Disapponting News from PUC About Contract for Highland Wind Project

This is disappointing news from the PUC.  Are wind critics' hopes being dashed by LePage appointee Carlisle McLean voting with outgoing wind power cheerleader David Littell to possibly approve the long term contract for useless wind power that threatens to destroy the Highlands near Concord and Lexington Townships?  We need lots of comments on this one! 
Excerpt:  "Maine Public Utilities Commissioners David Littell and Carlisle McLean agreed a deal was near with NextEra and ordered the PUC staff to continue negotiations, particularly over risk-sharing terms commissioners said were new to such a long-term contract."
The story is here in the Bangor Daily News.

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/05/20/business/puc-gives-conditiona...

The Highlands Wind project would be in the shadow of the Bigelow Preserve, shown here:

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Comment by Kathy Sherman on May 21, 2015 at 6:39am
the point left unsaid is that the grid operator may need to curtail Highland because of transmission constraints and because output is unpredictable. those risks should be born entirely by the developer. the 4.7 cents/kWh price is still much better than the price of long-term contracts approved for first wind/Sun Ed last year for MA and No. 9 Mtn. for CT- 8 cents/kWh. But those contracts included "environmental attributes, though CT regulators acknowledged there were none for CT, and MA regulators simply refused to care. Will they still be able to sell the RECs to southern New Engl states? Does Littell acknowledge that ISO-NE CEO was very clear that there is little to no transmission to handle wind generation when it happens to occur??? Agree with all comments that it is a disgrace and irresponsible to ratepayers in all New England states to add all the grid upgrades necessary for wind developers to reap their profits. Commenter who said the wind will last a long time seems ignorant of the short lifespan of wind turbines, versus hydro as an example.
Comment by Kevin Gurall on May 20, 2015 at 9:46pm

Littell is like the stinky old Uncle who comes for Christmas and hangs around til Easter.  He has severely overstayed his welcome.  Lately, he's been damned bold in trying to further his pro-Big Wind agenda and in doing so also gives LePage the finger.  Littell probably has taken the Kurt Adams course in making sure that he has an employment contract or a big fat consulting contract with one of the wind developers. 

 

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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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