Sumner citizens to decide on wind farm moratorium - June 6

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SUMNER — A June 6 date has been set for the people of Sumner to decide whether to institute a temporary ban on wind farms.

The selectmen unanimously accepted a recommendation from the Planning Board on Tuesday that a special town meeting be held to vote on a six-month moratorium for wind farms.

Members of the planning board said that the six-month delay will give the town time to draft a wind farm ordinance, which would establish rules for any wind farm project in Sumner.

The issue arose as a result of a proposal from Blue Sky Energy, an international renewable energy company based in California, to construct five wind turbines on top of Mount Tom.

Planning Board members stated that such an undertaking could have a positive effect on the town's finances, and produce an accompanying decrease in property tax rates, if done properly. However, in what it described as a seven-week research process, the board also found that failure to properly plan could give rise to a number of negative effects on Sumner's residents, including decreased property values, health problems as a result of excessive noise, and environmental degradation to the area around the turbines.

Instituting a moratorium and taking the time to draft an ordinance, the Planning Board argued, would allow the town to institute rules which encourage positive effects and limit negative ones.

Tom Standard, director of Emergency Management, and Sumner Fire Chief Bob Stewart both stated their support for a moratorium. Both expressed the opinion that public safety personnel were not trained in addressing the types of emergencies that could result from a mountain-top wind farm project.

The special town meeting to consider the moratorium will take place at 7 p.m on June 6, and will be accompanied by an information session on the potential effects of a wind farm.

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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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