AWA Goodhue helicopter & eagle
December 17th, 2011
T. Boone Pickens a/k/a Mesa Power a/k/a AWA Goodhue’s helicopter and and an eagle captured on video. This is the N144BH helicopter, which, upon information and belief, is owned by “Brainerd Helicopter Service.”
What on earth do they think they’re doing? Check the video and see for yourself:
Scott Logan caught this on video, way to go!
Complaints — a few things you can do, I’d recommend all of them:
1) Contact the Sheriff, either 911 or (651)385-3155
2) There’s a complaint procedure established by the PUC
Essentially, BOTH email a complaint to DOC.energypermitcompliance@state.mn.us
and mail to:AWA Goodhue, LLC
706 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1200
Minneapolis, MN 554023) Call the FAA’s Flight Stand District Office to make a complaint 612-713-4211 (when I clicked on the contact link, I got a different number, 612-253-4400). Here’s the “email link.“
Info about how to make FAA Complaint:
FAA Low flying Aircraft Complaints
4) File on PUC’s AWA Goodhue Siting Docket – at www.puc.state.mn.us and then to Efiling, then eFile to docket 08-1233.
Meanwhile, AWA Goodhue is alleging in its Avian and Bat Protection Plan that there IS eagle baiting going on, and have made reports to the Board of Animal Health. AVIAN AND BAT PROTECTION PLAN (see p. 10-11)
“To make the blanket statement that this is being done to bait eagles, I’m not ready to make that statement,” Denkinger said.
That’s funny — the ABPP
PUC Denies Kenyon Wind Extension!
December 9th, 2010
After four years, finally, the Public Utilities Commission has denied an extension of the old, old permit. Kenyon Wind was first applied for way back in 2006. To see the full PUC record, go to www.puc.state.mn.us and go to “Search eDockets” and then search for “06-1445.” Recently, because their permit was expiring, it was granted and then two years was extended for two years, they came back to the PUC for yet another extension.
Here’s the report from the Red Wing Republican Eagle:
Kenyon Wind project in doubt after state denies permit extension
They haven’t built this project, despite being issued a permit on July 18, 2007, nearly a year after they’d applied. Since that time, much has changed. Goodhue County passed its Goodhue County Wind Ordinance. The laws for Community Based Energy Development (C-BED) have changed, amended each year since it was passed. And the Kenyon Wind Project has changed:
Here’s the CFER’s Comment:
Here’s Kenyon Wind’s comments:
And the PUC denied the permit, 3-2. Commissioners Pugh, O’Brien and Wergin voting to Chair Boyd and Judge Reha were the two voting against denial of Kenyon Wind’s request for extension.
EEEEEEEEEEEEE-HA!!! It took four years, but this vaporware project is finally dead!
Dr. Gary Carlson’s wind Commentary in STrib
November 9th, 2010
In yesterday’s STrib there was a Commentary written by Dr. Gary Carlson, of Northfield. He gave a very accurate impression of what it is to go to a Rice County Planning Commission meeting. FRUSTRATING! To put it mildly. He also has started digging into health impacts of wind. He’s put himself out as a canary:
Here’s his Commentary:
Gary Carlson: Wind energy’s ripple effects
Once I learned how turbines can affect people, I had to speak up.I know environmental sensitivity; these are the patients I take care of every day.
We lost four and tied one (tabled for now). I felt devastated.
GWT files Testimony for 7/21 hearing
July 19th, 2010
Today (well, really really late yesterday), Goodhue Wind Truth filed the testimony of Richard R. James, INCE, for Wednesday’s hearing over in Goodhue:
A must read:
The “How-To” Guide to Siting Wind Turbines to Prevent Health Risks from Sound
And this was published earlier this month:
To check out the rest of his exhibits, look at the PUC docket for the AWA Goodhue Wind project:
- www.puc.state.mn.us
- and then to “Search eDockets”
- and then search for docket 08-1233
Wednesday’s hearing is for both the Certificate of Need and Siting Permit for AWA Goodhue’s 78MW wind project in Goodhue County, west of the City of Goodhue, utilizing the Goodhue and Vasa substations. This is the one that T.Boone Pickens is involved with, and they’re claiming it’s a C-BED project — but the AWA Goodhue LLC’s HQ is at 8117 Preston Road, Suite 200, Dallas, Texas, 75225. Walker Clarke is the “organizer” and he’s in Houston.
Yup, sounds locally owned to me!
AWA Goodhue Wind at PUC tomorrow
April 14th, 2010
Tomorrow there are FOUR AWA Goodhue Wind dockets at the PUC, a siting docket where a Draft Permit is proposed, a Certificate of Need docket, and two Power Purchase Agreement dockets.
MOES Reply Comments – Siting Docket 08-1233
So in response to that:
Goodhue Wind Truth – Siting Docket Comment 08-1233
Goodhue Wind Truth Comment – CoN & PPA 09-1186, 09-1349, 09-1350
To look up the dockets, go to www.puc.state.mn.us and then “Search eDockets” and then search for the docket numbers, as above.
And check out the Goodhue Wind Truth site.
What’s the big deal? Well, they want to site this project when the maps provided in the application are way way off, as in claiming land rights where they have none, “forgetting” to put homes on the map, that sort of thing. No environmental review has been done and it’s a BIG project, the “Environmental Report” won’t be done until June — so why is this before the PUC now? And they claim it’s a C-BED project which has some preference in the scheme of Power Purchase Agreements and fulfilling the renewable energy mandate when it’s not exactly local ownership — remember those T. Boone Pickens articles last week? Pickens comes to Goodhue?