Dozens of windpower bills before Maine legislature for 2011

The following is a list of 29 bills relating to windpower (one or 2 include tidal energy) that will come before the Maine legislature between now and the close of the 2011 session. It comes from this list of more than 1,000 submitted bills accepted by the Maine ... for this session. (58 page pdf file)  More about the Maine legislature click here

These LRs will be assigned LDs and then be in their final form. Right now the number at the beginning of each entry is its LR #.  the name in capitals is the Sponsor

 

LR 729 BERRY An Act To Provide Rebates for the Purchase of Certain Solar and Wind Power
Equipment

LR 1649 BERRY An Act To Adopt a Tariff-based On-bill Recovery Program for Energy Savings
Improvement and Renewable Energy Projects

 

LR 1957 BEAVERS An Act To Amend the Duties of the Governor's Office of Energy Independence and
Security

1396 CLARK T An Act To Promote Energy Independence and Renewable Energy Production

 

956 CORNELL DU HOUX An Act To Encourage Economic Investment in Clean Energy

1583 CORNELL DU HOUX An Act To Promote Community Wind Power Development

 

768 DUNPHY An Act to Ensure Accurate Valuation of a Community Benefits Package

769 DUNPHY An Act To Place a Moratorium on Expedited Permitting of Grid-scale Wind Energy
Development

770 DUNPHY An Act To Establish a Code of Conduct for Individuals Involved in Grid-scale Wind
Energy Development

771 DUNPHY An Act To Minimize Conflicts between Property Owners and Grid-scale Wind Energy
Developments

772 DUNPHY An Act To Preserve and Protect Citizens' Property Rights and Values

773 DUNPHY An Act To Remove Unsubstantiated Statements from the Wind Energy Development
Laws

774 DUNPHY An Act To Ensure Open and Transparent Bidding for the Lowest Electric Rates

775 DUNPHY An Act To Preserve Revenue for the State

1187 DUNPHY An Act To Restore a Uniform Visual Permitting Standard for Wind Power Projects

 

706 EVES An Act Relating To Net Energy Billing for Solar Energy Users

1700 FITTS An Act To Reestablish the Solar and Wind Energy Rebate Program

1471 FLEMINGS An Act To Promote Alternative Energy Development and Reduce Costs for
Homeowners

1122 FLOOD An Act To Support Solar Energy Development in Maine

1637 GIFFORD An Act To Update the Maine Wind Energy Act

1943 HARMON An Act To Ensure Regulatory Fairness in Wind Power Projects

976 KENT An Act To Establish the Renewable Energy Resources Program

1677 MOULTON An Act To Eliminate the Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security

1256 PATRICK An Act To Improve the Permitting Process for Wind Electricity Generating Facilities
and To Protect Maine's Quality of Place

881 PETERSON An Act To Establish Baseline Information on Health Impacts from Industrial Wind
Development

892 RICHARDSON W An Act to Place a Moratorium on Wind Power Development and Repeal Expedited

Permitting of Wind Power

1441 RUSSELL An Act To Promote Small-scale Renewable Energy Development

 

1236 SAVIELLO An Act To Protect Ratepayers While Enhancing Energy Independence and Security

1038 SAVIELLO An Act Regarding Siting for Wind Turbines

 

1836 WHITTEMORE An Act To Amend the Procedures for Net Energy Billing by Utility Companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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