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Tune-in Alert: Public Hearing at EUT Today (May 5, 2016) at 1:00PM - Very Important Bil
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After clicking the link below, turn up your speakers and use the audio buttons immediately to the right of the words "Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee Room (EUT)".
http://legislature.maine.gov/committee/#Audio/211
Descriptions of the three audio buttons are as follows:
If they start late or take a break, there will be dead air.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Cross Building, Room 211
Public Hearing at 1:00 PM for about 4 hours
HP0904, LD 1329 An Act To Maximize the Benefits of Renewable Energy in Maine
HP0923, LD 1355 An Act To Improve Residential Renewable Energy Use
SP0495, LD 1362 An Act Concerning Membership on the Board of Directors of the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority
LD 1329:
- Prioritizes firm capacity electric generation over lower quality resources.
- Maintains renewables as a priority, but emphasizes higher quality renewables, regardless of where the electricity is generated.
- Removes from Legislative Findings some inaccurate and misguided language that gave favor to wind energy.
- Repeals the law that made wind energy a permitted use
- Removes from statute future goals for wind energy buildup
- Requires wind project applicants to fund thorough review
- Removes assumptions of benefits from wind energy
- Improves the community benefit requirements
- Improves the decommissioning requirements
For detailed information, please see:
http://files.ctctcdn.com/fe02db8f001/d8288dcf-473c-40b6-af66-acb499...
and
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP0904...
Contact Information: Committee On Energy, Utilities and Technology
Members & Staff |
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Senator David Woodsome of York, Chair R, Senate District 33
1156 Sokokis TrailWaterboro, ME 04061 Phone: , e-mail: David.Woodsome@legislature.maine.gov |
Senator Dawn Hill of York D, Senate District 35
PO Box 701Cape Neddick, ME 03902 Phone: 207-337-3689, e-mail: Dawn.Hill@legislature.maine.gov |
Senator Garrett Mason of Androscoggin R, Senate District 22
PO Box 395Lisbon Falls, ME 04252 Phone: 207-577-1521, e-mail: Garrett.Mason@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Mark Dion of Portland, Chair D, House District 43
45 Allison AvenuePORTLAND, ME 04103 Phone: 207-797-6341, e-mail: Mark.Dion@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Christopher Babbidge of Kennebunk D, House District 8
84 Stratford PlaceKennebunk, ME 04043 Phone: 207-985-3332, e-mail: Chris.Babbidge@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Roberta Beavers of South Berwick D, House District 2
72 Woodland HillsSOUTH BERWICK, ME 03908 Phone: 603-781-9529, e-mail: Bobbi.Beavers@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Jennifer DeChant of Bath D, House District 52
1008 Middle StreetBath, ME 04530 Phone: , e-mail: Jennifer.DeChant@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Larry Dunphy of Embden R, House District 118
PO Box 331NORTH ANSON, ME 04958 Phone: 207-635-2831, e-mail: Larry.Dunphy@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Martin Grohman of Biddeford D, House District 12
9 Lisa LaneBiddeford, ME 04005 Phone: , e-mail: Martin.Grohman@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Norman Higgins of Dover-Foxcroft R, House District 120
PO Box 594Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426 Phone: , e-mail: Norman.Higgins@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Beth O'Connor of Berwick R, House District 5
92 Sullivan StreetBERWICK, ME 03901 Phone: 207-698-7899, e-mail: Beth.O'Connor@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Deane Rykerson of Kittery D, House District 1
1 Salt Marsh LaneKittery Point, ME 03905 Phone: , e-mail: Deane.Rykerson@legislature.maine.gov |
Representative Nathan Wadsworth of Hiram R, House District 70
PO Box 321Cornish, ME 04020 Phone: , e-mail: Nathan.Wadsworth@legislature.maine.gov |
Benjamin Frech, Committee Clerk Legislative Information Office
100 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 Phone: 287-4143, e-mail: Benjamin.Frech@legislature.maine.gov |
Deirdre Schneider, OPLA Analyst Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
13 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333 Phone: 287-1670, e-mail: Deirdre.Schneider@legislature.maine.gov |
MORE EMAIL ADDRESSES
Beth O'Connor | LIBERTYMOM1@MSN.COM |
Christopher Babbidge | babbidge@roadrunner.com |
David Woodsome | dcwoodsome@gmail.com |
Dawn Hill | dawnhill@maine.rr.com |
Deane Rykerson | rykersonforkittery@gmail.com |
Garrett Mason | garrettpaulmason@gmail.com |
Jennifer DeChant | jdechant@me.com |
Larry Dunphy | SKIME2@ROADRUNNER.COM |
Mark Dion | mndion@msn.com |
Martin Grohman | martin.j.grohman@gmail.com |
Nathan Wadsworth | NATHANWADSWORTH@HOTMAIL.COM |
Norman Higgins | NORMEHIGGINS@GMAIL.COM |
Roberta Beavers | rbbeavers@comcast.net |
Comment
Larry Dunphy's loaded for bear!
It just went on (1:22PM)
Can't get the audio no matter what I do.
U.S. Sen Angus King
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 - 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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