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BDN - State regulators plan Tuesday vote on terms of UMaine’s offshore wind energy pilot project
State regulators plan Tuesday vote on terms of UMaine’s offshore wind energy pilot project
Posted Jan. 13, 2014, at 12:41 p.m.…
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STILL TESTIFYING at 6:55PM - Live Public Comment Today on Wind on Maine EUT Website - Tune in NOW
Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT)
The live audio streamed over the Web of today's EUT meeting just started. Click on the link below.…
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Mike DiCenso in BDN: A Need for Empirical Data on Wind
Philip Conkling has nicely penned another pro-wind piece, but he omits the carbon debt that must be tallied before any serious discussion of environmental benefits of wind turbines can begin. The turbines do not begin on a mountain or in the ocean. Their roots are in the rare earth mines of Baiyun Obo in China.
Fueled by…
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PUC Vote On Wind Off Iconic Monhegan Island Coming Tuesday
The Maine Public Utilities Commission is poised to vote Tuesday on whether to grant initial approval for a state contract to UMaine and its partner companies to build a two-turbine pilot project off the coast of Monhegan Island.
EXCERPTS:
“We need to start reaping the benefits of offshore wind, both the economic benefits and renewable benefits,” said Sean Mahoney, executive vice president of the Conservation Law Foundation, who criticized the…
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Washington Post: Wind Power Tax Break Had Cockroach-like Resilience - Good Riddance
Added by Long Islander on January 13, 2014 at 12:00am — 2 Comments
Boothbay Register: "Which way the wind blows"
Added by Long Islander on January 11, 2014 at 10:30am — No Comments
New Maine wind website launches: Maine Aqua Ventus Wind Project: Is It Right for Bristol?
Maine Aqua Ventus Wind Project: Is It Right for Bristol?
Added by Long Islander on January 11, 2014 at 12:47am — 1 Comment
BDN Bowers: Paula Moore Response to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
In response to the Jan. 7 letter by Scott Cuddy of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers , the state is not stalling the Bowers Mountain wind project. The project had already been denied by the Land Use Regulation Commission, now the Land Use Planning Commission,in April 2012.
Champlain Wind…
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Critical weaknesses in the Northeastern U.S. natural gas system
Critical weaknesses in the Northeastern U.S. natural gas system
The volatility shows that nearly a decade into a drilling boom that has flooded much of the country with gas, a lack of pipelines has left some areas vulnerable to shortages this year and potentially for years to come.
Read the article here:…
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BDN - Clifton wind farm partners appeal to Supreme Court in effort to resume Pisgah Mountain project
Clifton wind farm partners appeal to Supreme Court in effort to resume Pisgah Mountain project
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CLIFTON, Maine — Developers of the proposed $25 million wind farm on Pisgah Mountain have filed an appeal to the state’s highest court to overturn a Maine Business and Consumer Court judge’s determination in December that the Clifton Planning Board erred in approving the five-turbine project.
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More Allegations Against the Maine PUC
Power outages aren’t acts of nature: The lines should be underground
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What is truly shameful is the complicity of inaction by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Its mandate needs serious correction.
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Mainers Give AWEA an Earful in Local Maine Newspaper
Jon Hinck has now weighed in. http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2014/01/06/letter-arguments-wind-power-maine-dont-fly/184500
(Also see how the AWEA has responded to Mainers defending their state)…
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The Economist: Why is renewable energy so expensive?
Why is renewable energy so expensive?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/01/economist-explains-0
and here in Maine, for starters, see:
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-electricity-rates-going-up
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BDN - LePage tries again to cut Maine’s renewable-energy standard
LePage tries again to cut Maine’s renewable-energy standard
Added by Long Islander on January 5, 2014 at 8:58pm — 6 Comments
MST - Plan to run power lines from Canada through N.H. faces hurdles in 2014
1/5/14
Plan to run power lines from Canada through N.H. faces hurdles in 2014
Opponents who fear the project would scar the outdoors brace for a fight.
By Rik Stevens
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H.
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After a three-year review, ISO New England…
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LePage continues effort to lower energy costs for Maine ratepayers
LePage continues effort to lower energy costs for Maine ratepayers
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PPH - Maine wind farm still a worry in development-free town
Maine wind farm still a worry in development-free town
Officials and activists will host a meeting to discuss plans for 62 turbines in neighboring communities.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Wind_farm_still_a_worry_in_development-free_town_.html
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BDN - Credits for wind power among 55 tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31
Credits for wind power, energy efficiency and teaching supplies among 55 tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31
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PPH Letter: Letter to the editor: Wind-industry lobby has too much power in Maine
Added by Long Islander on January 2, 2014 at 2:06am — 1 Comment
PPH - Northern Pass transmission line clears regulatory hurdle in NH
Northern Pass transmission line clears regulatory hurdle in NH
The $1.4 billion project would transmit 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydroelectric power, enough to serve 1.2 million homes.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Northern_Pass_transmission_line_clears_regulatory_hurdle_in_NH_.html
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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
******** 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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