Pineo Girl's Blog – December 2015 Archive (10)

A LOOK BACK AT 2015 - THINGS TO BE THANKFUL FOR!

I'm happy to say goodbye to 2015 - Especially after Congress threw every American taxpayer under the bus by giving $700 billion dollars in tax breaks to corporate America and wealthy Americans! Let's not forget next November that Maine's entire Congressional delegation voted for these tax breaks - and to ship American oil overseas.

But here in Maine we do have a few things to be thankful for - and a few people to thank!

Thank you Kay and Alan Michka, Rep. Larry…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 31, 2015 at 11:49am — 2 Comments

DOESN'T ANYBODY GET IT YET!

The article says tax breaks and falling costs are boosting  solar and wind - But at what cost!   We all know we are paying for this several times over - First with investment tax credits, then with production tax credits, and then with renewable energy credits before it even gets to the meter!  All this for 5% of the energy supply???

There was more hot air produced in this interview than from a wind project - including from Sun Edison's own Matt Kearns!…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 30, 2015 at 12:35pm — 5 Comments

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE MAINE PUC

A Christmas gift from the Maine PUC - Doing the right thing and representing Maine rate payers! The Maine PUC unanimously denies Maine Natural Gas Corporation's (a privately held corporation) attempt to pass on $40 million in capital improvements to rate payers.  This bodes well for Mainers who fear our privately held electricity transmission corporations will try to pass on transmission line improvements to rate payers!…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 24, 2015 at 11:29am — 1 Comment

LePAGE NOMINATES NEW DEP COMMISIONER

Governor LePage has nominated Paul Mercer to be the next DEP Commissioner  - How do you think he will deal with wind?  Rea on!

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/12/22/politics/lepage-nominates-trio-to-fill-cabinet-level-posts/…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 23, 2015 at 3:26pm — No Comments

YOU'VE GOTTA ASK YOURSELF WHY!

So 2 years ago the Maine legislature voted to increase the spend limit on the Maine Turnpike to  70 MPH - The result - a 3% increase in carbon emissions from our transportation sector!  What are we doin' here folks?

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/12/10/recent-data-show-uptick-maines-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Added by Pineo Girl on December 23, 2015 at 3:12pm — 2 Comments

THE WIND INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO CROW

With the boost from Congress and 5 more years of propped up support, the wind industry continues to spread their myths.  I for one wish they would start telling the truth...forget about capacity- tell the truth about production!

http://news.mpbn.net/post/wind-power-continues-steady-growth-across-us

Added by Pineo Girl on December 21, 2015 at 11:23am — No Comments

IT'S OFFICIAL!

Well it looks like wind tax subsidies are here for another five years!

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/17/gop-budget-oks-billions-wind-solar-power-subsidies/

Added by Pineo Girl on December 17, 2015 at 3:00pm — 10 Comments

THIS IS ABOUT NATURAL GAS PIPELINES BUT HAS PARALLELS TO ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION

The Maine PUC is considering a large ratepayer increase to pay for new natural gas pipelines in Augusta and Brunswick.  Aren't natural gas companies private corporations?  Shouldn't the corporation bear the burden of capital expenditures? The PUC's decision may be foreboding for improvements to electricity transmission lines!…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 15, 2015 at 12:57pm — 1 Comment

A CALL TO ACTION FROM OUR NEW HAMPSHIRE FRIENDS

Below please find a copy of a call to action and alert sent to us from our friends in New Hampshire.  We all need to ask Congress not to fund the wind production tax credit now!



WIND ALERT - Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) - Can you spare 2 minutes to help us?

Below is an urgent…

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Added by Pineo Girl on December 6, 2015 at 4:04pm — 3 Comments

 

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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