Maine Needs This , Desperately...Maybe Alfond Should Should Read this?

If nothing else , he should try writing his own bills for the wind lobby (without using the words  verbatim   from  a Verrill Dana lawyer who works for First Wind).

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Question: Why do the same wind companies investigated in NY State which then signed a code of conduct in NY State not have to do so in Maine? Is this not reasonable?

The following is not new, but I'm posting for our new members who may not have seen.

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To their credit, the Bangor Daily News did not mention wind in its prescriptions for energy strategy. Let's hope that the editorial board is weighing the harm done by wind against its lack of benefit and is seeing its absurdity.

The region’s oil-fired plants, including one in Yarmouth, are old and will eventually be retired. Nuclear power plants are also being taken off line; …

But Town Council Chair Ed Rankin believes current regulations shouldn't change because they meet state approved standards and cited two prior temporary wind bans as evidence.  Rankin explained, "And our planning board has worked very hard, done all their homework and visited a lot of sites.  They don't think we need anymore and I don't either."  …

Because wind and solar energy sources tend to be more distant from population centers, we will likely have to add an additional 4,300 miles of new transmission lines to move energy to our market. That will cost billions of dollars, which will be subsidized by energy consumers. 

Wind power generation will require a vast new network of transmission lines. In 2010, the grid operator ISO New England estimated that for wind power to reach 15.9 percent of electricity production for…

Maine's 2008 Expedited Wind Law was to large degree predicated on reducing CO2 as summed up by Governor Baldacci's Wind Task Force Chairman Alec Giffen: "Wind power is an essential response to global warming".

But according to the EPA, it…

Above is the ISO-NE interconnection requests for proposed generation. Number 470/471 is a First Wind project under the name of King Pine Wind, Phase 1 & 2. 

Calendar/Real Audio/ Maine PUC

January 20, 2015

Deliberations

10:00 AM

Is This what "Green Power" really means to some Maine high level politicians and,

How long will Mainers allow themselves to be taken by   "the Yieldco"?

Remember that famous movie's  saying about "Plastics" ?

Well, the wind scam's   only future may indeed be  "In Yieldcos", but trust me, they  will always  try  to lower their  financial  risk by screwing the Initial Public Offering investor .

Terraform Power…

“EDP’s industrial complex spanning five towns has been overwhelmingly rejected by the voters of all towns except Canaan, which has yet to vote,” said Lori Lerner, president of New Hampshire Wind Watch. “The signal is clear. The message is simple. Your 50-story turbines are not wanted here, not now, not ever.” 

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150317/NEWS05/150319215/1028/news05

In the event the First Wind acquisition is not completed, TerraForm Power intends to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.

http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/01/14/697481/10115580/en/TerraForm-Power-Announces-Public-Offering-of-Common-Stock.html

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Two of the earliest  industrial wind  projects in Maine , to this day, produce a fraction of their potential fickle intermittent trickle of electrons!, WHY? Do your representatives care? (or are they part of the problem?)

What wind  turbines do produce at full capacity is Renewable Energy Credits for the pseudo  market created by  your government via  the likes of DE Shaw   and other elite derivative investors on Wall Street. Those like Alfond,Angus King, Sussman,Kurt…

After years of dealing with the wind issue, I can say with sadness that Maine is a very dirty little state, politically.

It is a shame how unctuous political elites have manipulated the legislative process as it concerns the wind scam. 

Governor LePage should immediately place a halt to all…

Proposed MassDEP Clean Energy Standard (CES)

Alan Michka is not a sole individual who is fighting a good fight against the Goliaths. The anti-wind coalition is a well-funded minority ...

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/14/letter-to-the-editor-center-for-public-interests-story-was-misleading-on-wind-politics/…

" Regulatory Arrogance "  Is there a chance of that in the halls of Augusta ?

Thank you, Lisa Linowes ....................https://www.masterresource.org/cape-wind-project-windpower/cape-wind-dead-forever/

Companies from three foreign countries picking pockets of ratepayers - Portugal, Spain (also UAE and Qatar) and Canada. And First Wind started in Italy. Maine as third world country.

EDP Renewables (EDPR), Central Maine Power (CMP) and Emera Maine, a subsidiary of Emera Inc. (TSX:EMA), announced today they have reached agreements that will enable clean energy from…

Gov. Paul LePage has nominated his chief legal counsel, Carlisle Tuggey McLean, to serve on the three-member Maine Public Utilities Commission......The nomination comes just one day after LePage’s inauguration, when he reiterated that reducing energy costs in the state is a high priority. Efforts to do so could include changes to the state’s renewable energy goals, expanding natural gas infrastructure and…