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Bill would eliminate 'opt-out' fee for smart meters in Maine
Bill eliminates 'opt-out' fee for smart meters in Maine
A bill, LD 826, sponsored by Rep. Roberta Beavers, D-South Berwick, would prohibit a utility from charging customers who decide they don't want wireless smart meters installed.
..."There was no requirement that everyone opt in," said Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, a…
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Maine BEP: Hearings for the Public on Wind Power Are Just More of the Same Old Same Old" (Bangor Daily News)
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How would you like an industrial wind turbine development surrounding your vacation dream spot? (BDN)
3/20/13
William Wilson: Saponic Pond value
In 2000, I purchased Black Island, in the middle of Saponic Pond, because of the beauty and majesty of Passadumkeag Mountain. A little bit of Maine not covered with industrial sprawl.
This was before the discussion of wind turbines being built on Passadumkeag. I already see 14 wind turbines with their nightly red pulsating lights, aircraft beacons, to the north of my island.
Now…
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Greg Perkins in BDN: Reed & Reed should perhaps think about another business
BDN Letter - 3/22/13
This letter is in response to Jackson Parker’s March 18 BDN OpEd, “Let wind turbines stand on Passadumkeag Mountain.”
Parker stated that the “Department of Environmental Protection created significant uncertainty in the wind power industry” by not approving the Passadumkeag project.
He also suggests that because the DEP has…
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UNC/Harvard Research Suggests Scientists have Greatly Overestimated Capacity of Wind Farms to Generate Power
With thanks to Ron Huber for finding this.
Research Suggests Scientists have Overestimated Capacity of Wind Farms to Generate Power
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Feb. 27, 2013 - People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel.
Yet, new research in mesoscale atmospheric…
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Maine DEP Concerned By State Board's Overturning of Passadumkeag Wind Project Denial
Maine DEP Concerned By State Board's Overturning of Department Wind Power Project Denial
March 21, 2013
CONTACT:
Contact: Samantha Warren, Maine DEP Director of Communications, (207) 287-5842
-Maine’s leading environmental agency had rejected the 14-turbine wind farm atop Passadumkeag Ridge because of its unreasonable visual impact but a state appeals board overturned that today-
AUGUSTA – Officials with the Maine Department of Environmental…
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Maine DEP To Hold First of Two Public Meetings On Proposed 18-Turbine Hancock Wind Project
Maine DEP To Hold First of Two Public Meetings On Proposed 18-Turbine Hancock Wind Project
March 21, 2013
Environmental Protection
Samantha Warren, Maine DEP Director of Communications, (207) 287-5842
-The meeting is one of two DEP is hosting to inform the public and invite comment on an 18-turbine wind farm being proposed in Hancock County by FirstWind-
AURORA – The Maine Department of Environmental Protection will host a public meeting on…
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Chris Jackson in BDN: No wind development on Passadumkeag Mountain
No wind development on Passadumkeag Mountain
On Thursday, March 21, the Board of Environmental Protection will consider whether to uphold a 2012 Department of Environmental Protection denial of an industrial-scale wind development on top of scenic Passadumkeag Mountain. The…
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Meeting tonight: Bingham Wind Project Expedited Permitting
Bingham Wind Project Expedited Permitting Update Public Information Meeting
Full story: bangordailynews.com…
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Grid chief warns of New England power issues
Grid chief warns of New England power issuesThe region's growing dependence on natural gas – combined with supply constraints – "is unsustainable," Gordon van Welie says.… |
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Construction CEO Advocates Wrecking Mainers' Vacation and Year Round Paradise to Line His Pockets
Let wind turbines stand on Passadumkeag Mountain
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Advice to other towns from Clifton: "Slam the door on these wind projects"
Added by Long Islander on March 16, 2013 at 8:27pm — 2 Comments
Esteemed Maine Writer George Smith Gets Written Up Himself by Columbia Journalism Review
04:00 PM - March 13, 2013
Windmills, tourism, and transparency
Maine blogger’s ongoing conflict-of-interest problems spark concern
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State lawmakers debate whether state policy should play favorites when it comes to renewable energy
Does anyone else find it odd when business people demand "certainty"? I thought the mark of a good business person was to figure out how to succeed in conditions of uncertainty. I guess there's business and there's Rent-Seeking.
AUGUSTA — State lawmakers Tuesday…
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BDN - Biofuels development in Maine: Using trees to oil the wheels of sustainability
Biofuels development in Maine: Using trees to oil the wheels of sustainability
Added by Long Islander on March 12, 2013 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment
Readers Let George Smith Have It
Wind Power Column Draws Fire
The author characterizes those who are trying to stop these 500' tall wildlife habitat fracturing structures from hurting Mainers' health, happiness, natural environment and pocketbooks as "nasty and bullish".
You can see this with your own eyes right here:…
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Legal fees for wind farm battle part of upcoming Clifton annual town meeting
Legal fees for wind farm battle part of upcoming Clifton annual town meeting
Added by Long Islander on March 9, 2013 at 11:57pm — No Comments
Is blogging for wind power without disclosure legal?
Is blogging without disclosure legal? Please read the following from the FTC and decide for yourself.
FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials
Changes Affect Testimonial Advertisements, Bloggers, Celebrity Endorsements
The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how…
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George Smith’s Non-Disclosure by Al Diamon
Media Mutt
George Smith’s Non-Disclosure
by Al Diamon
Bag of wind: Outdoor writer George Smith doesn’t like to disclose his conflicts of interest.
So, he just doesn’t do it.
Please read the full article in The Bollard …
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Maine's Wind Power Goals: Is the Medicine Worse than the Illness?
Some much needed perspective on the terrible bill of goods that was sold to the legislature in 2008 by the Enron-spawned wind industry.
In 1988 Stephen Rice wrote "Some Doctors Make You Sick: The Scandal of Medical Incompetence." In the book, Rice explored the concept of iatrogenic illness, which…
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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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