June 16: Jackson Selectboard voted to extend the Jackson moratorium on wind development for another 180 days.
May 19: Dixmont Selectboard voted to extend the Dixmont moratorium on wind development for another 180 days. March 21: Thorndike passes a six-month moratorium on wind power development. http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=246320&ac=PHnws March 20: Freedom still doesn't have any tax agreement on its wind turbines. http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyID=150206 March 19: Hearings were held in Augusta on LD-199, the state bill that proposes to remove local authority from decisions to site industrial wind turbines. Almost all public comment was against the bill. Many from Dixmont and Jackson testified. Immediately following the hearings, the committee voted unanimously that the bill "ought not to pass". http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/101906.html February 4: Dixmont passes six-month moratorium on wind power development. See www.townofdixmont.org and http://bangornews.com/detail/98835.html State Planning Office to release draft model ordinance on February 9. .... but it was not posted as of February 11. Check the Maine State Planning Office web site for updates, or contact: Jennifer Puser, Deputy Director of Research & Legislation: Governor's Office of Energy Independence & Security Tel 207 287-6250 jennifer.puser@maine.gov __________________________ Request for Proposals sent by Town of Jackson to potential wind energy developers: The Town of Jackson owns a 300 acre property along a high elevation ridge (GIS info) with apparent potential for two or three wind turbines. There are two companies which have either optioned or leased nearby and adjacent land for wind power development. The town requests interested parties to offer proposals of interest for wind power development in writing postmarked no later than Dec 15, 2008. Proposals shall be addressed Brenda Denison, Town Clerk at....... ___________________________Village Soup article, January, 7, 2009: http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyID=141222 Village Soup article, January, 4 2009: http://waldo.villagesoup.com/Government/story.cfm?storyid=140751
Here is a link to an article sent to us by Linda Davies http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/28/america/28wind.php
Here's a link from National Wind Watch quoting an article written by an editor of the Republican Journal from the towns Oct 8, 2008 meeting in Jackson: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/08/wind-turbine-proposals-draw-crowd-in-jackson/
Industrial Wind Action Group article from 11-6-08 special town meeting picked up from the Republican Journal: http://www.windaction.org/news/18753
Here is a link to a Village Soup article titled "Listen to Freedom" from 12-10-08: https://www.villagesoup.com/opinion/story.cfm?storyid=138074.
Freedom Video story with link to You Tube 12-11-08: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/12/11/freedom-flickers-and-hums-on-youtube/
Link to a story: Some back ground on Maine's push for Wind, http://saveroxbury.org/
Stetson Mountain turbines in Maine, http://www.windaction.org/pictures/18567
This is a link to several "MUST WATCH" Video's that include, "Welcome to Mars Hill" and "Wind Turbines at Tug Hill" and "Live under a wind plant", http://www.wind-watch.org/videos.php. The Freedom videos are here as well, http://www.wind-watch.org/video-freedom-maine.php. |