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lurc PUBLIC HEARING 9-22-2010

From: LURC <LURC@maine.gov>

Subject: LURC - Champlain Wind rulemaking petition to add lands in Kossuth Twp to the wind power expedited permitting area

To:

Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 10:22 AM…





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Added by alice mckay barnett on August 11, 2010 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it

Part two of a three-part series

Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it…



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Added by Long Islander on August 10, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Drops Second Bomb on Maine's Wind Industry

Some now have second thoughts about fast-tracking wind…
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Added by Long Islander on August 9, 2010 at 5:00am — No Comments

Good Reporting

Wind Power Bandwagon Hits Bumps in the Road

WRITTEN BY NAOMI SCHALIT SENIOR REPORTER MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING

FRIDAY, AUGUST 06, 2010 AT 8:38 AM

AUGUSTA — The Wind Energy Act of 2008, which gave developers a fast track to putting up wind turbines in some of the state’s treasured high ground, was a special interest bill justified at the time in the name of jobs, energy independence and climate change.



“There is tremendous potential for Maine to become… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:45pm — No Comments

David Wilby, member of Baldacci's wind task force must think wind power would be competitive in the free market

WHAT CENTRAL MAINE POWER DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW

Dave Wilby, Executive Director, Independent Energy Producers of Maine

Angela O’Connor, President, New England Power Generators Association

Are Maine consumers better off now that energy generation is deregulated? The answer

is yes.

In fact, Maine consumers are much better off contrary to the recent commentary by Sara

Burns of Central Maine Power. Wholesale electricity prices in New England have

declined by… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Natural Gas............Good to go for America's electrical needs

By BEN CASSELMAN



CADDO PARISH, La. -- A massive natural-gas discovery here in northern Louisiana heralds a big shift in the nation's energy landscape. After an era of declining production, the U.S. is now swimming in natural gas.



Even conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery -- known as the Haynesville Shale, for the dense rock formation that contains the gas -- could hold some 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That's the equivalent of 33 billion… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Maine Lobster Festival - late start, but visitors are hip to our message

My bad, I didn't get there and set up the Pen Bay table until 12:30 noon. Stayed until about 4pm. I Davy Jones' Lockered my cellphone. My new cellphone# is now 593-2744 My new wall phone will be the old cell# 691-7485 It hasn't got voicemail yet.…


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Added by Ron Huber on August 5, 2010 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

CMP Upgrade for Massachusetts, Not Maine

CMP has told Mainers that the MPRP upgrade is needed because our power lines are 40 years old. But we know the real reason is so that spurting wind, however intermittent, require new lines to prevent thermal overload. Below it states that the benefit of this project is for interstate transport of electricity. What that means is that the ratepayer is being forced to pay for new transmission, without which, the already subsidized wind companies would not have a way to sell their…

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Added by Long Islander on August 4, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

At Camden Energy Meeting, Ragged Mountain turbine plan twists slowly in the wind.

Hah...Went to the August 2nd meeting of the Camden Energy Committee...Listen to podcast of meeting here. Plans for a Ragged Mountain turbine complex twist slowly in the wind: See below....


If it is to be community wind, the residents of Rockport, Hope and Camden must cough up many tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to even get out the starting gate of preliminary…
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Added by Ron Huber on August 3, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

lawsuits

does anyone know how many lawsiuts, to date, are against the towns with wind turbines in place?

Lincoln

Freedom

Mars Hill

Vinal Haven

(Roxbury)

It seems the only way to stop our town fathers from blundering is to show the tax payers how much these lawsuits will cost them.

Added by alice mckay barnett on August 1, 2010 at 11:35am — No Comments

Camden Hills windmill wannabes to meet August 2 on next moves. But mustn't NIMs make up part of the crew?

The Camden Hills Energy Committee Meets Monday night 5:30 p.m. in the Town of Camden's Washington Street Conference Room. News article here and below,


Their Plan: Obtain…
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Added by Ron Huber on July 31, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

The Jig is Up

What the AWEA wants is the government to make us buy their wind electricity -- at high prices. And make us pay for massively expensive, unsightly and otherwise wholly unnecessary new transmission lines so that Mainers and southern New Englanders can but this expensive electricity. Skyrocketing electricity prices coming from statewide industrial turbine and transmission blight that is…

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Added by Long Islander on July 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

House of Lords calls for 2km setbacks (1.24 miles)

7/29/10

Wind Turbines (Minimum Distances from Residential Premises) Bill

A bill to make provision for a minimum…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on July 29, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind

Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power Project



July 27, 2010



Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $117 million loan guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power, LLC, the owner and operator of the Kahuku Wind Power project. The project includes the development of an innovative 30 megawatt (MW) wind power plant that will supply electricity to approximately 7,700 households per… Continue

Added by Oakfield Wind on July 27, 2010 at 7:07pm — 1 Comment

CMP Bulking Up For Baldacci's Wind Sprawl Scam

When this project was sold in, it was largely about 40 year old power lines. Wind was very downplayed. Now they are telling the truth, almost as if to create the impression this is the reason that had been given all along, when in fact, the primary reason they gave was the lie about 40 year old power lines.
It's high time Mainers learned about this $1.4 billion "hidden" extra cost to wind power. We are BROKE.…
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Added by Long Islander on July 27, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

T. Boone Pickens Just Dropkicked The American Wind Industry

From the Business Insider:

T. Boone Pickens Just Dropkicked The American Wind Industry

Gus Lubin | Jul. 22, 2010, 3:09 PM…

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Added by Long Islander on July 25, 2010 at 5:30am — No Comments

The wind industry is not responding well to the latest news from the U.S. Senate

American Wind Energy CEO Denise Bode

Renewable Energy Industry Chafed About Senate Energy Bill

by Timothy B. Hurst on July 22, 2010

The wind industry is not responding well to today's news that the Senate is abandoning a comprehensive energy and climate bill and that the proposed plan…

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Added by Long Islander on July 23, 2010 at 3:30pm — 6 Comments

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

In New England's electricity market, fossil-fuel generators (mostly natural gas and oil) are the marginal, or price-setting, resources. As a result of RGGI, the cost of electricity generated by these resources will increase, as they will need to procure CO2 allowances in order to operate. As market prices for electricity increase somewhat as a result, the value of emission-free wind electricity will increase under RGGI.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on July 23, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

High tide on Wall Street's doorstep

Mark my words:

In the light of the Congress dropping all efforts to pass "cap and trade" or any other greenhouse gas limits, I am afraid nothing will be done until high tide begins to lap at the steps of the Stock Exchange on Wall Steet, floods low-lying airports like D.C's Reagan (National), and washes away the CEOs' Palm Beach mansions.

Then, when it is too late, business interests and financiers will complain that the "scientists did not give proper warning". It is time to…

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Added by Harrison Roper on July 23, 2010 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Quick interview with Robert West of Ocean Energy Institute

I visited the grand opening of the Ocean Energy Institute. Passing a lone bagpiper holding forth (short mp3) near the entry, I joined the throng streaming upstairs, where, . Amid the roar and chatter of the many folks there, I interviewed Robert West, the managing director of the organization. Kind of a 'getting to know you' interview. An…
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Added by Ron Huber on July 22, 2010 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

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U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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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