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Remembering When Enron Saved the U.S. Wind Industry

[Editor Note: This post by Robert Bradley Jr. from January 19th documents a fact that American Wind Energy Association might not want to know. If the American public understands why windpower is and must be government dependent to exist as an industry, and if the public knows about industrial wind's Enron roots, then the same public might just say: 'let's take our energy back'.]…

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Added by Long Islander on November 18, 2014 at 9:30am — No Comments

BDN: Angus King Explains His Vote Against Keystone

Keystone supporters in the Senate faced tough odds, and one lawmaker they hoped might be a “yes” — independent Sen. Angus King of Maine — voted against the project.

In a news release earlier Tuesday announcing he would vote against the bill, King said, “Congress is not — nor should it be — in the business of legislating the approval or disapproval of a construction project.”…

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Added by Long Islander on November 18, 2014 at 12:00am — No Comments

DOE Cooked the Books in Report on Energy Loans: Economist

The Department of Energy had not responded to a request for comment when this story was published. “They don’t provide enough information about the interest rates to tell how much money the government is losing, but it’s got to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars,” Marron said in an interview.…

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Added by Long Islander on November 17, 2014 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Paula Moore in BDN: Maine wind industry has not been a success, contrary to Paul Williamson’s claim

Wind is not a success

It would be nice if ordinary citizens had the money to hire lobbying groups, as the corporate wind developers and forest landowners do. Then, we could pay lobbyists such as Paul Williamson of The Maine Ocean and Wind Industry Initiative to write letters to the editor for us (BDN, Nov. 13, “Wind energy success”) and lobby state and local governments.

The Maine wind industry has not been a success, contrary to Williamson’s claim. Maine’s…

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Added by Long Islander on November 16, 2014 at 2:45pm — 3 Comments

MREA Member: Campaigning on wind smacks of disconnected, ivory tower, Portland-centric elitism

It sounds as though Michael Cuzzi is still an advocate for wind plants, (either out of obedience to party dogma or personal belief), but in the same breath he recognizes wind has become a loser politically. Here's an earlier piece he'd written:…

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Added by Long Islander on November 16, 2014 at 1:00pm — 6 Comments

Texas company holds public meeting on plan to build Maine’s largest wind farm in Aroostook County

MARS HILL, Maine — A Texas company will likely apply for state permits within 30 days to build what would be Maine’s largest industrial wind site, officials said Friday.

Representatives of EDP Renewables held a public information session, which drew about 50 people, on the proposed 250-megawatt facility featuring about 120 turbines on Wednesday in Mars Hill. Company officials told Aroostook County commissioners on Sept. 3 that they expected to seek Maine Department of Environmental…

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Added by Long Islander on November 14, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Dixfield Wind Energy Facility Ordinance vote (557-562) to be recounted

The vote recount will take place at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, and the Town Office will be closed for all other municipal issues, he said.

The ordinance was rejected by five votes, 557-562.

The original ordinance was approved in 2012, but the Board of Selectmen voted to place it before the Planning Board at the beginning of 2013 for revisions in order to make it stronger. 

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Added by Long Islander on November 14, 2014 at 12:00am — No Comments

BDN - Maine Democrats fill legislative leadership posts

Rep. Mark Eves of North Berwick won two more years as House speaker, and former assistant majority leader Jeff McCabe of Skowhegan was chosen for majority leader. McCabe succeeds Seth Berry, who left the Legislature after serving four consecutive terms representing his district, the maximum allowed under Maine’s term-limits law.

