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15 Jul 08

Cuomo: Celebrate, but still investigate, alternative energy sources

"The use of wind power, like all renewable energy sources, should be encouraged to help clean our air and end our reliance on fossil fuels," Cuomo said. "However, public integrity remains a top priority of my office and if dirty tricks are used to facilitate even clean-energy projects, my office will put a stop to it."

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First Wind UPC NYS Attorney General Investigation Criminal

ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO WIND POWER COMPANIES' CONDUCT ACROSS UPSTATE NEW YORK

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the launching of an investigation into two companies developing and operating wind farms across New York state amid allegations of improper dealings with public officials and anti-competitive practices. Subpoenas Served on First Wind/UPC Wind and Noble Environmental Power, LLC


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First Wind UPC NYS Attorney General Investigation Criminal

03 May 08

Schools await windfarm decision

No decision was made in a lawsuit filed by the Prattsburgh and Naples school districts against a payment-in-lieu of taxes agreement approved by the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency in January.

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Prattsburgh School Naples SCIDA Lawsuit PILOT UPC Wind

30 Jan 08

Sheffield wind opponents file Vermont Supreme Court appeal

  • MONTPELIER, Vt.—A citizens' group opposed to a wind farm planned for Sheffield has appealed to the Vermont Supreme Court.

    more stories like thisLawyers for Ridge Protectors argue that the Vermont Public Service Board, which approved the project in August, did not show how it would be an economic benefit to the state or its residents.

    The board granted Massachusetts-based UPC Wind approval for 16 wind-power turbines on a ridge line in Sheffield, with 32 conditions, including noise limits from turbine operations and a UPC sponsored wildlife management plan.

     - cwwgroup on 2008-01-30
21 Jan 08

Clipper wind turbines grounded

  • Clipper Windpower, a California-based wind turbine manufacturer, is in deep trouble with its top-of-the-line, 2.5-MW Liberty machine, which is experiencing quality control and apparent design problems, and with the company’s financial performance.
20 Jan 08

SCIDA holds public comment meeting, anti-wind residents threaten lawsuits

  • “I'm going to make you a promise today,” Hall said. “There will be no more Article 78's. The three that we have pending, that's it.

    “But, there sure is going to be other litigation,” he added. “And it's not going to be on procedural changes that could have been done differently, we're not asking for a municipality to do something over. We're going to look at fraud. We're going to look at criminal conduct.”
     - cwwgroup on 2008-01-20

SCIDA Public Hearing on UPC Cohocton PILOT January 18, 2008 Letter by James Hall

  • Based upon overwhelming public outrage opposition, and the written statement of the developer and their willingness to pay $4,400,000 per year, it would be malfeasance to approval a PILOT. SCIDA has not provided transparency of their motive of continuous favoritism of UPC Wind. SCIDA must publically disclose the exact amount of fees and financial compensation that will be derived from their approval of this PILOT. Amounts of $100,000 to $600,000 for SCIDA approval of EACH wind project, has been rumored. SCIDA must disclose in advance of a PILOT approval, any and all fees that they will be paid by the developer coming out of this and any other project. - cwwgroup on 2008-01-20

SCIDA Public Hearing on UPC Cohocton PILOT January 18, 2008 Letter by Judith Hall

  • The Cohocton projects do not appear to fit the requirements for financial help from SCIDA. What permanent employment is being created? Why if the amount of power to be sold to the grid is what they portray can they not afford to pay full industrial taxes on the project? Where is the proven need for the additional electric supply in Steuben County and more important Cohocton, your concern was about the cost of that electric not the need for additional production? - cwwgroup on 2008-01-20

CLIPPER WIND TURBINE GEAR FAILURES STOP "STEELWINDS" IN LACKAWANNA , NEW YORK

  • The present gear problems in Lackawanna were, I believe, predictable. In my April 4, 2007 field report on Clipper’s Lackawanna installation I wrote: “My bet is that this complex gear train will have maintenance issues”. And I do not believe the present Clipper gear problems will be fixed by re-manufacturing specific gears or gear teeth or changing gear surface hardness, gear lubrication, etc, etc. - cwwgroup on 2008-01-20
  • The present gear problems in Lackawanna were, I believe, predictable. In my April 4, 2007 field report on Clipper’s Lackawanna installation I wrote: “My bet is that this complex gear train will have maintenance issues”. And I do not believe the present Clipper gear problems will be fixed by re-manufacturing specific gears or gear teeth or changing gear surface hardness, gear lubrication, etc, etc.
11 Jan 08

Mars Hill wind farm sound-level surveys are flawed

  • "It's clear from a careful reading of the reports by UPC Wind and the two independent sound experts, including MEDEP's own consultant, that the methodologies employed by UPC Wind to predict sound levels and in surveying sound at the operating wind plant were flawed," said IWA Executive Director Lisa Linowes.
    - cwwgroup on 2008-01-11
  • "It's clear from a careful reading of the reports by UPC Wind and the two independent sound experts, including MEDEP's own consultant, that the methodologies employed by UPC Wind to predict sound levels and in surveying sound at the operating wind plant were flawed," said IWA Executive Director Lisa Linowes.
10 Jan 08

MEDIA/PRESS RELEASE - David P. Miller attorney for Cohocton Wind Watch

  • The Steuben County Supreme Court, by Decision dated January 9, 2008 has made a ruling in the Town of Cohocton wind turbine case.

    In the matters of Cohocton Wind Watch and James Hall et al. against Canandaigua Power Partners et al, and two related cases, acting Supreme Court Justice Marianne Furfure has determined that with one exception in one case, the petitioners in each of the three pending lawsuits have standing to proceed with the actions. In addition, Judge Furfure denied the respondents' motion to dismiss the cases, finding that the petitioners did not violate the stature of limitations and that the petitioners did not fail to exhaust their administrative remedies by not appealing a decision of the Town's Code Enforcement Officer to the Town's Zoning Board of Appeals. Finally, Judge Furfure declared that all of the individual property owners whose lands are to be a part of the wind turbine projects are necessary parties to the actions.

    Judge Furfure has given the petitioners additional time to serve some of the landowners with copies of the petition in the actions, and has given counsel for the respondents sixty days in which to serve their answers to the petitions upon counsel for the petitioners.

    Dated: January 10, 2008

    David P. Miller
    111 N. Main St.
    Naples, NY 14512

    (585) 374-2130
     - cwwgroup on 2008-01-10
  • The Steuben County Supreme Court, by Decision dated January 9, 2008 has made a ruling in the Town of Cohocton wind turbine case.

    In the matters of Cohocton Wind Watch and James Hall et al. against Canandaigua Power Partners et al, and two related cases, acting Supreme Court Justice Marianne Furfure has determined that with one exception in one case, the petitioners in each of the three pending lawsuits have standing to proceed with the actions. In addition, Judge Furfure denied the respondents' motion to dismiss the cases, finding that the petitioners did not violate the stature of limitations and that the petitioners did not fail to exhaust their administrative remedies by not appealing a decision of the Town's Code Enforcement Officer to the Town's Zoning Board of Appeals. Finally, Judge Furfure declared that all of the individual property owners whose lands are to be a part of the wind turbine projects are necessary parties to the actions.

    Judge Furfure has given the petitioners additional time to serve some of the landowners with copies of the petition in the actions, and has given counsel for the respondents sixty days in which to serve their answers to the petitions upon counsel for the petitioners.

    Dated: January 10, 2008

    David P. Miller
    111 N. Main St.
    Naples, NY 14512

    (585) 374-2130
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