Comments - Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting Wind Pieces - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T11:44:48Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A45001&xn_auth=noThank you for posting these l…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-04-01:4401701:Comment:469512013-04-01T15:03:17.131ZMartha thackerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/Marthathacker246
<p>Thank you for posting these links. I find the Emera series important </p>
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<p>"<span>Small electricity generators were joined in their objections by industrial energy users such as Verso, Huhtamaki and Madison Paper and the Maine Public Advocate, which represents the interests of utility customers. Some of them, like PUC staff, argued that…</span></p>
<p>Thank you for posting these links. I find the Emera series important </p>
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<p>"<span>Small electricity generators were joined in their objections by industrial energy users such as Verso, Huhtamaki and Madison Paper and the Maine Public Advocate, which represents the interests of utility customers. Some of them, like PUC staff, argued that</span><a title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save" id="_GPLITA_0" href="http://pinetreewatchdog.org/multi-million-dollar-wind-deal-approved-by-state-regulators/#" name="_GPLITA_0">electricity rates</a><span> would rise; others said the plan would violate the state’s Restructuring Act of 2000, which prohibits utilities from owning both transmission and generation because it was seen as anti-competitive and contributing to high electricity prices."</span></p>
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<p><span>For those with better research skills than me..(1) Does Maine receive money for Renewable Energy Credits? If so , how much? (2) Since the original stated intent of Maine wind farms to transmit power to Mass. , why were the wind farms even built before the transmission was in place. That was the problem addressed in the hearing of US govt. vs. FERC. pinetreewatchdog has a transcript of that hearing.</span></p>
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<p><span>First Wind stated under risk factors in one of their SEC reports that regulation of utilities was a possibility. Deregulation was supposed to lower utility bills as a result of competition. Ours have been hiked considerably for the remote possibility that wind farms will supply a tiny modicum of power for a few years.</span></p>
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<p></p> It would be nice if one of th…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-02-01:4401701:Comment:449222013-02-01T06:04:03.856ZWhetstone_Willyhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WhetstoneWilly
<p>It would be nice if one of the newspapers in the state could do a deep dive into how three wind industry connected members of the legislature's Energy & Utilities Committee squashed all 12 citizen initiated wind bills so that they never made it to the legislature.</p>
<p>Details here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/abstain-for-maine" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/abstain-for-maine…</a></p>
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<p>It would be nice if one of the newspapers in the state could do a deep dive into how three wind industry connected members of the legislature's Energy & Utilities Committee squashed all 12 citizen initiated wind bills so that they never made it to the legislature.</p>
<p>Details here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/abstain-for-maine" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/abstain-for-maine</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/eut-chair-conflict-of-interest" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/eut-chair-conflict-of-interest</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/kleinschmidtassociatesboastsab-1" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/kleinschmidtassociatesboastsab-1</a></p>