How an Austrian wind power company becomes a local Maine business
A cold wind is blowing through the land inhabited by Emera Maine ratepayers. First, in through our mail slots comes notice of an 8.3 percent distribution rate increase due to delivery costs of our electricity. Next, we get the insult added to that injury: the threat of a Maine ratepayer-funded program being hijacked by an Austrian wind company. .... |
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Comment by Peter Beckford on April 6, 2016 at 6:10pm
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Thanks Mary Beth !, I just saw them. It's awesome to see some input besides my own! By the way, if anyone wants to check out the comments, or any of the filings in the case, go to the PUC site, click on "Online Filing, Docketed Cases, Forms,& RFPs" on the menu on the left, then click on Public when ONLINE FILING box comes up, next enter case number 2011-00154 and "Click to view case", the case w/list of filings will come up and click on the little box above the list that says "Public comments." They'll all come up. To look at all the filings click on the Item No. for one, then click on the Document Title when it comes up and it'll download it. That's how i do it anyway.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on April 6, 2016 at 2:51pm
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Hard to make frozen water flow in the North, but storage would be Ideal............ But then so would not wasting the power by leaving the lights on 24/7 or reducing with more efficiency. Imagine the CO² prevented by not having to produce all these devices to start with. Maybe Southern New England could have sufficient power to go around if they did not waste so much of it. Then they could also have some scenic views in Maine when they arrive. Well Could have had........ These pictured below are above the "Natural Tree Line".
Tauern Wind Park Austria
FROZEN TURBINES ?
And with Wind comes solar............
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Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 6, 2016 at 2:28pm
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Pumped storage is the preferred backup for the unreliability of wind and solar, esp. during peaking period....and it is a bit more expensive, since the large ponds are usually far from loads or grid connectivity.
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Comment by Mary Beth Nolette on April 6, 2016 at 2:14pm
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Posted comments using Paula's link.
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Comment by John Frary on April 6, 2016 at 1:32pm
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A friend just back from Austria told me about a wind-power scheme that has proven quite profitable. When the wind is frisky enough to generate more electric power than can be consumed on certain day and at certain times, they use the power to pump water up hill to holding pools. They can recycle it as hydroelectric power any time demand is up, and sell it to the Germans when they hit a blank space in their wind-and solar-power energy generation. An expensive way to generate hydroelectric power by an ingenious way to gain profit from surplussed and useless power.
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Penny, thank you for making a public comment to the PUC !. I love seeing it, the support is so meaningful. I just read it in the case filings (or above the filings under "Public Comment (3) )". You can always call them (287-3831) , and they'll tell you what to do. I've even just emailed them one in the past. Reminder everyone: It's docket # 2011-00154.
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Thank you, Paula, I've posted my comment.
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Penny and others try this link:
https://mpuc-cms.maine.gov/CQM.Public.WebUI/Comments/PublicComments...
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I'm having no luck filing a comment. I've gone in circles on the PUC site. Is there a direct link to the "comment" page?
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Want to stop a wind development? They can't build it w/out money!! Please submit a "public comment" on this issue to the PUC. (They don't care about the negatives of wind power, it's just about who owns this company, has Pisgah lied to them, have they showed right/title/interest, are they protecting citizens and ratepayers) Just go to their website, this case is Docket # 2011-00154. Or just call them (287-3831) and ask how to do it, they're wicked helpful. They never hear from the public, and a bunch of comments will raise eyebrows. You could also crab to the Governor's office. He absolutely hates this program and this case should send him thru the roof. Youwill make a difference. thanks,Pete
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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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