In the Shadow of Katahdin: MEDWAY - "Some big land owner from Mass or Connecticut who doesn't want their identity known"
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Comment by alice mckay barnett on August 11, 2013 at 10:33am
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so, can we ask for public hearings? on noise? or does any one live near there?
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Comment by Brad Blake on August 10, 2013 at 11:26am
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How can you claim "community support" if nobody even lives there? People, wake up! This line from Oakfield to Mattawamkeag is going to have ridge after ridge after ridge fall victim to First Wind. There won't be anywhere you will go around interior Hancock and Washington counties, northern Penobscot or southern Aroostook counties that won't have turbines! When I was involved in fighting Rollins in Lincoln Lakes, the first wind project to come under the horrendous "expedited wind" law, I created these pieces I have attached here. They are satire that is, unfortunately, coming true 4 years after I created them. Fight the wind Bastards! These are here on our website but I will put them here because they are worth seeing and getting angry and taking action!
Maine Cedes the Northeast to First Wind
New State to Be Known as FirstWindiana
April 1, 2010 Augusta, Maine. Maine Governor Baldacci signed a historic measure today ceding a huge portion of northeastern Maine to First Wind Holdings. The law, passed as "Emergency" Legislation by the Maine 124th Legislature, creates the new state of FirstWindiana and cements Baldacci's legacy as one of the biggest buffoons to ever occupy the Blaine Mansion.
"This historic bill accomplishes many things", stated Baldacci. "It recognizes all of the hard work of this administration to keep First Wind afloat. I am so anxious to assist this exemplary business that I felt compelled to ram this through as an Emergency rather than wait for my Task Force to recommend it. Besides, it helps solve the financial mess by shifting all those poor towns to this new state and get them off state assistance from Maine. Since most of the elitists I hang out with don't even know this part of Maine existed, it will not be missed"
A ceremony will be held at the Stetson I site near Prentiss to commemorate the creation of FirstWindiana. Festivities include the inauguration of Governor by acclamation Matt Kearns and a 21 turbine salute. Gov. Kearns will promise a Met Tower for every ridge and a TIF for every town in his inaugural address. He is also expected to announce new contracts with China for turbines and with Brazil for blades. The Obama administration has announced $500 million grant to the new state as a good will gesture from American Taxpayers.
State of FirstWindiana
Governor: Matt Kearns
Statehood: Created in 2010 as "Emergency" legislation by the Maine Legislature
Boundaries: Penobscot River to the Canadian border, from the northern shores of the Grand Lakes of Eastern Maine to Southern Aroostook.
Capitol: Prentiss, centrally located and in honor of Stetson I: "where the revolution began"
State Flag: GE 1.5 MW turbine on a "green" background
State Bird: Clubbed and Mangled Bald Eagle
State Animal: Barotraumatized Bat
State Tree: Whatever is left standing after being run over by a H C Haynes skidder
State Song: "We're in the Money"
State Motto: "Big Wind, Big Lie, Forever!"
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Comment by Gary Campbell on August 10, 2013 at 11:16am
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Interesting points from the document:
Page 6:
Permitting Milestones: Molunkus Wind is underway with permitting and
interconnection and is on schedule to achieve commercial operations by 4Q 2016.
Timeliness: Major Project milestones are anticipated to have been achieved in a timely
manner, including the ability to qualify for federal tax credits.Page 31:
As part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the PTC/ITC for wind energy projects was
extended to projects that “start construction” before the end of 2013.6 First Wind fully expects to
qualify for the PTC/ITC for Molunkus Wind under the terms of the IRS guidance.
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Comment by Penny Gray on August 10, 2013 at 9:49am
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There's a MET tower on route 11 just north of Sherman and before Patten, overlooking Katahdin. It's been there several years.
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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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