Here are the Maine House Republicans that voted for this bill:
COREY of Windham |
KINNEY of Knox |
TUELL of East Machias |
Here are the Maine House Republicans that were absent from the vote:
CEBRA of Naples |
DeVEAU of Caribou |
GRIGNON of Athens |
JOHANSEN of Monticello |
SKOLFIELD of Weld |
THERIAULT of China |
All Democrats voted for the bill, with the following three absent:
ALLEY of Beals |
BROOKS of Lewiston |
STOVER of Boothbay |
The entire Maine Senate voted for this bill.
L.D. 1494, will update Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, a policy that requires increased production of electricity from indigenous sources such as wind, solar, biomass and hydro. The RPS bill aims to double the percentage of renewable power sold in the state to 80 percent by 2030, and 100 percent by 2050. The Senate approved the measure unanimously, the House by a 93-48 margin.
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/06/19/major-solar-renewable-energy...
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BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONAL I CAN TYELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT THOSE TARGETS ARE KLAUGHIBLY RIDICULOUS ! THEY MIGHT BE ACHIEVIBLE IF EVERYONE STOPS LIVING IMMEDIATELY - WHAT A BUNCH OF JOKESTERS !! THEY KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE ENERGY NEEDS OF THIS STATE or ITS PEOPLE !!
Do they have any idea how much that will cost?
Or is this just feel good vote trawling?
See, we are saving the world. Wow!
Give our RE friends and family money and shut up and fall in line, or else you will be tarred and feathered and excommunicated.
All traitors!
U.S. Sen Angus King
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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 - 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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