Energy Office Director writes a letter which seemingly endorses EDPR's project because it gives $2 million to help Aroostook County with their heating bills. Quite frankly, for a project of this size -- the largest in the state, $2 million is nothing. It thus seems like nothing more than a FACE SAVING MEASURE so that the Governor's Energy Office can break policy which includes opposing wind because …

Congress still has the PTC up in the air between the House and Senate for this year.  It is still not to late to mount a letter writing campaign to our Senators and Congressmen and let them know the truth about wind.  It might also help to get some editorials and Letters to the Editor in the local press.  We have to let these people know the truth.…

These scam artists are so vile that they not only steal from the taxpayers as a whole, but from individual investors, old people and their retirement accounts.  How is it that they can make such a losing proposition sound like such a bed of roses.…

Kurt Adams, SunEdison’s senior vice president and a guy I have known and admired for many years, explained, “We have deep roots in Maine, many of us live here and we value the state as a special place that is worthy of protection.” Kurt said SunEdison’s folks “are excited” to be working with conservation and environmental groups “to preserve the state’s open…

http://www.maine.gov/dacf/about/calendar/meeting.shtml?id=632237

This is what will be playing soon at the Bingham project. Hundreds of bald eagles and untold thousands of other highly protected species will be killed by this project. But you will not hear about it from the Green Nazi's.

A PPH Editorial tries to make the FMM/SunEdison deal sound like a plus for both and a good compromise.  It is like putting lipstick on a pig!  I really think Sun Ed got the best of the deal and made FMM look like they had to buckle.  I only hope it may slow things down a bit.  Of course the biggest brakes that could be applied would be an end to the tax subsidies.…

The following is a copy of am email  from DEP regarding the Bingham/FMM settlement:

Mark Bergeron asked that I respond to your inquiry.  The agreement made between Friends of Maine’s Mountains and SunEdison is between those two parties.  The Department does not have any role in the deal that the two parties reached.  

The Department Order requires that Blue Sky West, LLC provide decommissioning funds in the amount of at least…

The agreement struck between FMM and Sun Edison appears at first glance to benefit Maine Environmental groups - But take closer look at some of the recipients - The Trust for Public Land - Check out the Maine Advisory Board under about us and Advisory Boards - Neil Kiely, former First Wind employee now with Androscoggin Bank, Angus King III, Sun Edison employee, and David Wilby, Sun Edison Director of External Affairs and Angus King crony.…

The Maine PUC is reviewing Emera's plans to upgrade transmission lines - Will our new PUC see through this ruse?

http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20151013/NEWS0101/151019999

Hi Folks,

                Would you consider this perspective? My apologies if this has been around—a distinct possibility—and I’m simply behind the curve.

                It seems to me that a critical aspect of wind and PV solar—variable and intermittent renewables—is that because they require highly flexible and absolutely reliable and dispatchable back-up in order to run on their modern grid, the failure of the back-up will require the renewable be taken off-line at the…

Meanwhile, I believe Portland prohibits wind turbines above 160' high and even lower outside of designated Industrial Zones. I wonder how the pro-wind legislators in Portland are coming down on this issue.

Those opposed to an ordinance protecting city views fear unintended economic impacts. Supporters say it will preserve treasured resources.…

New transmission line upgrades that are projected to cost $175 million over five years in Northern Maine will increase transmission rates 75% In The Bangor Hydro district.  Isn't it about time we put and end to this nonsense before every business in Maine leaves?  Write to the PUC and tell them NO!!!!…

When I read this headline with a picture of wind turbines on the front page of the Maine Sunday Telegram I thought - Finally The Press Herald et al writing the truth about wind- Wrong!

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/11/wind-foes-come-to-blows/

Jim Weigand remarks: You can not sit at a table and mitigate for impacts that are being hidden behind a wall of fraud. Yet that is what has taken place.  The wind industry along with the USFWS has used rigged research and gag orders to rig the deck.        

I was recently told by an industry informant of a great number of eagle deaths coming out of a particular wind farm. I was shown dozens of eagle carcass images found near…

Illinois Mayors Concerned Over Possible Exelon Plant Closures

The possibility of Exelon closing three of its six nuclear facilities in the state due to financial reasons has six Illinois mayors worried.…

An editorial in the Ellsworth American is spreading the word.  I hope it gets some activity.

http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/opinions/editorials/a-rational-energy-policy

With all the talk about how wind is lowering the price of energy, which we all know is an outright lie, this article explains them.  Most of us have heard them before, but this comes from the other side of the pond where they are beginning to wake up to reality.…