White House Is All Talk on Energy Strategy - Rep. Ed Whitfield, The Hill
Bain Capitalism Or Solyndra…
February 15 2012
-“And what do we get for these billions in subsidies? A puny amount of unreliable…
Long Islander's Blog – February 2012 Archive (25)
Wind Industry Playbook: Statoil Stakeholder Analysis
An interesting short PDF from Statoil describing how they handled fishermen (and other stakeholders) during their effort to get approvals for a 2009…
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Added by Long Islander on February 29, 2012 at 2:27am — No Comments
First Wind Denied Motion to File Exceptions by Maine PUC
STATE OF MAINE
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Docket No. 2011-170
February 27, 2012
BANGOR HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMPANY ORDER
and MAINE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Request for Exemptions and for
Reorganization Approvals
WELCH, Chairman; VAFIADES AND…
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FEN's "The Maine Woods" January 2012 Edition Devoted Entirely to Industrial Wind Power in Maine
2/29/12
The January 2012 edition of FEN's publication The Maine Woods is devoted to the issue of industrial wind power in Maine.…
Added by Long Islander on February 29, 2012 at 1:00am — 3 Comments
A Business Model of "Lie, Cheat and Corrupt"
For those of us who are new, a letter to the President you will likely find interesting. This is from a U.S. Democratic Representative in NY State.
Download here:
Massa_USRep_DNY__letter_to_Obama.pdf
We found it interesting. Governor Baldacci's Attorney General, Janet Mills, apparently didn't.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 28, 2012 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments
FIRST WIND & Emera - MPUC Special Deliberations scheduled for March 8, 2012
Added by Long Islander on February 28, 2012 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments
LURC to discuss public comments on changes to expedited wind development permitting
February 23, 2012 EXCLUSIVE: LURC to discuss public comments on changes to expedited wind development permitting |
Added by Long Islander on February 23, 2012 at 9:54am — No Comments
"Windfall" Being Screened at Environmental Leader Unity College
Provocative Film Windfall Examining Wind Power Debate to be Screened on February 28 at UCCPA
By Unity College | Feb 22, 2012…
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Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals - Citing Higher Costs
Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals
Two key legislators say businesses are worried about higher costs and that the 2017 state goal is unreachable.
By Dave Gram / The Associated Press
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Two key state lawmakers said Tuesday that Vermont won't meet its goal of getting 20 percent of its…
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New Documentary Illustrates Global Backlash Against Big Wind
Reading this, it occurred to me that some of the "CO2 trumps all" mainstream environmental groups are so addicted to their "ties" with the wind industry that their repeated lying is just like that of a junkie who must have his fix. When the wind industry dies, who will they cozy up to next?
Someone just sent me the following which I believe totally applies to the tired…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 20, 2012 at 7:00pm — 4 Comments
Learning from Others’ Mistakes
February 2012
Learning from Others’ Mistakes: What Europe’s Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies can Teach Texas
http://www.texaspolicy.com/pdf/2012-02-PP03-LearningFromOthersMistakes-ACEE-JosiahNeeley.pdf…
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University of Maine Fails Wind Power Data Test
The $2 million University of Maine wind turbine experiment, the state's only wind experiment that actually measures electricity, continues to fail the data test, not to mention the viability test.
When this grossly wasteful and expensive experiment began, great promises were made by the University about openly sharing data on electricity production and how much in supposed cost savings (ha!) could be truthfully attributed to the turbine.
It's been about a YEAR…
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Regulate the Maine SCEGS - "So Called Environmental Groups"?
Perhaps Maine needs a law to ensure citizens know of every penny given by the wind industry to so called environmental groups directly or indirectly. Perhaps this could put an end to shameless shilling and tampered testimonies by these so called environmental groups.
FEBRUARY 16, 2012…
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander: “It’s Time to End Big Wind’s Big Loophole”
Calls $27 billion wind subsidy “a waste of money that could be used for energy research or to reduce the debt”; says, “I’m ready to reduce the subsidies for ‘Big Oil’ as long as we reduce the subsidies for ‘Big Wind’”
Added by Long Islander on February 16, 2012 at 12:55am — No Comments
Maine BEP rules for wind turbine noise approved by Environment and Natural Resources Committee with unanimous "ought to pass"
For Immediate Release
The Citizen’s Task Force on Wind Power (CTFWP) applauds the Environment and Natural Resources Committee for its “unanimous ought to pass” vote today on new regulations governing noise from wind…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 14, 2012 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments
Technology, not Politics: Meet LePage’s Energy Team
Technology, not Politics: Meet LePage’s Energy Team
by Terrilyn Simpson
They’re self taught. They’ve traveled the world solving energy and engineering problems. They learned practical applications of complicated theories during World War II and studied at Harvard and Brown and Princeton. All Maine residents now, they…
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The Penalties of Feel-Good Energy Policies
February 14, 2012
The Penalties of Feel-Good Energy Policies
By Marita Noon
Because of the unproven notion that burning fossil fuels causes global warming, saving energy has become the cultural norm with the expectation that reducing the use of coal-fueled electricity and gasoline will help everyone. More…
Added by Long Islander on February 14, 2012 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
Alan Farago: Big Wind’s Inconvenient Truth
Added by Long Islander on February 10, 2012 at 9:00pm — 8 Comments
Island Falls Snowmobile Club Windfall Screening - Friday March 30 at 6:30PM
Mattawamkeag Lake - slated to be maimed with a useless and out of scale wind factory
Island Falls Snowmobile Club Windfall Screening - Friday March 30 at 6:30PM - A PDF of all currently scheduled Maine screenings can be downloaded here:…
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Using the Maine PUC's Virtual Case File
The Maine Public Utilities Commission regulates electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water utilities to ensure that Maine consumers enjoy safe, adequate and reliable services at rates that are just and reasonable for both consumers and utilities. The Commission oversees emerging competitive markets for some of these services.
A tremendous number of interesting documents affecting us are available on their website.
One way to find something is to search for it…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 7, 2012 at 1:30am — 1 Comment
New documentary: Wind farms are a lot of hot air (NY Post)
Tilting at windmills
A new documentary on turbines in upstate New York shows that wind farms are a lot of hot air
Last Updated: 5:16 AM, February 5, 2012
Posted: 10:14 PM, February 4,…
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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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