The State of Massachusetts Wants Your Comments Concerning Best Practices for Land Based Wind Turbines

SPEAK OUT on Wind Turbines! The State of Massachusetts is asking for your opinion on wind turbine siting! Please send this to anyone anywhere with an opinion or experience with wind turbines.  This is a rare chance to directly let state officials know how you feel about wind turbines!

DEADLINE for the state is Dec. 6 2013....so act now!

NOTICE OF VOTE AND ORDER OPENING INVESTIGATION

D.P.U. 13-165                                                                                      October 31, 2013

Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on its own Motion into Best Practices for the Siting of Land-Based Wind Energy Facilities

On October 31, 2013, the Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) on its own motion opened an investigation into best practices for the siting of land-based wind energy facilities.  The investigation will result in the development of wind energy facility siting guidance based on sound scientific, technical, and policy information.  Specifically, the Department will examine the following topics related to land-based wind energy facilities: design, environmental and human health, safety, construction impacts, socio-economic impacts, decommissioning, and the review process for wind projects.

Any person with an interest in the matters discussed above is invited to submit written comments to the Department by December 6, 2013 in response to the questions posed by the Department in its Order opening this investigation, available on the Department’s website:  http://www.mass.gov/eea/energy-utilities-clean-tech/siting-division....  Any person desiring further information regarding this notice should contact M. Kathryn Sedor, Hearing Officer, Department of Public Utilities, at Kathryn.Sedor@state.ma.us or (617) 305-3525.  Following receipt and review of the comments, the Department anticipates holding public hearings beginning in January.

 

The full document is here

http://www.env.state.ma.us/mepa/mepadocs/2013/110613em/pn/2.pdf

 

 

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Comment by Sherwin Start on November 20, 2013 at 3:28pm

I just Sent an -E-Mail Stating That The STATE of MAINE is NOT Available for Wind Power Generation for the people of the State of Massachusetts!!

Comment by alice mckay barnett on November 13, 2013 at 12:25pm

DPU Siting Questions

  1. For each of the issue categories (and sub-issues) identified above, what are the best practices the Department should include in its guidance and why? If these recommendations are reflected in existing siting provisions used in municipal, county, state or federal jurisdictions in the United States or internationally, please cite such provisions and comment on the appropriateness of including such provisions in the Department’s guidance.
  2. Should the siting guidance for WEFs differ based on location-specific factors such as population density, geographic classifications (i.e., urban/rural/suburban), and land-use classifications of the host site and nearby uses? Should the guidance differ based on the scale of the WEFs (e.g., MW capacity or height of the turbines) or the number of turbines or total capacity of the installation?
  3. What types of stakeholder involvement and community outreach are most helpful in reviewing WEF proposals at the local level? Cite or provide examples, if any, of municipalities in Massachusetts or elsewhere that employ such practices.
  4. Should the Department recommend to municipalities that they address WEFs through specific zoning/site plan mechanisms? If so, which ones?
  5. To what extent are siting guidance considerations for WEFs a reflection of the existing WEF technology? Are there technological developments for WEFs on the horizon that are likely to influence a determination of what constitutes best practices for siting WEFs?
  6. How should “successful siting” of WEFs be defined? Provide examples of WEF installations in Massachusetts or elsewhere that illustrate “successful siting” practices. What factors made the siting successful? What data or other information are available to document the successful siting outcomes of such projects?
  7. How should “unsuccessful siting” of WEFs be defined? Provide examples of WEF installations in Massachusetts or elsewhere that illustrate “unsuccessful siting” practices. What factors made the siting unsuccessful? What data or other information are available to document the unsuccessful siting outcomes of such projects?
  8. What, if any, provisions should the guidance include to address post-construction monitoring and compliance measures?
  9. Identify any existing regulatory standards, policies, or practices of Massachusetts state agencies that may adversely affect appropriate siting outcomes for WEFs. What, if any, changes should be made to such standards, policies and practices?
  10. Identify any aspects of local, regional, state, and federal regulatory reviews for siting of WEFs in Massachusetts where current siting provisions are in conflict or the actions of permitting entities are at cross purposes. How, if at all, can the guidance help to resolve such conflicts?
  11. Are there issues that should be added to or deleted from the list above?
  12. How can the Department and other state agencies involved in WEF-related policies and programs best encourage the use of the guidance to achieve the intended benefits?

 

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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 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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