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Ocean Energy Task Force

 

Agendas and Meeting Materials

 

December 10, 2008

Agenda

 

Minutes

  Handouts
 

Map of Maine's Marine Boundaries (PDF 28k)

Map Supplement: Overview of Maine's Marine Boundaries (PDF 20k)

  Presentations
 

Maine Offshore Oil and Gas Potential (PDF 2M) -- Robert Marvinney

Maine's Energy Profile (PDF 1.5M) -- John Kerry

Maine's Place in the New Energy World (PDF 2M) -- Habib Dagher

New Technologies (PDF 2.4M) -- George Hart

Tidal Wave Energy (PDF 3.1M) -- George Hagerman

Transmission Grid (PDF 3K) -- John Norden

   

January 14, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

Tidal Matrix (PDF 197K)

Wind Matrix (PDF 261K)

  Presentations
 

Blue H - FCU Simulation (MPG) (download Windows Media Player)

Environmental Engineer's Perspectives (PDF 184K) -- Michael Murphy

International/Local Interests Perspective (PDF 4.8M) -- Ray Dackermann

Legal Perspective (PDF 123K) -- Elizabeth Butler

Rhode Island Perspective (PDF 1.5M) -- Chris Wissermann

State Government Perspective (PDF 591K) -- Kathleen Leyden

Tidal Energy in Maine (PDF 350K) -- Chris Sauer

   

March 11, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

An Act to Facilitate Testing and Demonstration of Renewable Ocean Energy Technology (PDF 88K)

   

April 14, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

Maine Technology Institute brochure (PDF 192K)

2006-2009 MTI awards made to energy related projects (PDF 25K)

  Presentations
 

BIW (PDF 966K)

Challenge of Transmission and Large Offshore Wind Energy Facilities in New England (PDF 62K) -- Stephen Conant

Economic Development Incentives (PDF 12K)

Large Scale Renewable Development and Paying for Transmission in New England (PDF 50K) -- Dennis Bergeron

Maine's Ocean Energy Cluster (PDF 17K)

Smart Grid Opportunities (PDF 792K) -- Calvin Luther

State Approaches to Long Term Renewable Energy Agreements - Matrix (PDF 26K) -- Sarah Tracy

Transmission Cost Allocation and the Integration of Large Scale Wind Resources (PDF 648K) -- Stephen Conant

   

May 8, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

Letter to the Joint Select Committees on Maine Energy Futures and Utilities & Energy (PDF 34K)

  Presentations
 

Birds, Bats and Offshore Wind Farms: Considerations in the Gulf of Maine (PDF 4.8M) -- Wing Goodale

Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Energy (63K) -- Paul Martin

Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Maine (1.1M) -- Scott Kraus

Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan (1M) -- John Weber

Rhode Island Ocean SAMP (14M) -- Grover Frugate

   

July 30, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

Demonstration Area Outreach Design Chart (PDF 29K)

Draft - Final Report Outline of the Governor's Ocean Energy Task Force (PDF 82K)

   

September 25, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

DRAFT -- Subcommittee #2 Recommendations for Final Task Force Report (PDF 41K)

DRAFT -- Subcommittee #4 Recommendations for Final Task Force Report (PDF 84K)

DRAFT -- Subcommittee #5 Recommendations for Final Task Force Report (PDF 4M)

DRAFT -- Concept for a Gulf of Maine Ocean Energy Foundation (PDF 53K)

   

October 7, 2009

Agenda
  Minutes
  Handouts
 

Preliminary Busbar cost comparison - Renewable vs. Natural Gas (xls 40K)

Heating Conversion cost comparison (xls 69K)

Standard Offer Displacement (xls 36K)

   

October 30, 2009

Agenda:
Discussion and Finalization of Subcommittee Recommendations for the Final Task Force Report
 

 

Minutes

  Handouts
 

Recommendations of Subcommittee #2 (second draft) -
Part 1 (pdf 54K)
Part 2 (pdf 16K)
Part 3 (pdf 19K)

Recommendations of Subcommittee #3 (second draft) (pdf 20K)

Recommendations of Subcommittee #4 (second draft) (pdf 15K)

Recommendations of Subcommittee #5 (second draft) (pdf 35K)