ERIC BRYANT, Office of the Public Advocate:

"...The rules broken by Petitioners and their counterparties to the pending transactions are not about missing a deadline or failing to three-hole punch data responses. They're rules of substance, integrity, and ethics."

Tony Buxton for Industrial Energy Consumer Group:

"...It makes this kind of proceeding into something other than a legal proceeding. And that's wrong. We realize there's a lot at stake for some people here, but…

http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2012-02-PP03-LearningFromOthersMistakes-ACEE-JosiahNeeley.pdf

"The toll makes the Pine Tree site in the Tehachapi Mountains among the deadliest in California's wind farm industry. Activists say birds' behavior should be studied before erecting more sites.…

Hello friends - The home page has a series of titles at the top where you can click and get various things - probably the most valuable is "CONTACT PUBLIC OFFICIALS".  It includes telephone numbers, e-mails, mail address etc. for the Governor, US Senators and Representatives, etc., including their local offices.  Many thanks to whoever prepared that list for us.  Harry Roper

Sunjournal Article / www.sunjournal.com

by Julie Webnau; Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO - The wind industry is predicting massive layoffs and stalled or abandoned projects after a deal to renew a tax credit for wind production failed Thursday in Washington.

The move is expected to have major ramifications in states such as Illinois, where 13,892 megawatts of wind projects-enough to power 3.3 million homes per year-wait to be…

Calls $27 billion wind subsidy “a waste of money that could be used for energy research or to reduce the debt”; says, “I’m ready to reduce the subsidies for ‘Big Oil’ as long as we reduce the subsidies for ‘Big Wind’”

It's official -- The PTC was omitted from the payroll tax bill!   

This was a major battle! And we won!

Citizens Task Force submitted 170 names and addresses to our email appeal over this past weekend.  We were part of a national effort that yielded over 2700 signers. Our collective effort to keep the pressure on Congress influenced this process.  

But the war continues. Today, Sen. Mike Bennett (D-CO) filed legislation to append a one-year extension of the PTC…

For Immediate Release

The Citizen’s Task Force on Wind Power (CTFWP) applauds the Environment and Natural Resources Committee for its “unanimous ought to pass” vote today on new regulations governing noise from wind…

Technology, not Politics: Meet LePage’s Energy Team

by Terrilyn Simpson

They’re self taught. They’ve traveled the world solving energy and engineering problems. They learned practical applications of complicated theories during World War II and studied at Harvard and Brown and Princeton. All Maine residents now, they…

February 14, 2012

The Penalties of Feel-Good Energy Policies

By Marita Noon

Because I make revisions to my articles as a result of comments, etc., I am listing the URL instead of the article.

You go to the URL and will see the latest version.

http://theenergycollective.com/willem-post/61309/lowell-mountain-wind-turbine-facility-vermont

http://www.milforddailynews.com/opinions/letters_to_the_editor/x1085186913/Durkin-State-green-energy-firms-success-questioned

Dept of Environmental Protection

Augusta, ME

This is my first ever blog post, actually more of a mass question to the group so bare with me.  One subject I can't seem to find info on is how could we go about getting the Pleasant and Mattawamkeag areas listed at a higher level of scenic value?  There must be a process and a list of locations somewhere.  I can't imagine that every place on the list is more scenic than certain spots on either lake or from land surrounding that will be impacted.  If we had the right arguement and maybe…

Showcased today at Real Clear Energy:

After calling and conferring with several road construction engineers,

I learned that to build a roadway that can carry the many tons of an industrial turbine takes quite a process. First you have to clear the area of trees and stumps etc. Next you must dig down until you have reached the “sub grade” level. To that you add up to 14 inches of 4inch crushed rock and compact it. The topping of the road is 1 to 2 inches or so of 1.5…

Woodstock Site Plan Review

Page 15 , Number  18

Noise: the proposed development shall not raise noise levels to the extent that abutting and/or nearby residents are adversely affect.

A)    The maximum permissible sound pressure level of any continuous, regular or frequent or an intermittent source of sound produced by any activity shall be limited by the time period and land use which it abuts listed below. Sound levels shall be measured at 4…

Mattawamkeag Lake - slated to be maimed with a useless and out of scale wind factory

Island Falls Snowmobile Club Windfall Screening - Friday March 30 at 6:30PM - A PDF of all currently scheduled Maine screenings can be downloaded here:…

How bad is it?