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What Hallquist did acknowledge to questioner Pat O'Neill (an active opponent of the wind project) is that if Co-op members vote down the proposal, Green Mountain Power's alternative route would not just cost more; Green Mountain Power would also need a new or amended certificate of public good from the Public Service Board.
That's because general plans for the 345-kilovolt route, known as the V-Plan and including a connecting line into Oklahoma, appear to take the line through prime nesting and breeding habitat for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken in both states.
With an estimated two-thirds of the unique bird's original habitat already eliminated by development, officials warn that further encroachment could place the bird on the nation's endangered species list.
Across NEK, North Country: Grid operators put limit on wind power use
February 2, 2013 by Robin Smith in Caledonian Record
February 2, 2013 by Robin Smith in Caledonian Record
The operators of the New England grid are restricting the amount of electricity being accepted from the three operating wind projects in the Northeast Kingdom and the North Country of New Hampshire.
And there's no indication that the restrictions, called curtailments, will end anytime soon.
Activist plugging wind farm - will there be interest?
May 11, 2009 by Brandon Smith in Wilmington News Journal
May 11, 2009 by Brandon Smith in Wilmington News Journal
The speaker is set, the invitations are out.
Now all Paul Hunter wants to know is, will the landowners show up?
"There's a lot of potential," said Hunter, for a wind farm (in the sense of "farming" the wind) to be built in the eastern portion of Clinton County. The wind blows strong enough there for turbines to be commercially viable, he says.
Activists see Cape Wind cost shock; Report projects $10B for ‘green' power system upgrades
March 5, 2010 by Christine McConville in Boston Herald
March 5, 2010 by Christine McConville in Boston Herald
The region's electrical grid operator has determined that a $10 billion investment in transmission facilities would be needed to move energy from new wind farms to customers across New England.
ISO New England's 60-page report - which put the price tag on a scenario for an additional 8,500 megawatts of wind power - is energizing critics of Cape Wind who contend the offshore project will shock ratepayers with skyrocketing bills.
Adams, Faber and local officials contest Strickland's plans to "erase" turbine taxes
February 1, 2010 by Breanne Parcels in Urbana Daily Citizen
February 1, 2010 by Breanne Parcels in Urbana Daily Citizen
While Ohio Governor Ted Strickland touted elimination of tangible personal property taxes for wind and solar companies Tuesday, that prospect didn't sit well with representatives of the entities that stand to lose up to $1.4 million in first-year tax revenue if the Buckeye Wind project gains approval to construct 70 turbines in Champaign County from the Ohio Power Siting Board this year.
American Electric Power has signed a 20-year deal to buy the power generated by a planned wind farm in Paulding County, the utility said yesterday.
AEP will continue to put its faith in coal, CEO says
October 12, 2006 by Paul Wilson in The Columbus Dispatch
October 12, 2006 by Paul Wilson in The Columbus Dispatch
Two power sources that lost their luster in recent decades will be increasingly important in meeting the growing demand for energy in this country, the leader of one of the nation’s largest utilities said.
"We need to look at King Coal and . . . nuclear," Michael G. Morris, American Electric Power’s chairman and chief executive, said yesterday at the Columbus Metropolitan Club.
The state is aggressively pursuing wind as a new source of energy, jobs and economic development. Wind developers, including some from Europe, have big plans for Ohio - on land and in Lake Erie.
Six sprawling, large-scale wind farms with up to 436 towering turbines - and a price tag in excess of $2 billion - are proposed across western Ohio.
The Alamosa Board of County Commissioners endorsed a letter Wednesday urging the state's utility companies to support the development of more transmission lines in Southern Colorado.
The letter, originally drafted by the southern district of Colorado Counties Inc., argues that more transmission to the region would increase access to Southern Colorado's wind and solar resources.
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Alberta consumers to feel pinch as power line bill passes
November 27, 2009 by Jason Fekete in Calgary Herald
November 27, 2009 by Jason Fekete in Calgary Herald
Consumers will ultimately feel a jolt on their power bills after the Stelmach government passed Wednesday its controversial Bill 50 on electricity transmission -- legislation political opponents, landowners and utility company Enmax insist Albertans will live to regret.
After months of heated debate over the need for billions in new power lines--a fight that ensnared consumers, politicians and power companies -- the majority Tory government ensured easy passage in the legislature of Bill 50, the Electric Statutes Amendment Act.
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Alberta's power line legislation will add new costs to power bills
November 25, 2009 by Jim Macdonald in The Canadian Press
November 25, 2009 by Jim Macdonald in The Canadian Press
Controversial legislation that will limit public debate on plans to erect billions of dollars worth of new power lines across Alberta is the latest twist in a saga that reads like a cheap detective novel.
Two years ago, Alberta's energy regulator was accused of spying on opponents of the power lines during public hearings.
As a result, Premier Ed Stelmach was forced to replace the head of the utilities commission. The regulator's head of security was forced to resign and the hearings were scuttled.
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But a lack of consistent federal renewable energy policy, and downward pressure on project profit margins, caused Alliant executives to reconsider the investment in RMT, Harvey said.
The company's utility, transportation and non-regulated generation businesses produced solid financial results during the quarter, Harvey said.
Aller, the top executive of Alliant subsidiary Interstate Power, also has to explain why his customers will pay as much as 50 percent more for power than fellow Iowans who are MidAmerican customers if the latest rate increase is approved by the Iowa Utilities Board.
Issues range from shadow flickering to noise to lowered property values, they said.
"Our politicians are trying to pound square pegs into round holes," said Tom Stacy, a critic of the wind industry who lives in Logan County and belongs to the national energy policy committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Alternative energy still facing headwinds
February 17, 2011 by Peter Slevin and Steven Mufson in Washington Post
February 17, 2011 by Peter Slevin and Steven Mufson in Washington Post
The three-year fight over the Sunrise Powerlink, which is designed to carry solar, wind and geothermal energy, typifies the serious challenges facing President Obama and many of the nation's governors as they tout the power of renewable energy to put people to work and rescue the planet from the effects of climate change.
Ameren proposes major transmission line construction
August 3, 2010 by Tim Landis in State Journal-Register
August 3, 2010 by Tim Landis in State Journal-Register
"There are now 5,000 megawatts of wind generation seeking to connect to the Ameren transmission system in Missouri and Illinois. Because of our central location, our transmission facilities are becoming a thoroughfare for routing wind power from other areas as well," Maureen Borkowski, CEO of the newly formed Ameren Transmission Co. (ATX), said in a conference call.
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Another suitor has surfaced for city-owned land that could create a wind turbine farm on Conneaut's east side.
Property Investment Enterprises of Geneva hopes to meet next week to open discussions about a possible one-year purchase agreement for all the unoccupied land within the East Conneaut Industrial Park, said Michael White, a partner in the business.
"(The park land) is a fantastic location," he said. "It has a deep water port, railways and highways. Everything is there. That site is ideal."
Appealed: Group attempts to stop transmission line
March 25, 2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune
March 25, 2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune
The stay pending appeal asks the commission to withhold its ruling authorizing ITC to begin construction of its 5,000 megawatt proposed transmission line until the Michigan Court of Appeals hears the matter.
ABATE's position for appealing the commission's ruling is that ITC is overbuilding, because a 345 kV double-circuit is not necessary to meet the capacity for power generated in the Thumb.
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Application process continues for southern VW County wind farm
May 9, 2013 by Ed Gebert in Times Bulletin
May 9, 2013 by Ed Gebert in Times Bulletin
The update touched on many topics, but little new information was brought out. BP Wind is still working toward applying with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB), probably in early September. The licensing process will probably take up to nine months to complete.