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$14 million to remove two wind turbines - state punishing town
POLL: Falmouth selectmen, finance committee stand firm on removing turbines
State won't offer assistance if they are removed
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The Northern Pass | 'My Roots Are Deeper than Your Pockets' (Yankee Magazine)
March/April 2013
The Northern Pass | 'My Roots Are Deeper than Your Pockets'
Love of place can run so deep that it's like faith. You can't explain it--it's just there.
by Howard Mansfield
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The Northern Pass is a…
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Hawaii Electric Company (HECO) To Nail Ratepayers on Behalf of...FIRST WIND
Yet another Public Utilities Commission magically under the spell of First Wind.
HECO Breaks Wind. Yesterday the Public Utilities Commission ruled that Hawaiian Electric can stiff its customers for the $3.9 million it spent on "studies" for the First Wind project on Lanai and Molokai (rejected by residents on both Islands) and the accompanying undersea electric cable project.…
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"Wind Power A Sector Where Money Can Easily be Laundered"
EXCERPTED SECTIONS FOLLOW.
Italian police seize $1.6 billion in assets from renewable energy developer Vito Nicastri
- From:AFP
- April 03, 2013
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Sangerville residents vote to restrict wind development
Sangerville residents vote to restrict wind development
Posted April 02, 2013, at 6:10 p.m.
Added by Long Islander on April 2, 2013 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments
So, why not sue?
Sure sounds like a viable case to me. Doesn't cost that much to file a lawsuit; so why haven't you done it? This would be the perfect time; in fact, probably the only time it really makes sense ....SO JUST DO IT!
Sometimes if a cause is righteous, you have to lead the way and endless posting is wasted, so just find a lawyer or head to the law court and file the suit yourself...the clerk will help you. Ask Crocker if he will review the filing.
You've convinced me there…
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Governor LePage:Mainers paying higher rates for electricity due to wind power
Please note the emphasis in bold green is mine.
Weekly Message: Mainers Need Affordable Electricity Now
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting Wind Pieces
The following are the links to the various investigative series on wind power by the Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting. These are all important articles, well worth reading or re-reading.
They are being put here to make them easy to find.
WARNING: In the past, the links to these articles have gone dead. If that happens, please contact the administrator and/or post an advisory and we will try to find the latest links and fix on this…
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New England renewable energy a hard sell in region (Sun Journal)
New England renewable energy a hard sell in region
Sunday, March 31, 2013 at 11:02 pm
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Legislation in Connecticut would expand the types of hydropower and biogas that count as alternative power in the state's portfolio, create a new class that includes certain large-scale hydropower resources and make other changes in alternative power standards.
Massachusetts…
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Governor LePage nominates Portland lawyer as next public advocate
LePage nominates Portland lawyer as next public advocate
Posted April 01, 2013, at 6:28 p.m.
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BDN - Rural Mainers turn out in force to back bills that would change wind energy law
Rural Mainers turn out in force to back bills that would change wind energy law
Posted March 28, 2013, at 7:27 p.m.…
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States Cooling to Renewable Energy (Wall Street Journal)
March 28, 2013, 6:21 p.m. ET
States Cooling to Renewable Energy
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Legislatures in half the states that require electric utilities to buy renewable energy are considering proposals to roll back those mandates....
...Ohio state Sen. Bill Seitz, a Republican who is leading a review of his state's renewable-energy mandate, said the policy reminded him of "Joseph…
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Maine Wind law is unconstitutional
4/18/08 Governor signed Ch. 661 into law, effective immediately instead of 90 days after Legislative adjournment because it was an emergency bill.
This is a violation of our Constitution
Under
Article IV.
Part Third.…
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WEB TUNE IN ALERT RIGHT NOW - Energy & Utilities Discussing Wind Bills
It's 2PM and the Energy & Utilities Committee is finishing up its work sessions, then they will begin the hearings for the three bills if folks want to tune in. If Windows Media Player does not work, note there are other media players to click.
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Did Beaver Ridge wind developer Richard Silkman's advice cost electricity consumers more than $3.3 million?
Richard Silkman was one of the founders of the horrible Beaver Ridge wind project in Freedom, ME.
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"FERC charged last summer that Richard Silkman, a principal in the energy company, gave improper advice to Rumford Paper. The advice was related to a program run by New England's power grid operator, in which big power…
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Woodstock Approves Wind Ordinance at Town Meeting
Woodstock has joined the growing list of towns adopting protective wind ordinances, but this town is different. Woodstock is already the home to the 20 MW Spruce Mt. Wind project constructed by Patriot Renewables two years ago. Immediately, there were complaints about noise from impacted neighbors and complaints of visual impact and loss of property value, especially from people on Concord Pond and Shagg Pond. As usual, the wind developer had lied to and misled the public and had…
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Maine Energy Cost Reduction Authority Proposed
Proposed Maine agency would advance natural gas pipelines
By Steve Mistler smistler@pressherald.com
State House Bureau
AUGUSTA — A new government…
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Bill would eliminate 'opt-out' fee for smart meters in Maine
Bill eliminates 'opt-out' fee for smart meters in Maine
A bill, LD 826, sponsored by Rep. Roberta Beavers, D-South Berwick, would prohibit a utility from charging customers who decide they don't want wireless smart meters installed.
..."There was no requirement that everyone opt in," said Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, a…
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From Ellsworth American, March 21, 2013
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Maine BEP: Hearings for the Public on Wind Power Are Just More of the Same Old Same Old" (Bangor Daily News)
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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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