly Enking, Peter McGuire

Published October 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM EDT

Maine Public’s climate desk, along with colleagues from the New England News…

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Posted on October 10, 2024 at 3:24pm

NEFSA Petition Urging Janet Mills to Halt Development of Offshore Wind in Gulf of Maine Receives Over 2,500 Signatures

By Libby Palanza

October 9, 2024

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) will be sending Gov. Janet Mills a petition with over 2,500 signatures urging her to halt the development of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Maine, according to a source close to the matter.

NEFSA is a bipartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to helping save the region’s commercial…

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Posted on October 10, 2024 at 11:30am

CMP gets $425 million for Northern Maine power corridor contingent on state contract to build transmission

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published October 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM EDT

Central Maine Power’s parent company is in line to receive nearly half a billion dollars from the federal government to build a 111-mile power line in Northern Maine.

The U.S. Department of Energy award is contingent on Avangrid…

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Posted on October 4, 2024 at 11:53am — 1 Comment

Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them

I guess it's not enough to receive the PTC (Production Tax Credit), REC's and other government welfare for an essentially useless wind project. Just to make it all the more profitable for the wind developers, almost half a billion dollars of federal backing (your tax dollars) will be thrown in by the federal government to build the transmission. That's the same federal government that wonders why the national debt is forecast to reach …

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Posted on October 4, 2024 at 11:52am — 5 Comments

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At 9:10pm on June 17, 2015, Eskutassis said…

The arguments we have with those on the other side are really amazing.  I saw yours on the PPH article.  I posted one too.

At 11:13am on July 17, 2013, Peter Beckford said…

Yo Long Islander, can you do anything to give my blog post the widest audience, like emailing it on to everyone or something? Thanks a lot, Peter Beckford

We appreciate the steady diet of posts from you

At 8:03pm on July 14, 2012, Wind Scam said…
Wind Scam Artists strategies to destroy "America the Beautiful".
 
This is long, but it is worth scanning all of it. Be sure to download and search for your Reps. and Senators too. Don't forget to share with all.
This shows the backroom dealings of these wind scam artists and our politicians ramming this "Rip Off" unreliable and unproductive wind energy crap down our thro@@t.
 
Don't miss there campaign to save wind jobs that cost the American Taxpayer in excess of $8,000,000 each also, why because it come our of our wallets and purses.
Be sure to check out all their propaganda goals to destroy the Beautiful United States and make each of us pay for this destruction from "Fake Renewable Energy".
At 7:31am on February 29, 2012, Allen Barrette said…

Ok lets update Americas status first there are millions of abandoned homes from foreclosure, there is less electricity for lights,furnaces,etc. being used today  so we all can relax with the scare of congesting our grids. There is plenty of current being generated at the moment. So what steps do we take to rid our lands of the dinosaur turbines that this foreign company called first wind first and they are not from New England originally folks. The office in Boston is just a front to be what they thought was going to be action. Obama our fearless leader wants to keep this going,The wasteful spending, allowing the companies to change names as fast as the sun sets,how they do business,How they are awarded these funds I'll never understand because there is in my opinion no practical method in deciding who gets funding for these energy projects. I am disgusted at this administration, If you were working in my company I"d fire you for insubordination, you know your not suppose to use public money for your personal interests. It has to be personal because it surely is not a public interest  Shame on you ----- Got Vision           

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At 8:08pm on March 27, 2010, Mary Elen Marucci said…
HI, Ita a geodatabase I am building with two others as a project in intro GIS. Has to do with state and local ordinance rules affecting possible sites in a particular town. I enjoyed your picture gallery. Mary Ellen
At 10:52pm on March 14, 2010, Joanne Moore said…
Thanks for the link to the report. Geeze, these guys say just what industry pays them to say. Wow! The Name Norm Famous reminds me of one of the Lounge Lizards wannabe types. Very interesting to know he is the husband of Marcia Spenser-Famous. I had a sneaking suspicion he was. The name is unusual, if not famous. Heh. Another conflict of interest, ya think?
At 11:28am on January 24, 2010, Art Brigades said…
Investigative reporting.... We need to whip this beast a little better.

Interesting to read Tux Turkel's piece this morning. While his focus was narrowly on noise, and only at Vinalhaven, it surely helped puncture the huge bubble just a bit. More noteworthy than what he wrote was what he did not write.

How he could interview Hanna Pingree and NOT ask her why she withdrew her turbine noise bill is either abject stupidity or laziness. Legislators regularly rush to the statehouse with a new bill whenever a constituent says "there oughtta be a law..."

Could it be that he didn't ask the Speaker of the House (who can get anything she wants to a public hearing) why she doesn't think this is worthy of a bill, or why she isn't raising holy hell over getting a hearing???

It would be one thing if her district was Old Orchard Beach, but these are HER constituents who are under the bus!! Investigative reporting??? Please. One doesn't need to be a political veteran to know that the ties that bind among the Pingrees, Baldaccis, Adamses, and the wind mafia are very tight indeed. Turn a blind eye to a monumental calamity in your state, district, and town why? To repay political favors? Now that's a story that'll sell papers.

Turkel needs to pursue this angle. He also needs to expose the tragic economic realities of this trojan horse that has been wheeled into Maine.
 
 
 

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

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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