Orland Town Council Chair on wind regulations: They don't think we need anymore and I don't either

But Town Council Chair Ed Rankin believes current regulations shouldn't change because they meet state approved standards and cited two prior temporary wind bans as evidence.  Rankin explained, "And our planning board has worked very hard, done all their homework and visited a lot of sites.  They don't think we need anymore and I don't either."  

https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local-news/7546-orland-residents-vot...

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Orland voters narrowly reject wind moratorium

ORLAND — Residents voted 282 to 277 against the moratorium, which would have temporarily prevented the town from accepting any proposals from a wind developer. In 2013, residents voted 439 to 258 in favor of Eolian’s concept.

Travis Bullard, Eolian’s project manager, was also in the town’s community center when the votes were tallied. He said the vote “affirmed the town’s support for wind energy....

http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/featured/orland-rejects-wind-morat...

Total number of Orland voters who cast their ballot today - 559

Total number of registered voters in Orland - 1635

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 22, 2015 at 8:54pm

They usually take a purchase option with the landowner for first refusal, and they would eventually win using our tax dollars indirectly. Also, there is usually a clause in those that prevent them from discussing.

Comment by Penny Gray on January 22, 2015 at 7:51pm

So the project could be stopped by buying out a property owner and sitting on the property and refusing to sign the waiver?  A bidding war between the wind developer and the people who don't want the project?

Comment by Long Islander on January 22, 2015 at 7:27pm

Please see the following on property values.

http://www.northnet.org/brvmug/WindPower/REValues.pdf

Comment by alice mckay barnett on January 22, 2015 at 5:23pm

is the application for public review yet?   My interest in comments is the "complaint Protocol"  under noise

will address Lynn Carol ...ty

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 22, 2015 at 3:30pm

Start the Public Hearing requests as soon as possible, addressed to the project manager. 

Once they have submitted their application it should appear here with the rest of them.

http://www.maine.gov/dep/land/sitelaw/selected-developments/

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 22, 2015 at 3:14pm

In the recent MRC issue a public meeting is informational, a public hearing is testimonial. A lot of individual requests went a long way toward getting a Public Hearing. All those that signed the petition may be sufficient to get the hearing though more would be better. Only Sciences of fact were considered in the mix per the Final Draft Order. Not emotions or views or other things. It does not have to be your own figures of fact,  other documented research materials and studies may be used.

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https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2015/01/21/orland-voters-narrowly-r...

...... the town approved a wind ordinance the planning board adapted from a state model. 

In 2013, residents voted 439 to 258 in favor of Eolian’s concept. Not the proposal

This 2011 Ordinance based on the state model, Is probably flawed, and one-sided and most likely out of date. This defeat of the Moratorium only allows the town to accept the proposal from Eolian.

I believe it still must be approved by the town (by citizen vote not by select board), once the proposal has been finalized which any prior proposal may be changed pending DEP requirements. 

I know Abbot and Parkman had to hold a public vote for a binding acceptance with First Wind.

Comment by Nikki Fox on January 22, 2015 at 2:50pm

The project can not happen without those signed waivers.  However, we can't put all our eggs in that basket. They have already offered one $75,000 and we have no way of knowing how much it would take for them to possibly sell out.

This is the info we got from the DEP, Lynn Caron is this project manager for the DEP, and this is her first time with a wind project - probably not the best for us?  

My home is within one mile, as well as many of us I communicate with.  I will make sure they write as many letters as we can get!

"Also when the applicants are ready to file their application with the DEP, they will have to post a notice in a local newspaper.  They only have to post it for a single day legally, but that posting will include the anticipated filing date.  The filing date is very important for people who may want to request a public hearing.  The project will be accepted as complete within 15 days of the project manager receiving the application or returned as incomplete.  Once the project is accepted as complete, the public has 20 days to request a public hearing.  

Written comments on the project will be accepted any time during the process, they can start now.  People can send comments to Maine DEP, 106 Hogan Road, Suite 6, Bangor, Maine 04401.  Have them put in Orland Wind Project attn.: Lynn Caron and I will be sure to get them."

Comment by alice mckay barnett on January 22, 2015 at 1:54pm

we need project address to DEP to become "Interested parties".  Interested parties need to request "Public hearing" individually...the more the better...  In order to have standing in an appeal, you must be with-in 1 mile of turbine.  One half mile camps or alternative homes can stop this project if they comment to DEP.  DEP is the enforcer of the loop holes.

Comment by Penny Gray on January 22, 2015 at 1:04pm

If several residents within 1/2 mile of the project have not signed waivers, can the project even be built?

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 22, 2015 at 12:53pm

Just because your community has an Ordinance on Wind Energy, does not mean they have approved the project. Only the UT's are without the ability to vote, as the county commissioners are their form of government. The same way the Moratorium was forced, so can a vote at a special town meeting.

 

 

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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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