IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES

LUPC Windpower Expedited Area Petitions

In response to Public Law 2015, Chapter 265 “An Act to Improve Regulatory Consistency within the Jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Planning Commission,” the LUPC announces a new web page that describes the petition process to remove areas from the expedited permitting area for wind energy development. The site also allows interested individuals to self-subscribe to an email notice list.

Website: For more information about this process, please go towww.maine.gov/dacf/lupc/projects/wind_expedited_area/wind_expedited.... Petition forms are now available, as described on the site. As more information about the process is available, it will also be posted to this site.

Email Notifications: To receive notifications on topics that interest you, including the LUPC’s new “Windpower Expedited Area Petitions” topic, please go tohttps://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDACF/subscriber/new. All notifications will be provided through this system. Anyone who needs a mailed notice instead of email may contact the staff to be added to a postal mail notice list.

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on September 19, 2015 at 5:20pm

I stand corrected, in that I omitted that fact. It was a horrific day with an RBO team. 

Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on September 19, 2015 at 2:36pm

Thank you for the added precision Gary!

Comment by Gary Campbell on September 19, 2015 at 2:17pm

It's not just the UT's that are eligible to be removed from the Expedited Wind Permitting Area. Plantations are also eligible.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on September 18, 2015 at 9:07am

I have not the time to read the content at this time, however I presume this has to deal with the UT's one time ability to opt out from the expedited zones. If not, then I take this time to Remind those that have this option to do so, to get it done. I have again reminded members of FOTPV and their UT folks that the deadline is quickly approaching. 

 

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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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