" 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…

First Wind has submitted the attached condition compliance application for conditions 5 (financial capacity) and 6 (decommissioning) of Department Order #L-25973-24-A-N/L-25973-TG-B-N.  The application was been accepted as complete for processing on January 6, 2015. 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Dan Courtemanch

Environmental Specialist

Maine Department of Environmental Protection…

Jeremy Payne plays victim of coming bills "attacking" the wind developers and a day later we learn how the wind crowd is so skillfully using their marionette Justin Alfond as documented by the Maine Center for Public…

Reliability of the power grid? How about it was perfectly reliable until your spurting scamming taxpayer fleecing ratepayer harming wind factories came along? Hopefully the two new PUC commissioners we'll soon be seeing will start investigating all of this.

Gerry Chasse, president and CEO of Emera Maine, said the project and others it is assessing with CMP would help increase the reliability of the region’s power grid.…

Gov. Deval Patrick, a strong supporter of the project, told reporters Wednesday he didn’t know if the project could survive.

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/01/07/utilities-terminate-contract-for-2-5-billion-cape-wind-project/

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Watch: Public Meeting on Orland Wind Project

The CEO of Eolian talks about risks. His company has been stopped in its tracks on every wind factory he has attempted. Perhaps being in business is a risk Jack. 

http://www.foxbangor.com/news/local-news/7406-watch-public-meeting-on-orland-wind-project.html

from the BBC: Giant Northern Ireland turbine collapses without storm or high winds, read more here

Friends of Dodge Hill held two petition drives in support of the moratorium.

Ahead of the vote, a public hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at the Orland Community Center will give residents a chance to or learn more about the issue or comment on the proposed temporary ban.…

That’s critical tax credits for things like wind energy developers and people in our state who just need to know what their investments in the future are going to look like," Pingree says, "and this uncertainty is just bad for the business."

Pingree says tax policy should be established for at least several years to allow businesses and individuals to plan. …

 “We’re familiar with the layers of subsidy necessary to make wind farms viable. We’re familiar with the inefficiency of the necessary back-up fossil fuel generation, for when the wind doesn’t blow. Now we learn that on windless days these wind turbines are cannibalising power from the grid merely to help maintain them. Will the folly never stop?”…

The justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that local perennial farmers Peter and Julie Beckford filed their lawsuit against Bangor developer Paul Fuller and his local partners five days too late.…

     Would anyone from the legislature be willing to offer a bill to direct the PUC to determine if there is presently enough qualified Maine Class 1 Renewable Energy Credits ( REC )  accumulated to satisfy the 2017 goal of 10% new renewable in the State's electric portfolio, assuming a 2% growth in electricity consumption from 2015 to 2017 ?  If such a scenario is presently available, then the Maine Renewable Portfolio Standard should be retired two years early and the Maine Class 1 REC…

Thursday, January 1, 2015

Exposing the largest, most expensive and deceptive case of crony capitalism in American history...

Two Big White House 'Green' Cronies Unite: First Wind scored over $700 million of stimulus funds, now being acquired by SunEdison…

PUC Chairman Tom Welch is set to retire Wednesday and Commissioner David Littell’s term expires in March. Those two commissioners voted to approve the First Wind-Emera partnership, while Commissioner Mark Vannoy …

   This graphic depicts the several wind projects in place or looking for approval to build in Maine. Power Purchase Agreements with out of state utilities have provided collateral for financing.

    DEP/BEP approval is essentially a given for these projects.

    The Maine PUC is aware of the transmission constraints  these projects will encounter in trying to…