Fudging the UMPI wind power numbers in Maine - but who's watching?
On a test score, the following sort of discrepancy could be the difference between failing a course or getting a good grade. But when it comes to electricity, i.e., the ratepayer's wallet, who cares?
PPH: The Ultimate Sustainable Campus Map
Excerpt:
UMPI’s wind turbine has not yet lived up to its projected potential of producing 700,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/21/the-ultimate-sustainable-camp...
CORRECTION:
The University's annual goal was actually 1,000,000 kilowatt hours -- 43% higher than the 700,000 kilowatt hours reported by the Press-Herald. This is a perfect example of the state's fast and loose non-empirical approach to energy that has caused Maine to be one of the most expensive energy states in the nation. After all, what's being off by 43% when it's other people's money? This wind turbine was originally supposed to cost $1.5 million but its cost went up to $2 million. Now the $2 million cost is likely growing as maintenance and repairs add up.
From the Bangor Daily News on May 14, 2009:
"University officials anticipate the turbine will produce about 1 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year and save the institution more than $100,000 annually in electricity charges"
http://bangordailynews.com/2009/05/14/news/wind-turbine-dedicated-i...
and
http://bangordailynews.com/2009/11/18/news/film-on-umpi-windmill-to...
Here is the 1,000,000 goal again:
http://www.umpi.edu/files/alumni/blue-and-gold_2009-summer.pdf
and again:
http://www.umpi.edu/news/releases/item/08-09038
... and then there is the following "lovefest" comment, describing the UMS Board of Trustees, written by then UMPI president Don Zillman which sums it all up:
http://www.learningace.com/doc/4600733/c88fc1709f1ff988adf0a7bbef71...
Kurt Adams with First Wind, our former PUC Commissioner who started UMPI off with a $50,000 check for ther wind turbine from the PUC is on the UMS Board of Trustees.
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Comment by Martha thacker on September 21, 2014 at 10:49pm
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They get paid to make up stories. Wonder why the newspapers print them? Well, one consolation is the internet. Both newspapers and universities are not as important as they used to be. Lose trust=become irrelevant . If the universities will make up such whoppers over wind farms, how can you trust 'em? How do you know when they are telling the truth or just making stuff up for money?
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Comment by Jim Wiegand on September 21, 2014 at 9:49pm
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I have found that in many cases folks at the Universities are really not all that bright unless you happen ask them. The article above states ............The wind turbine was supposed to be the equivalent of taking 123 cars off the road every year. It’s close but not quite there (yet)." Someone should ask them to show their math for this statement because it is not close to being true unless they are talking about cars that get 50 mph and are driven less than 5000 miles a year. Then just because the turbine is putting out about 600,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually, it is not the net amount delivered to consumers.
Maybe they were talking about 123 motorcycles.
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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
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"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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