Rep. Sara Gideon of Freeport was tapped as assistant House majority leader. Recently elected to her second term, Gideon is a newcomer to legislative…

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Added by Long Islander on November 12, 2014 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Official Was Interested in Becoming CEO of American Wind Energy Association

Investigative Report of Steve Black - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The Inspector General of the Department of Interior released this report involving an…

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Added by Long Islander on November 11, 2014 at 11:00am — 5 Comments

Free Forum in Portland Wednesday Morning - Deconstructing last week’s elections

The free forum, which runs from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Abromson Community Education Center in Hannaford Hall at the University of Southern Maine in Portland on Wednesday, requires advance registration here.…

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Added by Long Islander on November 10, 2014 at 2:57pm — No Comments

BDN: LePage energy goals will get a jolt from New England election results

....... to replace PUC commissioner David Littell, whose positions on wind power differ greatly from LePage’s.

http://bangordailynews.com/2014/11/07/politics/lepage-energy-goals-will-get-a-jolt-from-new-england-election-results/

Added by Long Islander on November 7, 2014 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

BDN: The 2014 election’s winners and losers beyond the ballot

Losers

Angus King: Pundits expected a close divide in the U.S. Senate, with Republicans gaining a thin majority. In such a scenario, King could be a valuable ally to Republicans. With an expected 53-45 majority for Republicans, King suddenly wasn’t so important, so he announced Wednesday that he…

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Added by Long Islander on November 6, 2014 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Mainebiz: Are incremental improvements in hydropower enough?

Others say the hydropower supply, as the top renewable energy in Maine, needs to be kept stable or increased.

http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20141103/CURRENTEDITION/310309999/1092?utm_source=enews&utm_medium=Daily%2BReport&utm_campaign=Thursday

Added by Long Islander on November 6, 2014 at 1:08pm — No Comments

NH: Wind turbines a pock against the region’s natural beauty

Lacking the wide-open spaces of Iowa or Texas, prospective wind sites in the Granite State would be relegated to ridge lines, mountaintops or densely populated areas. Growing weary of wind development, local residents began to consider wind turbines a pock against the region’s natural beauty.…

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Added by Long Islander on November 6, 2014 at 12:32am — No Comments

PDF of letter urging Congress NOT to extend the PTC

During the lame duck session, one of the top priorities for President Obama and Majority Leader Reid is the passage of a tax extenders package that includes a retroactive extension of the decades old wind production tax credit (PTC).…

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Added by Long Islander on November 5, 2014 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Will the Maine Wind Industry's Investments in Mike Michaud Prove to be Unwise Bets?

Gov. LePage: Wind harming our quality of life and mountains

Time now to investigate the corrupt Maine environmental groups on the take from the wind developers.

Hopefully the great disrespect shown to Governor LePage by the Maine wind industry and their sock puppet "environmental groups"…

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Added by Long Islander on November 5, 2014 at 12:00pm — 8 Comments

Frankfort voters reject referendum that would have repealed restrictive wind ordinance (Village Soup)

 

The vote prevents the Waldo Community Wind project, a planned six-turbine, 18-megawatt wind power project proposed by Portsmouth, N.H.- based Eolian Renewable Energy LLC, from going forward.…

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Added by Long Islander on November 5, 2014 at 1:30am — 6 Comments

PPH - A completely green-powered island gives Mainers ideas

A 3,500 word shill piece for renewable energy from the same newspaper that didn't think a 19.6% overnight hike in wind power-caused transmission rates for its readers was newsworthy.

The Danish island of Samsø becomes a classroom and source of inspiration for a group of Maine students and residents…

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Added by Long Islander on November 2, 2014 at 8:00am — No Comments

Lisa Linowes: Vote NO on Big Wind

For them it’s their best opportunity to drive back the spread of industrial-scale wind power that’s plowing through quiet communities and destroying families. On November 4th, they will be checking the box next to those candidates who promise to permanently end the wind production tax credit (PTC).

http://www.windaction.org/posts/41543-vote-no-on-big-wind

Added by Long Islander on October 31, 2014 at 11:09am — 1 Comment

It May be Lights Out for the Wind Energy Come the Midterms

It would be an understatement to say that the outcome of the 2014 elections is important for wind energy producers. In an effort to see PTC friendly Harry Reid as Majority Leader, the wind industry has essentially turned the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) into their own personal Trojan horse.

Much of the LCV leadership has deep ties to the wind energy:

  • Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) serves as the Treasure of the LCV.
  • Peter…
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Added by Long Islander on October 30, 2014 at 12:22pm — 3 Comments

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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

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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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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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