I am asking for your help for Forest, WI
Dear Fellow Wind Fighters:
I am asking for your help.
We, in the town of Forest, St. Croix County,WI have been fighting against an industrial wind project for two years. The Highland Wind Farm--41 towers 497 foot tall 2.5 MW turbines (likely Nordex N100)--is on the map for our small township. We stopped the project on a local level about one year ago when we recalled the town board based on open records that showed evidence of open meeting violations and possible collusion between them and the wind developer, Emerging Energies aka EEW Services, Hubertus, WI. At least two of the three former town board members stand to make financial gain from the wind project. Sound familiar? Our new town board rescinded all permits; however, the wind developer added two more turbines and took their application to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC), which has the power to grant permitting on projects over 100 MW.
Right now, we are in the fight of our lives before the PSC of Wisconsin. When our group, the Forest Voice (www.theforestvoice.org) requested intervenor compensation from the PSC to hire expert witnesses, we were awarded a paltry sum of $20,000.00 for attorney fees only--nothing for expert witnesses. Another intervenor, CLEAN Wisconsin, a pro-wind "environmental" organization, which is also a registered lobby, received $43,000.00 to hire a so-called sound expert, which, of course, is supporting the wind developer. At every turn, we believe our voices of opposition are being suppressed, including from the very agency that should be protecting us. If the people of Forest write a public comment on the docket, we cannot testify in person at the public hearing. Yet, we will keep fighting with everything we have.
On Friday, September 21, 2012, the Wisconsin PSC docket began filling with pro-wind public comments urging the PSC commissioners to permit the wind project. I checked around and found out the CLEAN Wisconsin website, the folks that received $43,000.00 for one expert witness, has a link to the docket and are encouraging people to write public comments in support of Highland Wind. I am asking all of you to please, please go to the PSC Docket and submit a public comment regarding the nasty side of industrial wind that we all understand so well.
Directions:
Go to www.psc.wi.gov.
On the left side of the home page is a button to click on "Public Comment."
The Public Comment button will bring you to a page with a list of open cases.
Scroll down a little more than half way and click on "Highland Wind Farm."
A window will open in which you can write a public comment.
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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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