Posted: December 30

Updated: Today at 6:24 AM 

Wind industry: Tax breaks key

Credits due to expire unless Congress acts help stabilize the market for six Maine projects as they try to boost their output.

By Tux Turkel …

Developers of Wind Farms Run a Race Against the Calendar

December 27, 2012 - New York Times



WASHINGTON — Forget about parties, resolutions or watching the ball drop. To Iberdrola Renewables, New Year’s Eve will mean checking on last-minute details like the data connections between 169 new wind turbines in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and California and its control center in Portland, Ore.



All over the country, developers are in a sprint to…

Folks,

The AWEA wind lobby is broadcasting a plea for phone calls to Senate members today in a last ditch effort to get the PTC extended.  We need to counter with phone calls of our own.   Please call:

Senator Susan Collins :  (202) 224-2523

Senator J. Olympia Snowe: (202) 224-5344

Urge them to allow the PTC to expire as scheduled, and not to include an extension in the lame duck session. 

Thanks for…

Wind Farm Subsidies Called Into Question By New Study Which Highlights Turbines' Shortened Lifespan.

From Power Engineering on line; 12/21/2012…

CITIZENS URGE CONGRESS TO OPPOSE THE EXTENSION OF

THE WIND ENERGY PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT

Maine residents join nearly 6,500 others nationwide in saying no to the wind PTC

Oquossoc, December 27, 2012

 More than 200 Maine residents have joined nearly 6,500 citizens in 25 states in signing letters urging Congress to oppose any extension of the wind energy production tax credit (“PTC”) due…

                                       A WIND  WARRIOR  CHRISTMAS  PRESENT ....sort  of

BOEM Announces Finding of No Competitive Interest for Commercial Wind Leasing Offshore Maine

2012-12-18 Washington, D.C.

Contact: Tracey Moriarty, 703-787-1571

As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to expand domestic energy development, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced its finding that there is no competitive interest in an area offshore Maine where Statoil North…

Natural gas poised to expand to communities far removed from pipeline

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Bangor Daily News

December 21, 2012

Story by Nick Sambides 

Rather than pasting the story in here, follow the link here.  And add some comments!

"Through its Maine Power Reliability Program, CMP is upgrading a swath of power lines through central Maine to connect to lines from Canada."  Excerpt from Sun Journal story :     http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2012/12/20/cmp-powers-larrabee-road-substation/1295931

This is the first I've heard of the connection to Canadian lines…

DEP plans public hearing for Bowers Mountain wind proposal

The UMPI turbine has racked up 11,243 kWh in the past ten days, an average of 1,124.3 kWh per day. Installed capacity is 14,400 kWh per day; Capacity Factor was .078.

Dear fellow CTFWP members,

In November 2009, the Citizen’s Task Force on Wind Power was established at a meeting in Augusta attended by 27 concerned citizens from around the state. The meeting was organized by Dr. Monique Aniel and Steve Thurston, who were appointed co-chairs. Three goals were established at the first meeting:

     1. To influence the legislative and regulatory processes to protect the health and welfare of citizens  from the harmful effects of recent laws…

State Rep. Mark Dion of Portland has always seemed to be a bright and sensible guy. This week he gave a radio speech on heating Maine homes and businesses. As so often happens, he committed many sins of omission and/or commission, thereby misleading Maine people. Below is the text of his speech in quotations, with our comments embedded: …

Maine's DEP to hold first ever wind project public hearing



Carroll Plt, Maine  - December 11, 2012 – Boston-based wind developer First Wind is facing growing opposition to its second attempt to build an industrial wind project on Bowers Mountain in the scenic Downeast Lakes Region of Maine. In a related development, Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Patricia Aho announced that DEP will hold a public evidentiary hearing on the…

So let's make those energy costs yet higher with wind power and its costly new transmission. And wreck our tourism businesses with industrialization of sacred places just for good measure.

The current policies of the Scottish Government are promoting the reckless development of industrial wind throughout the beautiful landscapes of Scotland just as the windies are in Maine. 



Please sign the petition: http://chn.ge/VJ0gUn and pass along the word to your friends, family, and neighbors. 



David, Lisa, and Harley -- Wind Wise…

WITHIN THE PAST  THREE  YEARS , ROLLINS, ROXBURY , OAKFIELD 1, AND SADDLEBACK APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT  HAVE  ALLOWED THE MAINE  JUSTICES TO HEAR THE OTHER  SIDE  OF WIND  POWER .

ROLLINS, OAKFIELD  AND  ROXBURY  APPEALS  HAVE  ALL  BEEN DENIED AND  SADDLEBACK HAS BEEN  HEARD  BUT NO OPINION  HAS  BEEN  GIVEN YET.

THE APPEAL OF THE OAKFIELD 2 PERMIT WILL BE HEARD BY THE LAW COURT THIS COMING WEDNESDAY.  PLEASE, IF  YOU CAN, SUPPORT THE  CITIZENS WHO ARE…