"...several people expressed worry that participating in the review process is tantamount to endorsing the idea of wind farms atop a fishery and a critical habitat for spawning fish."

NEW BEDFORD — The first meeting of the…

The next step will be "smart sockets" where this rent-seeking interloper from Spain, in part financed by the United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi National Energy Corporation and in part owned by Qatar, will simply turn off your air conditioning in the heat of the day because their wind turbines have stopped turning. Note that Iberdrola is the largest operator of wind-farms (subsidy harvesters) in the world and that they are working behind the scenes to have the law…

1. An Act To Reduce Maine's Dependence on Oil CONCEPT DRAFT SUMMARY
2. This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
3. This bill proposes that the Efficiency Maine Trust, with input from stakeholders, develop a plan to reduce Maine’s dependence on oil. The plan must include targets for reducing Maine’s total oil consumption that equal the maximum economically achievable oil savings. The targets may not provide less than a 30% overall reduction in oil consumption…

Meet the MPUC

The Commission regulates electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water utilities to ensure that Maine consumers enjoy safe, adequate and reliable services at rates that are just and reasonable for both consumers and utilities. The Commission oversees emerging competitive markets for some of these services. 

The Public Utilities Commission actively participates in Maine’s legislative activity by submitting bills and by…

Maine isn’t just a magnificent piece of real estate—it’s a brand.  This beautiful state in which we live is a destination.  Maine residents already have what millions of people the world over are craving.

Maine is unique—and Mainers are distinctive.  We’re independent.  Resilient.  Proud.  We’re a people who…

 More taxpayer-funded Stimulus funds and ratepayer dollars to go to more and more foreign nations. Iberdola is of course based in Soain and they already have a huge deal with the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), a government controlled energy holding company of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (See below)*

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 Maine Appalachian Trail Club newsletter - Early Spring 2011 edition

One might add that Katahdin itself is also already now seriously threatened by nearby projects that will be seen from Baxter Peak, Pamola Peak, the entire distance of the Knife Edge and other vantage…

Examples of Wind Power to Learn From

Posted: March 9, 2011

Natural gas pipeline proposed

BY LESLIE BRIDGERS Staff Writer

A Portland-based energy firm is proposing to construct a new 56-mile natural gas pipeline from Richmond to Madison, a $70 million project it says would benefit the environment and economic development around the region.

The outfit, Kennebec Valley Gas Company, is seeking tax breaks from 12 central Maine communities and is trying to…

Today, at Northern Maine Community College (NMCC), Angus King talks up wind power at an event hosted by a group called "Focus the Nation".

Their website is: http://www.focusthenation.org/focus-nation

When one clicks on their interactive map, one sees that Maine has a renewables goal

 of 40% by 2017. Yet if you look at where Maine is now, we are already well beyond that…

From: http://www.maine.gov/doc/lurc/projects/Windpower/Questions_Comments/WindQuestionsPublic%20Comments.pdf

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Guest Columns

Industrial wind project not right for Saddleback Ridge

On March 10, the Department of Environmental Protection will conduct a public…

                The news and verification that Bayroot, LLC, is being powered by Yale University Investments, has changed the aspect of our fight. Or has it? For some it is the affirmation of what was suspected and in others it will be like a slap in the face. How can you fight something so big?

                When you consider what their investment is taking away from the Native people of Maine and the seasonal people, it will be a greater loss to the people then to some large group…

Opponents celebrate First Wind's decision to withdraw Brimfield wind farm plan

Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 11:35 PM     Updated: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 11:35 PM

By Lori Stabile, The Republican

Follow…

Published: Wednesday, March 02, 2011

By JASON SIEDZIK

HARTFORD — Proposed wind turbine projects in Colebrook moved one step closer — to being halted in their tracks.



The Joint Energy and Technology Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly issued a favorable report on HB 6249, which would enact an immediate moratorium on wind energy projects until regulations could be…

Plain and simple - there is no true need for the Maine Power Reliability Project (MPRP) other than to help Baldacci's wind industry friends, including Angus Ka-ching, transport their electrons to southern New England at the expense of ratepayers. The following article shows how a similar project is falling apart in Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. Cumulative population  growth over the next 20 years is projected at only 4% for…

Too-Green-To-Fail Energy Policies Flunk Achievement Tests

PUC Denies Utility's Request to Build New Transmission Line

03/01/2011 03:09 PM ET   

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has turned down Central Maine Power Company's proposal to build a new transmission line in the Lewiston-Auburn area.

State utility regulators have unanimously rejected Central Maine Power Company's request to construct a 115-kilovolt transmission line known as the "Lewiston Loop."

The three-member Public…