Rural Ontario is being plundered by the McGuinty government and his wind developer allies.  The citizens are actively resisting the onslaught. We will talk to some of the leaders of the resistance.

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Annie Cool has graciously accepted co-host duties again for this week's…

ATTENTION ONE AND ALL!

Today Donna did a superb job ON  THE OAKFIELD FIRST  WIND PROJECT  with her interview on WGAN with PHIL Harriman. You can listen to her live on this web site:

www.560WGAN.COM .

MONIQUE

As some of you know, I've raised the issue before the PUC and DEP of considering the environmental impact on CO2 and air pollution reduction from clear cutting forests and other bio-mass from these sites using iTREE software.

The iTREE program was specifically designed by the US Forest Service and several other organizations like the DAVEY FOUNDATION to 'measure' the tree and other bio-mass cover, on a tree-by-tree basis and then it's impact on converting CO2 into sequestered…

Maine Senate passes renewable power bill

Baldacci, not LePage, rushed important law

I predict Tom Welch; current Chairman of the PUC will be employed by First Wind before 2013. Any takers? (READ BELOW)

The three members of the Public Utilities Commission gave the verbal go-ahead yesterday for a couple of Canadian utility companies, Emera of Nova…

We had a selectmen's meeting in Dixfield Monday evening. The wind ordinance we had submitted to the town was sent to the town's attorney for review and interpretation by Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky. The town's attorney is Lee Bragg of Bernstein Shur and he found all kinds of fault with the ordinance which prompted the TM to offer another ordinance authored by Norinne Clark and Steve Donahue.

What should be looked…

Maine regulators OK wind deal against advice of staff

By Naomi Schalit and John Christie / Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting…

  The UMPI turbine website is reporting power production the past 140 days:  290,516 kWh "since mid-November" until April 6.  I calculate: 140 days at 600 Kw capacity and 24 hours per day comes to "installed capacity" of 20,160,000 kWh for that period; 290,516 kWh actual power production divided by the installed capacity gives a MINISCULE .014 Capacity Factor.  This compares very poorly to most Maine wind farms' CF, which range from .24 to .41 CF for the same period.

The site…

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/letters/2012/04/08/j-hinck-money-belongs-taxpayers/1178140

Former Maine governor seeks Senate seat as independent, is critical of GOP policies

LURC decision leaves First Wind facing first defeat in Maine

Mad World of Wind Turbines, video 3:26

3 minutes 26 seconds totally worth it.

Thank you to Dan Tubbs for the share.

1703 funding solicitation from DOE. Click on sent letters link found in 2nd paragraph of article, then click on the pdf.

See 4. Additionality. 4th paragraph.
Morgan Wright electronically at Morgan.Wright@hq.doe.gov.

Please take a few minutes to email him before April 27, 2012.

Folks,

The fight moves from the Downeast Lakes to Oakfield and Island Falls,  where First Wind has been granted a permit to destroy the view from two Class 1 lakes - Mattawamkeag Lake and Pleasant Lake with 50 turbines each nearly 500 feet tall.   Lynne Williams has submitted a well written appeal,  which will be heard by the BEP on Wednesday April 11 at the State Planning Office, Room 110, 19 Union Street, Augusta.  The meeting begins at 9 am.  

The appeal brief and the staff…

MAY THIS WONDERFUL STORY GIVE  HOPE AND INSPIRATION TO ALL  WIND  WARRIORS!

THANK  YOU PPDLW:

PRESS RELEASE FROM PPDLW:

CONTACT: Kevin Gurall                                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           Email:  kevin@ppdlw.org

   CONTACT:  Gary Campbell

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FERC has posted some speadsheets of data on generators' power sales for the 1st quarter of 2012.  Ths list is short and will grow as more data reports come in. In a quick scan, I did not spot any Maine wind facilities' data. The quarterly summaries will be posted in a couple of weeks.

Harrison Roper  Houlton/Danforth, ME 

Petition presents a viable alternative to inadequate, unenforceable voluntary guidelines drafted by the government... (Washington, D.C., December 14, 2011) American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, today formally petitioned the U.S. Department of the Interior to protect millions of birds from the negative impacts of wind energy by developing regulations that will safeguard wildlife and reward responsible wind energy…

I wold like to know what Vinalhaven's  energy price per kwh was  before the turbines, and what it is now.

Thank you - Harry Roper   Houlton/Danforth

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