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transmission costs

at one time I read that Maine's 8% share in transmission upgrade for ISONE was $5,000 a household.

I think it was Paten Pete?   true?

Added by alice mckay barnett on December 20, 2011 at 10:15am — No Comments

Rethink renewable energy mandates

Rethink renewable energy mandates

It’s been a rough two years for global warming alarmists.

Cap and trade failed in 2009, despite the fact that Democrats controlled the House, Senate and White House. The recent United…

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Added by Long Islander on December 19, 2011 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

AWEA gets a LUMP of COAL from american taxpayers

FYI below.


 "One voice can become many"
----- Original Message -----
 
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 7:15 PM
Subject: Good news! Status on 1603 and the PTC
This…
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Added by Rick Conrad on December 17, 2011 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Leading Bird Conservation Group Formally Petitions Feds to Regulate Wind Industry

Leading Bird Conservation Group Formally Petitions Feds to Regulate Wind Industry 



Petition presents a viable alternative to inadequate, unenforceable voluntary guidelines drafted by the government 

 

MEDIA RELEASE

Contact: Robert Johns, 202-234-7181 ext.210, …

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Added by Long Islander on December 15, 2011 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Massachusetts Expedited Wind Law Likely Dead

Perhaps Maine will one day soon scuttle its terrible expedited wind law.
Proposed state wind energy bill likely dead
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Added by Long Islander on December 15, 2011 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

town meet Salem Maine 12-14-2011

I asked the Governor what his thoughts were on.."should Unorganized Townships be able to enact local ordinances...especially protection from GRID scale WIND?" Andrienne Bennett passed the buck to Beardsly of Department of Conservation and then to Patricia Aho of Department of Environmental Protection.  Governor grabbed the microphone on the way to Aho and said, "If you do not like WIND tell your legislators and representatives. It is election year. The UT's will be…

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Added by alice mckay barnett on December 15, 2011 at 1:34pm — 1 Comment

New Jersey Plan Reduces Renewable Energy Mandates from Jon Corzine's 30% to 22.4%

Natural gas, nuclear get bigger role in energy master plan

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2011    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 2011, 11:58 AM
THE RECORD

New Jersey will depend less on solar panels,…

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Added by Long Islander on December 12, 2011 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Terence Corcoran: The dark side of green energy

Terence Corcoran: The dark side of green energy

  Dec 5, 2011 – 8:52 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 12:45 AM ET…

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Added by Long Islander on December 12, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments

"Such easy access to the public's purse"

Angus King-Yale Endowment DOE loan guarantee and First Wind  DOE loan guarantee referenced in lawsuit

Department of Energy Approved Solyndra and Other Projects Allegedly Without Required Oversight, Say Plaintiffs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…

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Added by Long Islander on December 12, 2011 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment

First Wind...

11, 2011  …
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Added by sally kaye on December 11, 2011 at 11:07pm — No Comments

READ AND ACT PLEASE AND HELP STOP SECTION 1603 THIRTY PERCENT GRANTS:

Folks, 
The following  letter is  part  of  a national  campaign to  request the Congress to  allow Section 1603 grants  to  expire this  year.
CTFWP is working  at coordinate the  Maine effort and will  compile the names and coordinate the mailing.  (You can also send your own…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on December 8, 2011 at 11:16am — No Comments

This; From the Institute for Energy Research

"In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2011, wind’s generation in 2030 is projected to be 159 billion kilowatt hours, about 70 percent higher than wind generation in 2010, but still a mere 3.2 percent share of generation. In EIA’s recent analysis evaluating an 80 percent clean energy standard by 2050, wind generation nearly doubles from the agency’s prediction in the Annual Energy Outlook by 2035. But an almost doubling in wind generation only provides a 6.3 percent share. EIA’s analysis of a 25…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 7, 2011 at 6:05pm — No Comments

Hasta La Vista

Green energy’s fair shot

Posted Dec. 05, 2011…


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Added by Whetstone_Willy on December 6, 2011 at 10:58am — 2 Comments

A note for Willem Post

Hello Willem Post - Sorry, I simply do not know how to do a spreadsheet. I am 79 years old and most details of the internet have escaped me.  But you have a very good idea;  I hope someone will spot this and do the project for you. 

  To me, it is self-evident that actual power production (and the lack thereof) will eventually prove to be the deciding factor in whether the turibnes will endure.  From what I have seen in monitoring the UMPI turbine's poor output for 2.5 years,  inland…

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Added by Harrison Roper on December 5, 2011 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Peaks Island Gives Up on Wind Power citing inefficient wind and aesthetic concerns

Well, after putting up a meteorological testing tower, from a Peaks Island Environmental Action Team post on 11/28/11 it looks as though Peaks Island has wisely given up on wind power. In announcing this decision, it is noted that "There are many locations in Maine where the wind resource offers low cost and sustainable electric generation." There does not appear to be any further mention or supporting documentation of this assertion. It would be…

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Added by Long Islander on December 5, 2011 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Yale Endowment-Angus King Project and First Wind Project Referenced in DOE Loan Guarantee Lawsuit

The Angus King-Yale Endowment project referenced is Record Hill Wind. The First Wind project that is referenced is called Kahuku Wind. Detailed information on both projects can be found at the website of the U.S. DOE Loan Programs Office.…

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Added by Long Islander on December 4, 2011 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

1603 cash grants additional information

Sent: Sat, Dec 3, 2011 9:31 pm
Subject: RE: Contact your U.S. Congressman to join John Kline
 
Done.  I spoke with Isaac Orr in WI Senator Frank Lasee's office.  He said the…
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Added by Rick Conrad on December 4, 2011 at 5:13am — No Comments

Actual power production data

  The Federal Energy Regulation Commission  (FERC) has a website that lists seemingly hundreds of energy producers in the USA.  The site has information on quarterly power sales and prices and some other details.   

  To check out the  Maine wind producers' actual power production you have to know the name FERC uses for them:

Mars Hill is "Evergreen Wind Power, LLC";

Stetson I is "Evergreen Wind Power V, LLC"

Stetson II is "Stetson Wind,LLC"

Kibby is…

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Added by Harrison Roper on December 2, 2011 at 10:33pm — No Comments

Tell you Congressman cancel 1603 grants for wind energy

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Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 12:44 PM
Subject: URGENT - AWEA et al are turning up the heat on…
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Added by Rick Conrad on December 2, 2011 at 7:29pm — 5 Comments

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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

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(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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