HOW CONNECTICUT NIMBYS SATISFY THEIR GREEN CONSCIENCE ? by blasting Me, Vt and NH mountains!!!
(from windaction.org)
"First Wind believes that the opportunity to qualify wind energy projects utilizing available federal tax credits
could close this year, and may not re-open in the near or medium term, if ever. We therefore urge DEEP to
consider procuring all 396.5 MW of First Wind’s proposed PPAs, in order to capture the full benefits of the
Production/Investment Tax Credits (“PTC/ITC”) for Connecticut energy consumers.
Capturing the full benefits of the PTC/ITC requires that a project developer be positioned to take on the
development risk and capital requirements necessary to quality by year’s end. We believe the selection of
proposals by Sponsors unable to meet those risks or requirements would deprive Connecticut consumers of an
opportunity to secure cheap renewable power. First Wind is prepared to qualify each project submitted for
review. In fact, First Wind is prepared to provide additional financial security during the remaining project
development period to demonstrate both our financial capacity and commitment to qualify our projects for the
PTC/ITC." ( END OF TEXT )
SO AS YOU SEE THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF THE PTC WILL INTENSIFY SOON AND WE WILL MAKE APPEALS TO THE CTFWP MEMBERS SOON .
IN THE MEANTIME YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR OUTRAGE TO
THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE : tim.schneider@maine.gov
THE ENERGY DIRECTOR : patrick.c.woodcock@maine.gov
THE DEP COMMISSIONER patricia.aho@maine.gov
PLEASE TELL THEM . THAT SACRIFICING THE REMOTE MOUNTAINS OF MAINE TO SATISFY THE GREEN POLICIES OF CONNECTICUT IS AN INSULT TO MAINERS
, THAT SOME OF THE PROJECTs PROPOSED BY PATRIOT RENEWABLES AND FIRST WIND HAVE NOT EVEN BEEN PRESENTED TO MAINE RESIDENTS
.. THAT THE FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS THAT MAINE WIND PROJECTS WILL POWER LOCAL HOMES IS EXPOSED IN THIS DESPICABLE SCHEME.
Monique Aniel
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Comment by Martha thacker on August 9, 2013 at 7:24pm
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When Blumenthal was gov. of Conn., he would not allow transmission lines to run through Conn. for "a few wind farms in upper state ME." He took ISO New England to court for charging too much to rate payers..over a million for power not delivered. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and of course they sided with ISO. I called the office and one of the lawyers said the power was supposedly from NY..which has a wind farm, Cohocton , built by First Wind , which also has no way to transmit. The locals found out that the grid was at capacity and made that fact public on their website..cohoctonwindwatch.
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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