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Representative Michael Michaud - Supports the PTC - Response from my call regarding opposing the PTC

I am typing the full letter response here that I received from Rep. Michaud. I typed certain areas in bold:

 

Thank you for contacting me regarding The Production Tax Credit. Maine has unique needs that often require bi-partisan solutions, focused attention and thinking outside of the box. That is why I appreciate your taking the time to get in touch with me and why I come home to Maine nearly every weekend.

 

In order to protect our economy and our national…

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Added by Hart Daley on March 9, 2012 at 2:58pm — 8 Comments

Sen. Jim DeMint’s amendment seeks to repeal all energy-specific tax credits

Senate To Vote On Wind Energy PTC Extension Amendment

Laura DiMugno, Thursday 08 March 2012 - 17:10:32

After attempts to tack on a renewable energy production tax credit (PTC) extension to other legislation failed to gain traction, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., has introduced an amendment to the transportation bill currently under…

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Added by Hart Daley on March 8, 2012 at 8:37pm — No Comments

New Portland Maine enacts wind ordinance----C'mon Dixfield, "Get on Board!"

The rules limit wind turbines to less than 200 feet in height and prohibit any that require lighting. Setbacks are determined based on a formula that considers turbine height, sound levels and the number of turbines.

The ordinance requires a developer to complete a shadow flicker study that examines the area within a 2-mile radius of any turbine. It prohibits turbine blades that glint in the sun.…

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Added by Hart Daley on March 5, 2012 at 3:23pm — 2 Comments

Stop subsidizing green energy fantasy, end the wind tax credit!

Stop subsidizing green energy fantasy, end the wind tax credit



By Amy Oliver Cooke and Michael Sandoval Independence Institute


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Added by Hart Daley on March 5, 2012 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Congress Whacks wind subsidies (Loss of tax credit may stall energy projects)

Sunjournal Article / www.sunjournal.com

by Julie Webnau; Chicago Tribune

 

CHICAGO - The wind industry is predicting massive layoffs and stalled or abandoned projects after a deal to renew a tax credit for wind production failed Thursday in Washington.

The move is expected to have major ramifications in states such as Illinois, where 13,892 megawatts of wind projects-enough to power 3.3 million homes per year-wait to be…

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Added by Hart Daley on February 17, 2012 at 3:51pm — 4 Comments

A Brief Education on TIF's

This is an email I received from a gentleman who was kind enough to break down the "TIF" process to me so I could understand how it DOES NOT benefit the tax paying citizens of Dixfield, ME.

 

Mr. Daley

 

Thank you for asking for…

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Added by Hart Daley on June 2, 2011 at 9:54am — 2 Comments

Wind Forum Article by Dan Fayen??

Did anyone who attended the Dirigo HS Wind Forum meeting see any article in the Sun Journal by Dan Fayen?? All I found was (1) photo.

Added by Hart Daley on May 23, 2011 at 6:49am — 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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