March 2015 Blog Posts (71)

While you may not have the time to read this latest piece of pro-wind propaganda, please download the file for your future reference and browse through the table of contents.

http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/WindVision_Report_final.pdf

This underscores the need for the…

Click on the following link to read FMM's testimony in favor of LD 132, An Act to Remove the 100 Megawatt Limit on Hydropower under the Renewable Resources Laws.

FMM%20Testimony%20on%20LD%20132.doc

The EUT Committee's work session covering this bill is Wednesday, Mar 25, 2015 from 1PM-5PM.…

Here's a map (date unknown) showing Maine's officially designated SCENIC byways. Under the Wind Energy Act as it now stands, only the turnouts/parking lots on these byways are considered "scenic resources". The length of road that is legally designated SCENIC carries absolutely no weight when considering industrial wind project applications. The wind industry and their cronies thought of everything when they drafted the WEA!

One might ask if the legislature was aware of this when they…

On March 19th, the 127th Legislative EUT Committee held a hearing on LD 132 - Removal of 100Mw limit on Hydropower under the Renewable Energy Laws. The information contained within this video aids in clarification into how Green Energy in Maine is determined, how REC's are valued, traded and adds to ratepayer costs in the Green Energy market.  It also shows how an unfair advantage is given to a particular methodology of energy production in…

    The State wants to make over the electric generating industry just 10 years from the last make-over and their reasoning is so the state will  be in a jobs available market.

LePage Seeks to Remove Cap on Maine Hydropower

The cap was put in place several years ago to encourage renewable energy generation, and it exempts wind power. LePage says the cap prevents Maine from accessing cheaper power from Canada, and he's trying the get the Legislature to agree.…

Rigging data for excessive wind energy Tax credit's part 2.........................

The IRS Form 8835  for wind industry tax credits needs to be amended immediately to account for the actual net energy produced. Also if electrity is being consumed by these wind farms who is to say that electricity is not flowing right back out in form of green energy.

Energy consumption in wind facilities



Large wind turbines require a large amount of energy…

Rigging data for excessive wind energy Tax credit's part 1.........................

Tax credits are being figured from the energy claimed to have been produced at wind farms. These credits do not take into consideration the energy used by these wind facilities.  So not only does it appear that energy produced by wind farms is being embellished by about 33% they do not have to account for the energy purchased to keep the wind farms running when filing with the IRS…

The IRS saying they can't tell who's double dipping is an invitation for the wind parasites to do it.…

Below are US Energy information Administration (EIA) figures just released from 2013, along with some additional information from the IRS. The production tax credits are given in two forms. One is publicized in the media at 2.3 cents per kWh and on the table it is listed as "Tax Expenditures".                                                                                                                                                                                        The other…

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Business reporter Darren Fishell at the Bangor Daily News wrote earlier today that, “The corporate subsidy watchdog agency Good Jobs First found Central Maine Power Co. parent company Iberdrola topped the list of all recipients of federal grants and tax credits, primarily in tax…

“EDP's remarks appear to be a standard wind industry tactic to try to quiet an increasingly vocal, well-educated and well-informed opposition......"

EDP filed plans on Nov. 5 with the Federal Aviation Administration for 29 wind turbines standing 499 feet in height......…

SunEdison, which purchased wind developer First Wind earlier this year, was second on the list for the same reason. Both companies are major owners of wind projects.

.....the public has a right to detailed, company-specific information on the support federal agencies are providing to the private sector, and that disclosure is fundamental to reform,” the report states.…

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Lisa Linowes - February 24, 2015

Taxes & Subsidies USA

Clearly, the interpretation of what constitutes “begin construction” is important, yet at no time during the two years since the PTC was extended with this wording did the IRS bother to seek public comment under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), the federal statute that requires federal agencies to provide notice and an opportunity to comment before promulgating rules.

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Just received this document from: 

Dan Courtemanch

Environmental Specialist

Maine Department of Environmental Protection 

Bingham Wind Project Application

Email: BinghamWindProject.DEP@maine.gov

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