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Oakfield Wind $upporter $hills in Bangor Daily News

Aroostook County is one of the most beautiful and special places in the United States and there are plans to desecrate nearly every hilltop with out of place and out of scale wind turbines that do not work. The Bangor Daily News has chosen to use a photo of the failed UMPI turbine with the opinion piece. Wouldn't it be nice if the Bangor Daily News would report the facts about the UMPI debacle and every other turbine in the state - none of which are living up to…

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Added by Long Islander on June 15, 2013 at 8:00am — 4 Comments

PPH - Audit upcoming for Maine smart meters

A word of advice, when you see a new program come along with a name that contains a word like "Smart" or "Community", put up your guard and hang onto your wallet.



The smart meter debacle is all about wind power.



Wind is an electric grid keeper's worst nightmare because the grid keeper must match electrical supply with electrical demand, and erratic wind holds too many…

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Added by Long Islander on June 14, 2013 at 2:23am — No Comments

America should learn from Europe on wind power (USA Today)

America should learn from Europe on wind power: Column

Iain Murray1:49 p.m. EDT June 13, 2013

Germany and Spain have been hit by the downside of alternative energy.…



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Added by Long Islander on June 13, 2013 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Alan Michka: Give UT residents a say in wind energy development (BDN)

CONTRIBUTORS

Give UT residents a say in wind energy development

By Alan Michka, Special to the BDN

Posted June 12, 2013, at 12:26 p.m.

On June 6, a bipartisan majority of the Joint Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology gave…

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Added by Long Islander on June 12, 2013 at 11:56pm — No Comments

BDN - Clifton planners won’t allow public comment during wind farm meeting

Clifton planners won’t allow public comment during wind farm meeting…

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Added by Long Islander on June 12, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Central Spain Power's Maine Smart Grid Program Falling on its Face

A word of advice, when you see a new program come along with a name that contains a word like "Smart" or "Community", put up your guard and hang onto your wallet.

 

Wind is potentially an electric  grid keeper's worst nightmare because the grid keeper must match electrical supply with electrical demand, and erratic wind holds too many surpises.…

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Added by Long Islander on June 11, 2013 at 10:00pm — 7 Comments

NextEra SLAPP Suite

Added by Penny Melko on June 11, 2013 at 5:23pm — 1 Comment

UMPI turbine in doldrums

  The UMPI turbine had pretty poor wind for the first ten days of June. It generated just 11,621 kWh. If there was a perfect wind, if would generate 14,400 kWh in just one day (600 kW X 24  hrs)!

  But the wind lately has been far from perfect; in fact, the UMPI turbine actually consumed grid power on June 7 (-10 kWh) and June 9  (-8 kWh).     …

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Added by Harrison Roper on June 11, 2013 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Why No Mention of Maine Wind Power Conservation Law Foundation?

The Conservation Law Foundation endlessly shills for its wind industry client when it comes to public forums where citizens are trying to stop their lives from being invaded by this out of place, out of scale deleterious garbage technology. Yet in the following article in today's Maine Sunday Telegram there is no mention of wind power as even a band-aid with respect to times of peak electricity demand. And that is because…

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Added by Long Islander on June 9, 2013 at 4:00am — 7 Comments

Maine lawmakers want to restore rights to residents in wind tower zones (Naomi Schalit & John Christie)

Lawmakers want to restore rights to residents in wind tower zones

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A legislative committee Thursday sided with residents in some of the…

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Added by Long Islander on June 7, 2013 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Links to wind project documents on DEP and LURC (LUPC) websites

If you are interested in reading the project application files and all related documents for wind projects in Maine, you can find them as follows.

DEP has current or very recent project files on-line at this site:

DEP - http://www.maine.gov/dep/ftp/WindPowerProjectFiles/



LURC - LURC (now LUPC) has all its wind project files up on its site and the link

is here:…

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Added by K Campbell on June 7, 2013 at 2:16pm — No Comments

BDN - Senate passes energy bill in 28-7 vote

Senate passes energy bill in 28-7 vote

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/06/06/politics/senate-passes-energy-bill-in-28-7-vote-after-rejecting-lepage-backed-amendments/

Added by Long Islander on June 7, 2013 at 12:54am — 1 Comment

Wind Forcing: New England's Coming Energy War

WindAction Editorial

Wind Forcing: New England's Coming Energy War

(Posted May 30, 2013)

 

New England state RPS policies represent some of the most aggressive and costly programs in the country. By 2021, over 20% of the electricity sold…

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Added by Long Islander on June 5, 2013 at 3:53pm — 1 Comment

Brad Blake Discusses Wind on WLOB on June 1

CTFWP co-chair Brad Blake was the guest for a half hour on "Box Talk Radio" show hosted by Derek Volk on WLOB-AM on Saturday, June 1.  Click on the link to hear this far-ranging discussion of wind issues.

http://www.boxtalkradio.com/BradBlakeJune2013.mp3

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Added by Brad Blake on June 4, 2013 at 2:25pm — No Comments

BDN - DEP increases scrutiny of fire safety at Maine’s proposed wind farms

DEP increases scrutiny of fire safety at Maine’s proposed wind farms

A fire on Jan. 23, 2013, destroyed this turbine at TransCanada's Kibby Mountain wind farm.

Jim Anderberg
A fire…
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Added by Long Islander on June 4, 2013 at 2:16pm — 7 Comments

PUC staff suggests CMP smart meter audit

JUNE 3, 2013

PUC staff suggests CMP smart meter audit

Staff of the Maine Public Utilities Commission is recommending that commissioners conduct an audit of Central Maine Power Co.'s smart meter program out of concern that it will not reduce electricity costs as projected.

In a …

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Added by Long Islander on June 4, 2013 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Maine DEP Public Meeting On Proposed First Wind Hancock Wind Project - THURSDAY 6PM-9PM

Maine Government News

Back to current news.

Maine Department of Environmental Protection To Hold Second Public Meeting On Proposed 18-Turbine Hancock Wind Project

May 31, 2013

Environmental Protection

Chris Swain, Maine DEP Director of Innovation and Assistance, 207-287-7831

-The meeting is the second of two DEP is hosting to inform the public and invite comment on an 18-turbine…

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Added by Long Islander on June 1, 2013 at 10:32pm — 25 Comments

Sun Journal - Alan Farago: Long past time for elected officials to redress 2008 Maine wind law wrongs

Alan Farago: Wind power is not the answer

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Added by Long Islander on June 1, 2013 at 10:16pm — 1 Comment

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U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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