I challenge any member of State Government to provide facts to support the findings that made enactment of the Wind Energy Law an emergency act.
The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to explore opportunities for and encourage the development, where appropriate, of wind energy production in the State in a manner that is consistent with all state and federal environmental standards and that achieves reliable, cost-effective, sustainable energy production on those sites in the State that will attract investment and permit the development of viable wind energy projects. The Legislature finds that the development of the wind energy potential in the State needs to be integrated into the existing energy supply and transmission systems in a way that achieves system reliability, total capital cost-effectiveness and optimum short-term and long-term benefits to Maine people. The Legislature finds it is in the public interest to encourage the construction and operation of community wind power generation facilities in the State. For the purposes of this chapter, "community wind power generation facility" means an electricity-generating facility at any one site with instantaneous generating nameplate capacity of not more than 10 megawatts that is powered entirely by wind energy. The Legislature also finds it is in the public interest to encourage wind energy research and the development of wind generation equipment manufacturing facilities in the State.
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Comment by Penny Gray on November 10, 2014 at 5:04pm
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I've emailed the PPH for advertising rates. Haven't heard back yet.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on November 10, 2014 at 3:15pm
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Interesting....
http://theenergycollective.com/robertwilson190/344771/can-you-make-...
Sounds like it would cost us $18 to recover $1 from wind energy.
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Comment by Martha thacker on November 10, 2014 at 9:29am
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How much would a full page ad cost?
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Comment by Donna Amrita Davidge on November 10, 2014 at 6:56am
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We should give it a go if we can raise the funds- now is the time- and to spread the petition to voters to repeal the expedited wind law- any signatures help-
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Great idea Penny for a full page newspaper ad. Wonder if the newspapers would allow it? I would contribute.
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Absolutely Penny and thank you for hosting the summit yesterday! We need more of those but I know hard to get us all together- it was a good turnout!
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Yes, let's challenge our state government on that very issue in a full page newspaper ad and at the same time introduce the Citizens Initiative to repeal and ammend the Wind Energy Act. We need to get that on the ballot ASAP.
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Public interest? Total lie- private interests only!
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From Wiki
"
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is aUnited States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. The RICO Act focuses specifically on racketeering, and it allows the leaders of a syndicate to be tried for the crimes which they ordered others to do or assisted them, closing a perceived loophole that allowed someone who told a man to, for example, murder, to be exempt from the trial because he did not actually commit the crime personally.
RICO was enacted by section 901(a) of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (Pub.L. 91–452, 84 Stat. 922, enacted October 15, 1970). RICO is codified as Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C. § 1961–1968. Under the close supervision of Senator John Little McClellan, the Chairman of the Committee for which he worked, G. Robert Blakey drafted the "RICO Act," Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, signed into law by Richard M. Nixon. While its original use in the 1970s was to prosecute the Mafia as well as others who were actively engaged in organized crime, its later application has been more widespread.
Beginning in 1972, 33 States adopted state RICO laws to be able to prosecute similar conduct.'
I consider First Wind, the Baldaci administration and quite a few in the legislature guilty of racketeering.
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... explore opportunities for and encourage the development, where appropriate, of wind energy production in the State...<>Does not mean foot the bill, in any way shape or form, through taxes or increased electrical bills due to the fact that Maine's citizens will not benefit while others do.<>...cost-effective...<>It is not cost effective when tax dollars support it before it generates a single milliwatt.<>.... sustainable energy production....<>should mean that it must be a self supporting financially and maintain continuous operation from it's resource.<>.....short-term and long-term benefits to Maine people....<>Maine people are NOT benefiting from the electrical power generated. A few communities may benefit but not the entire populace of the Maine People.<>....development of wind generation equipment manufacturing facilities in the State....<>Do we have such? If so Where? How many Jobs from the facility? Temporary Jobs if any?
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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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