I hope this is not just a little stumbling block put out there.  I hope this means someone is finally looking at the real economics of the Green Energy Movement.  There is a good reason Maine is dead last in solar development, it is because during the 8 months a year we really need power, we have little or no sunlight.  It does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out.…

This article is from ISO NE about how we should beware of the boost in Canadian Power.  They cite the fact that transmission lines would have to be run to bring it down from the North.  I think I would rather have continuous, cheap, reliable power run over new transmission lines than towering spinning blades and flashing lights.  ISO NE is completely in the bag for wind.  And our prices will be going up, driving any hope for new business and jobs.  Wind kills jobs, not makes…

Now we are being deluged with articles touting the positive green power of Canadian Rivers.  For over a century we powered our mills and homes with Hydro Power, the cleanest and most economical power there is.  There is little or no initial investment, at least not like the kind for solar or wind, and it is extremely reliable, unlike wind and solar.  There is also no fuel investment.  Modern dams can be built to allow the migration of fish to spawning grounds, yet we are tearing them out of…

.....Wind turbines are put up solely for the Production Tax Credit given to the multinational organizations who end up owning them. Those who make a minuscule percentage of the profit are the few farmers who have the wind towers on their land, the real profits go to those corporations. Wind turbines have nothing to do with wind, green energy or more cost efficient electricity. It is big government…

Why destroy thousands of miles of ridge lines and mountain tops when we could be using hydro??

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/canadian-rivers-solution-northeasts-high-energy-prices-32835482

Bipartisan energy legislation submitted to the U.S. Senate yesterday includes an extensive section that explicitly defines hydroelectric power as a renewable, while also improving on existing hydropower regulation.

Introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the "Energy Policy Modernization Act…

The Number Nine project in Bridgewater is supposed to be a big boost to employment in the County.  There will be 300 TEMPORARY jobs to build the project and the 50 mile spur to hook up to the grid.  As in the past, most of these jobs will be filled from out of state and the 16 PERMANENT jobs will probably only be half filled by locals.  There is $2 million to be distributed to the locals to put in heat pumps and upgrade their homes for heat.  That is a pretty small amount and would only…

TerraForm Global (GLBL) IPO Opens at $14

More lies from the wind industry to try and trump up their base to get more subsidies.  The writer talks up the wind industry in the southwest and west and says the East coast is not as well suited for wind.  How did Maine get talked in to being the Saudi Arabia of Wind?  

http://augustafreepress.com/wind-energy-part-of-the-renewable-mix/

AG Janet Mills has thrown a monkey wrench into the decision by the PUC to nix the controversial energy efficiency rule.  I hope this will not spill over into the wind decisions.  

Read below…

The subsidy question just keeps on rolling in DC.  It is really important to write to your Senators and Congresspersons and try and explain why this is a big mistake.  Use all the facts we have on our side. Read below.

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0729/If-wind-energy-is-strong-why-does-it-need-subsidies

Thank You PUC - for understanding that when it comes to wind - Church and state have been separated!! I think there may be hope!

https://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/29/business/maine-regulators-nix-cmp-land-deal-for-wind-farm/

Patriot Renewables takes a page from First Wind to try to make people think wind is a good thing!

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/connections/0001/11/30/source-sea-releases-update-announces-upcoming-events/1752185

Rep Beth O'Connor has written a brilliant piece about our future.  Please read it below.

http://www.fosters.com/article/20150728/NEWS/150729424/14332

I certainly hope the recent ruling on Unorganized Territories will take the lead in fighting this next waste of our money and viewshed.  A Texas company ruining our land and spending our money in another fruitless endeavor of greed, and sending the energy to Connecticut over lines that have not yet been built (which we will have to pay for).  Sigh!…

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..... If we want to build a healthier American economy, Congress must eliminate the Production Tax Credit, a tax that hurts competition, enables waste, and works against the middle class. (…

It is hard to believe that this lady cleared all the hurdles she must have had to clear to get fresh, not processed, farm products to go from Maine to Boston.  I see this as a step in the right direction in using wind for a greater cause.  …