By LANCE TAPLEY | May 10, 2013
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It's a class thing, Jim Freeman…
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The Governor is right, and Brad Blake is right. Maine does not need wind power, and never did. Kudos to our Governor for recognizing this. The existing wind farms' 2013 power production was a mere 24.72% of capacity. It's not worth it.
Harrison Roper Houlton/Danforth
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The meeting has just started. It is a packed room. There is an overflow room also.
The link is http://www.maine.gov/legis/audio/Utilities_cmte.html and note there is more than one media player…
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Meanwhile, renewable energy—wind, solar, and biofuels—is sputtering everywhere, as one would expect of any product wholly dependent on subsidies in a time of budgetary constraints. Tax credits and subsidies for wind and solar power survived the fiscal cliff deal on January 1, the result of some fancy footwork by renewable lobbyists months before, but aren’t likely to survive much longer. In Europe, subsidies for renewable energy are being cut just about…
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Oil companies big and small have used technology to find a bounty of oil and natural…
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May 1, 2013
Good evening, my name is Brad Blake and I am a resident of Scarborough, Maine and I am the chairman of the Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power, a state-wide coalition of local groups and individuals who believe PL 661 is bad public policy and who oppose the resultant proliferation of grid scale wind power projects in Maine. The Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power fervently opposes the application that is before you in this hearing. Nothing has changed from two years ago. …
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Greenwood selectmen and Planning Board officials recently discussed ideas for a proposed wind power ordinance to be crafted for a vote next year.
Plans originally called for an ordinance proposal from the Planning Board for next month’s annual town meeting, but selectmen earlier…
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BEP and DEP and Saddleback Ridge remand. Saddleback Ridge Wind does not have a permit.
Wind law states DEP Commissioner AHo, alone, approves permits. BEP will work with DEP but they do not want it appealable at DEP level. BEP law advisor states that whomever does the review of noise modelings; the public will have a chance for comment and “due process”. It is appealable!!!!!
Patriot Renewables is buying easements and they present a case of NO…
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May 1, 2013
Governor's Office
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 1
Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today congratulated Timothy Schneider of Portland to serve as the…
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(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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"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."
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