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Critical weaknesses in the Northeastern U.S. natural gas system
Critical weaknesses in the Northeastern U.S. natural gas system
The volatility shows that nearly a decade into a drilling boom that has flooded much of the country with gas, a lack of pipelines has left some areas vulnerable to shortages this year and potentially for years to come.
Read the article here:…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 9, 2014 at 10:44am — 1 Comment
BDN - Clifton wind farm partners appeal to Supreme Court in effort to resume Pisgah Mountain project
Clifton wind farm partners appeal to Supreme Court in effort to resume Pisgah Mountain project
EXCERPT:
CLIFTON, Maine — Developers of the proposed $25 million wind farm on Pisgah Mountain have filed an appeal to the state’s highest court to overturn a Maine Business and Consumer Court judge’s determination in December that the Clifton Planning Board erred in approving the five-turbine project.
Please read the rest…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 9, 2014 at 1:34am — No Comments
More Allegations Against the Maine PUC
Power outages aren’t acts of nature: The lines should be underground
EXCERPT:
What is truly shameful is the complicity of inaction by the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Its mandate needs serious correction.
Please continue reading at:…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 8, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Mainers Give AWEA an Earful in Local Maine Newspaper
Jon Hinck has now weighed in. http://www.theforecaster.net/news/print/2014/01/06/letter-arguments-wind-power-maine-dont-fly/184500
(Also see how the AWEA has responded to Mainers defending their state)…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 6, 2014 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments
The Economist: Why is renewable energy so expensive?
Why is renewable energy so expensive?
http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/01/economist-explains-0
and here in Maine, for starters, see:
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-electricity-rates-going-up
Added by Long Islander on January 6, 2014 at 2:30pm — No Comments
BDN - LePage tries again to cut Maine’s renewable-energy standard
LePage tries again to cut Maine’s renewable-energy standard
Added by Long Islander on January 5, 2014 at 8:58pm — 6 Comments
MST - Plan to run power lines from Canada through N.H. faces hurdles in 2014
1/5/14
Plan to run power lines from Canada through N.H. faces hurdles in 2014
Opponents who fear the project would scar the outdoors brace for a fight.
By Rik Stevens
The Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H.
EXCERPT:
After a three-year review, ISO New England…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 5, 2014 at 10:09am — 1 Comment
LePage continues effort to lower energy costs for Maine ratepayers
LePage continues effort to lower energy costs for Maine ratepayers
Added by Long Islander on January 5, 2014 at 12:00am — 3 Comments
PPH - Maine wind farm still a worry in development-free town
Maine wind farm still a worry in development-free town
Officials and activists will host a meeting to discuss plans for 62 turbines in neighboring communities.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Wind_farm_still_a_worry_in_development-free_town_.html
ALSO SEE:…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 4, 2014 at 12:30am — No Comments
BDN - Credits for wind power among 55 tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31
Credits for wind power, energy efficiency and teaching supplies among 55 tax breaks that expired on Dec. 31
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 3, 2014 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Cape Spin - Interesting Documentary on the Cape Wind battle
Our local library has a DVD copy of "Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle", a 2012 documentary film about the Cape Wind controversy. Gary and I watched it the other day, wondering if we would make it through to the end. It spins the true but almost unbelievable yarn of the epic ten year battle to build this controversial project. At times humorous, and at other times maddening, it was worthwhile, because it memorializes so many issues that we face, and shows that Mainers are not the only…
ContinueAdded by K Campbell on January 2, 2014 at 12:11pm — No Comments
PPH Letter: Letter to the editor: Wind-industry lobby has too much power in Maine
Added by Long Islander on January 2, 2014 at 2:06am — 1 Comment
Michael Barone: Do we face a disastrous century due to global cooling?
Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on January 1, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments
PPH - Northern Pass transmission line clears regulatory hurdle in NH
Northern Pass transmission line clears regulatory hurdle in NH
The $1.4 billion project would transmit 1,200 megawatts of Canadian hydroelectric power, enough to serve 1.2 million homes.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Northern_Pass_transmission_line_clears_regulatory_hurdle_in_NH_.html
Added by Long Islander on January 1, 2014 at 6:23am — No Comments
Bristol residents question wind project off Monhegan Island
Bristol residents question offshore wind project
Energy from the pilot project would be…
Added by Long Islander on December 31, 2013 at 9:03am — No Comments
Conkling's OP-ed in BDN
Another voice is heard from - read Phillip Conkling's op-ed in today's on line BDN about the environment and off shore wind. The misinformation never stops coming.
Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on December 30, 2013 at 11:43am — 2 Comments
CT energy commissioner sued over $1B Maine wind contract
DECEMBER 27, 2013
CT energy commissioner sued over $1B Maine wind contract
EXCERPTS:
Esty ultimately awarded contracts to a 250 megawatt wind farm in Maine and a 20 megawatt solar center in Lisbon. Esty said he picked those because, among other reasons, the combined cost of the electricity from those installations was less an eight cents per kilowatt hour, a expense lowered by the size of the wind farm.
Allco…
Added by Long Islander on December 29, 2013 at 11:15am — 3 Comments
PPH - Monhegan residents voice concerns over proposed wind project
Monhegan residents voice concerns over proposed offshore wind project
Residents worry about noise and visual impacts, as well as effects on lobstering.
By Steve Mistler …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on December 28, 2013 at 12:25am — 3 Comments
Business Week: Monhegan Islanders question wind-power project
Added by Long Islander on December 27, 2013 at 3:20pm — No Comments
The government just predicted when electric cars will JUST START to become popular: 26 years away
The government just predicted when electric cars will become popular
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) just released its 2014 Annual Energy Outlook, which predicts electric vehicles will only just start to become mainstream in 2040.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on December 27, 2013 at 12:20pm — 1 Comment
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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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