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The attached letter written by Brian Raynes appears in the current edition of the Houlton Pioneer-Times and provides interesting insights into First Wind activities in southern Aroostook County.

Oakfield_Letter_Houlton_Pioneer_Times_9-1-10.pdf

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Comment by Long Islander on December 6, 2009 at 12:05pm
April 20, 2009

Maine Power Grid Operator Under Investigation (by CONNECTICUT's Attorney General)

Connecticut's attorney general announced today that he believes New England residents have been swindled out of nearly $86 million by power generators who were paid for electricity they never supplied. It remains unclear whether Maine will get involved in the antitrust investigation into those generators and ISO-New England, which operates the region's power grid.

The governor of Connecticut and the state's Department of Public Utility Control are joining the AG in his fight for a refund. Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says she is unaware of the suit, and had no immediate comment. Hers and other government offices were closed for Patriot's Day, so there was no one available to comment at the Public Utilities Commission or the Governor's office. Calls to ISO New England were not returned.
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/...

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Ct Attorney General Electricity Investigation.zip
Comment by Long Islander on December 4, 2009 at 11:35pm
Industrial Wind Action's Comments re: Hedonic analysis of the impact of wind power projects on residential property values in the United States IWAComments090911.pdf
Comment by Long Islander on December 3, 2009 at 5:22pm
Grid Solar MPUC Filing - interesting information regarding the CMP $1.5 billion transmission upgrade GRID_SOLAR_easyfile_doc220991.pdf
Comment by Long Islander on November 22, 2009 at 11:43am
Dixmont Wind Energy Ordinance - November 2009Dixmont_Wind_Energy_Ordinance_Nov_2009.pdf
Comment by Webmaster on November 17, 2009 at 11:12pm
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Comment by Long Islander on November 17, 2009 at 2:05pm
Health Canada advising that there are peer reviewed scientific articles indicating that wind turbines may have an adverse impact on human health. Health_Canada_Response_to_Digby_on_Health.pdf

 

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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