2009 Maine Wind Energy Act Approach for Natural Gas

How LePage plans to fast-track natural gas expansion

Posted Feb. 15, 2013, at 3:49 p.m.
Last modified Feb. 15, 2013, at 5:10 p.m.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — In his State of the State address, Gov. Paul LePage committed to “fast track” permitting for the state’s natural gas delivery infrastructure in the same way his predecessor, Gov. John Baldacci, did for wind power projects.
One element of the fast-track framework, modeled after the 2009 Maine Wind Energy Act, would establish in state law numeric goals for installed natural gas capacity. If incremental benchmarks for the expansion of natural gas capacity become part of state law, companies seeking environmental permits, Maine Department of Transportation and local approval could benefit by showing how their projects would push the state closer to meeting goals established in state law, as is the case now with wind energy, Woodcock said.
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Comment by Allen Barrette on February 19, 2013 at 7:53am

Just because Gov.baldacci jumped off the bridge does that mean Gov.Lepage has to follow? Every decision the feds and states make is made out of desperado. This Controversy and hype is about one thing,(Desperado). Instead of using informative resources at all of our disposal including the universities,engineers,geologists,scientists,hydraulic and hydronic sciences from abroad instead they choose to use the internet and in house opinions of the corrupted industries. When money drives interest in place of the need we all end up in trouble just like the turbines. We are playing with fire when the earth is involved. Number one advice to all the children of science, Do not mess with mother nature. Since the adults do not know any better then maybe the children of the world can do a much better job at preserving the earth if there is one left to preserve when they reach adulthood. Think plain and simple, Think National Monorail System. It will power us up, get us to work on time, will not pollute, will create electricity, will create jobs jobs jobs. -----GOT VISION-----     

Comment by Art Brigades on February 17, 2013 at 8:13pm

While wind is useless, unsustainable, unaffordable, and unnecessary, gas is not.  It can help us heat buildings, propel vehicles, generate electricity, and more.  But even if the benefits of gas exceed its impacts, the markets will respond if government facilitates and gets out of the way.  But when it comes to putting arbitrary goals in law, the governor should not be in the business of picking favorites and writing that favor in statute.  We know better. 

 

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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."

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