Did the Wind Industry Benefit From an Expedited Permitting Law in Puerto Rico?
Did the Wind Industry Benefit From an Expedited Permitting Law in Puerto Rico
Executive Orders - Declaration of Emergency
The Governor of Puerto Rico can utilize existing statutory tools to declare and energy emergency and enable the relevant agencies to activate expedited permitting processes in order to jumpstart the replacement of PREPA’s old generation fleet and improve/replace transmission and distribution infrastructure. In 2010, the Governor issued an Executive Order (EO) declaring a state of emergency in connection with the infrastructure of the electric power utility in Puerto Rico. The EO’s effective date was extended on multiple occasions until 2012, as per the provisions of Act 76-2000, as amended (“Act 76”). Pursuant to those EOs, expedited permitting proceedings were activated to approve multiple projects related to the generation of energy using alternate sources of fuel to those traditionally used (e.g., petroleum derived sources). Act 76 was enacted to address certain emergencies, provide expedited processes for the application and granting of permits, endorsements, consultations and/or certifications related to the solution of emergencies so declared.37 Act 76 grants the Governor the authority to issue an EO declaring an emergency covered under its provisions. Under the Act, an emergency shall be deemed to exist if, among others, there is an event or grave problem of deterioration in the physical infrastructure for the rendering of essential services to the people.38
Upon the issuance of an EO declaring a state of emergency under Act 76, and for the duration of the emergency, the Governor activates: (a) an expedited permitting process under which certain permitting agencies 39 can fast track permit applications, related to works that may provide an immediate solution to the situation created by the emergency, which entail the issuing of a permit, endorsement, consultation and/or certification, and approval of an environmental document; (b) the specific and non-deferrable period during which other agencies can file their endorsements or opposition to permit applications; (c) the period for the relevant evaluation of environmental documents; and (d) the period for the evaluation of location consultations by the Planning Board. Although it establishes an expedited permitting procedure, the provisions of Act 76 include public notification mechanism which ensure public participation and establishes the remedies available to a party adversely affected by any resolution or order issued by any agency under the provisions of Act 76. This legal mechanism helped significantly in the development of multiple renewable projects that today are selling energy to PREPA.40 http://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II06/20160112/104355/HHRG-114-II0...
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Comment by Frank Haggerty on October 1, 2017 at 10:07am
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Sep 22, 2017 - Uploaded by Live Storms Media9-22-17 Puerto Rico Wind - Solar - Cellular Structures Destroyed - Aerial ...Shows total devastation of commercial wind turbines in Puerto RicoThe mainstream media is ignoring the massive loss of wind turbinesSovereign Bank stuck with 88 million dollar lossMar 12, 2013 - Gestamp Wind Energy North America, a unit of Spain's Corporacion Gestamp, has closed an USD-88-million (EUR-68m) sale and leaseback deal for a 23.4-MW wind farm in Puerto Rico now owned by Sovereign Bank NA, part of Banco Santander
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Comment by Long Islander on October 1, 2017 at 9:50am
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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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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