Long Islander's Blog – June 2013 Archive (28)

Why No Mention of Maine Wind Power Conservation Law Foundation?

The Conservation Law Foundation endlessly shills for its wind industry client when it comes to public forums where citizens are trying to stop their lives from being invaded by this out of place, out of scale deleterious garbage technology. Yet in the following article in today's Maine Sunday Telegram there is no mention of wind power as even a band-aid with respect to times of peak electricity demand. And that is because…

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Added by Long Islander on June 9, 2013 at 4:00am — 7 Comments

Maine lawmakers want to restore rights to residents in wind tower zones (Naomi Schalit & John Christie)

Lawmakers want to restore rights to residents in wind tower zones

A legislative committee Thursday sided with residents in some of the…

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Added by Long Islander on June 7, 2013 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Wind Forcing: New England's Coming Energy War

WindAction Editorial

Wind Forcing: New England's Coming Energy War

(Posted May 30, 2013)

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Added by Long Islander on June 5, 2013 at 3:53pm — 1 Comment

BDN - DEP increases scrutiny of fire safety at Maine’s proposed wind farms

DEP increases scrutiny of fire safety at Maine’s proposed wind farms

A fire on Jan. 23, 2013, destroyed this turbine at TransCanada's Kibby Mountain wind farm.

Jim Anderberg
A fire…
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Added by Long Islander on June 4, 2013 at 2:16pm — 7 Comments

PUC staff suggests CMP smart meter audit

JUNE 3, 2013

PUC staff suggests CMP smart meter audit

Staff of the Maine Public Utilities Commission is recommending that commissioners conduct an audit of Central Maine Power Co.'s smart meter program out of concern that it will not reduce electricity costs as projected.

In a …

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Added by Long Islander on June 4, 2013 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Maine DEP Public Meeting On Proposed First Wind Hancock Wind Project - THURSDAY 6PM-9PM

Maine Government News

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Maine Department of Environmental Protection To Hold Second Public Meeting On Proposed 18-Turbine Hancock Wind Project

May 31, 2013

Environmental Protection

Chris Swain, Maine DEP Director of Innovation and Assistance, 207-287-7831

-The meeting is the second of two DEP is hosting to inform the public and invite comment on an 18-turbine…

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Added by Long Islander on June 1, 2013 at 10:32pm — 25 Comments

Sun Journal - Alan Farago: Long past time for elected officials to redress 2008 Maine wind law wrongs

Alan Farago: Wind power is not the answer

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Added by Long Islander on June 1, 2013 at 10:16pm — 1 Comment

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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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