US Chamber launches “NIMBY” website
March 23rd, 2009
The Chamber’s theory: When under siege without a valid argument, start tossing around labels!
It’s weird, they’re missing a lot, missing a lot of states, a lot of projects, and it’s odd the ones they’re picking.
Delaware Projects – NONE
Maryland Projects – NONE
New Jersey Projects – NONE
When the Chamber stick their ham-handed hocks in, that tells me they’re worried they’re represented interests aren’t going to get their way!
The US Chamber sure has changed a lot since Bob Jacobsen worked for them…
Transmission for coal – FERC AD05-3
March 21st, 2009
Yes, all this transmission we see, the hard to believe plans of superhighways across the country, MTEP, JCSP, Green Power Express, TrAIL line, Mid-Atlantic Power Pathway, Susquehanna-Roseland, on and on and on, it’s for coal, we know that, but when the truth jumps up and is as in-your-face as it is at this meeting… well, ya gotta read it to believe it. From the FERC docket entitled PROMOTING REGIONAL TRANSMISSION PLANNING AND EXPANSION TO FACILITATE FUEL DIVERSITY INCLUDING EXPANDED USES OF COAL-FIRED RESOURCES (really, that’s the name…):
Here, from p. 61, is a tantalizing snippet from the Pres. of PJM:
PJM is certainly proud of what has been accomplished to date to open up markets to coal, but there is much more that we and others in this region can do to further enhance that use of coal.
It is for this reason that, today, PJM is setting out by example, a new initiative which we have labeled Project Mountaineer — appropriately titled for the state that we’re in — to utilize our regional transmission expansion planning process to explore ways to further develop an efficient transmission super highway, if you will, to deliver the low-cost coal resources in this region of the country, to market.
And to actually build it when people don’t want it over their land, don’t want to look at it, don’t want the EMF impacts? Well, they say…
About the only answer to that would be some sort of federal siting law that would basically overcome local property rights.
National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors anyone? This was in 2005… as the CapX Technical Report was about to be published, putting all of this into action… sigh….
To look up the entire docket, go HERE and search for AD05-3, and voila, there it is for your edification and reading enjoyment!
It’s all for coal, we know that, and we’ve got to NOT let them get away with this!
Susquehanna-Roseland hearing yesterday!
March 21st, 2009
PPL gets earful at Saw Creek public hearing
Nearly 300 come out for Bushkill power line hearing
Bushkill power line hearings draw hundreds
Let’s take a look at their SEC filings!
Some utility toady on commenting on one of the articles above suggested I buy PPL stock… right… good idea…
Mesaba FEIS now delayed until JUNE!!!!
March 19th, 2009
Excelsior Energy’s Mesaba Project has been delayed… AGAIN… until June… and when we get closer to June, well, we know what will happen… delay again!
Thanks to Charlotte Neigh and CAMP for keeping on this!
Delaware “Energy Plan” Comments due TODAY
March 15th, 2009
The Delaware PSC in action, May 2007, saying NO to NRG’s coal gasification proposal.
Delaware’s “Governors Energy Advisory Council” of Toadies and Lobbyists has published what’s called an “Energy Plan.” It’s pretty awful, a hodgepodge of random thoughts that has no budget allocated. It sounds like it was written by Delmarva Power and NRG. So what will happen? Not much, given its stream of unconsciousness ramblings — the justifications below each recommendation are sometimes utterly nonsensical … BUT… that’s what they put out.
COMMENTS ARE DUE TODAY! I know, Sunday, that’s weird, but when Alan called about it that’s what they said, so…
Check the plan and write up something QUICK and send it to: