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Meeting Summaries
January 9, 2008
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Handouts
- Mountain View Wind Project, presented by David Lovejoy (Word | pdf | html)
- Bird and bat siting requirements, presented by David Littell (pdf)
- Proposed additions to Task Force report sections, presented by Judith Dorsey (Word | pdf | html)
- Comments to Wind Energy Task Force, January 9, 2008, presented by Steve Bennett (Word | pdf | html)
- Wind power noise memo, presented by David Littell (pdf)
- Composite wind blade development, testing, & R&D at the University of Maine, by Dr. Robert Lindyberg, P.E. (Word | pdf | html)
- Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Small and Community-Scale Wind, presented by Bruce MacDonald (Word | pdf | html)
- Research in Offshore Wind Energy: A collaboration between UMaine, Maine Maritime Academy and College of the Atlantic, presented by Richard Kimball (Powerpoint | pdf | html)
December 18, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Handouts
- Straw Proposals (Word | pdf | html)
- Letter from Governor Baldacci presented by Karin Tilberg (pdf)
- Development of a Wind Power Resource Deployment Framework
for Maine & New England presented by Pete Didisheim (Powerpoint | pdf | html)
- Presented by Mitch Tannenbaum, Public Utilities Commission
- Title 35-A, §3132, Construction of transmission lines prohibited without prior order of the commission (Word | pdf)
- Public Utilities Commission Rule Chapter 330, Filing requirements for petitions for certificates of public convenience and necessity for electric transmission facilities and standards (Word | pdf)
- Maine Public Utilities Commission (Docket No. 2004-771, March 2005), Analysis of Bangor Hydro-Electric’s petition for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct a 345 kV transmission line (Word | pdf)
December 7, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Handouts
- Land Use Regulation Commission
Perspective on Appropriate Locations for Wind Power (Word | pdf | html)
- Side-by-Side Comparison of Straw Proposals (Word | pdf | html)
- Straw proposals 3 and 4 (Word | pdf | html)
- Delogu memo (Word | pdf | html)
- Draft community wind subcommittee report (Word | pdf | html)
- Prof. Merrill proposal (Word | pdf | html)
- Rob Gardiner e-mail (Word | pdf | html)
November 16, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Handouts
- Decision making model comparison chart (Word | pdf | html)
- Straw proposals: State decision making on siting of grid-scale wind power projects (Word | pdf | html)
- Wind permitting straw proposal 4 (Word | pdf | html)
- Wind permitting straw proposal 4 draft flow chart (Word | pdf)
October 30, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Presentations
- Bob Grace, “Development of a wind power resource deployment framework for Maine & New England” (pdf 2.3 MB)
Handouts
- Bob Grace, “Development of a wind power resource deployment framework for Maine & New England, select workpapers and detailed results, preliminary analysis (first iteration)” (Word 1.2MB| pdf)
- Pete Didisheim, "Description of Bob Grace study" (Word | pdf | text)
- Draft state siting processes for grid-size wind energy facilities: Issues and options (Word | pdf | text)
- State siting laws and environmental reviews for wind energy projects (pdf)
- Underlying interests (Word | pdf | text)
- Wildlife and wind power guidance document (pdf)
- Wildlife and wind power guidance on site selection (pdf)
- Issues and options: Siting of large scale wind power projects (Powerpoint | pdf)
September 26, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Presentations
- Commissioner Littell, “Regulatory framework for organized areas” (pdf 1.3 MB)
- David Publicover, “A windpower siting analysis of Maine’s mountains” (pdf 3.2 MB | Powerpoint 6.6 MB)
Handouts
- Pete Didisheim, “Issues associated with permitting of wind power projects in Maine” (Word | pdf)
- Overview of regulatory framework applicable to wind power development in Maine (Word | pdf)
- Underlying interests (Word | pdf)
- Environmental impacts of wind-energy projects, Committee on Environmental Impacts of Wind Energy Projects, National Research Council, 2007 (Word | pdf)
- Report on the viability of wind power development in Maine, Maine Public Utilities Committee, presented to the Utilities and Energy Committee of the Maine Legislature, January 27, 2005 (Word | pdf)
- Overcoming obstacles to wind power development in Maine: A report prepared for the State Planning Office, by Emily Berry, Erica Bickford, Danielle Fitzpatrick, Eric Ford, Theresa Paladino and Patricia Rouleau, University of Maine, December 2005 (Word) (pdf)
- New England Conservation Community perspectives on wind power: Defining common principles on wind power development and the protection of New England’s natural heritage, January 2006 (Word | pdf)
- State regulatory framework: Potential discussion topics, September 20, 2007 (Word | pdf)
September 10, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Presentations
- George Baker, "A preliminary analysis of the
economics of wind power at the
Swans Island Electric Co-op" (pdf)
Handouts
- Community-scale wind case study,
MSAD #3 Wind Turbine Feasibility Project (Word | pdf)
- Community-scale wind case study discussion points (Word | pdf)
August 3, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Presentations
- John Kerry, “Energy landscape for Maine and the region” (Powerpoint | pdf)
- David Publicover, “NH wind energy facility siting guidelines working group: Proposed windpower siting guidelines” (Powerpoint | pdf)
- Mitchell Tannenbaum, “New England electricity market and wind power in Maine” (Powerpoint | pdf)
July 20, 2007
Meeting summary (Word | pdf | html)
Presentations
- Suzanne Sayer, "Wind Power Task Force presentation" (Word | pdf | text)
Handouts
- Issues identified (Word | pdf | html)
- Suzanne Sayer, " References and readings accompanying statement: Wind Power Task Force Panel on Project Perspectives" (Word | pdf | text)
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