New York State Wind Wars - Hiding the Facts (PTC Allows Invenergy to Desecrate)
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New York State Wind Wars - Hiding the Facts (PTC Allows Invenergy to Desecrate)
The last minute extension of the
Production Tax Credit (PTC - aka: “Pork To Cronies”) within
the December 31, 2012 fiscal cliff deal was good news for Big Wind corporate welfare profiteers,
like Michael Polsky's Invenergy.
It was very bad news for rural/residential Towns being targeted by industrial
wind developers here in New York State, and across the nation.
Despite the
fact that the Wyoming County, NY Town of Orangeville’s conflicted Town
Board approved Invenergy’s “Stony Creek” project in
the Fall of 2012, Invenergy admitted they would not be going ahead with the
project unless the PTC was extended - highlighting the fact that the only thing
Invenergy is interested in ‘harvesting’ is taxpayers’ money.
Once
Crony-Corruptocrats in DC extended the PTC in that midnight fiscal cliff deal,
the once-beautiful rolling hills of the Town of Orangeville were doomed.
As Michael Polsky enjoys his new mansion, many
Orangeville residents are helplessly looking on in disgust as Invenergy turns
their entire Town into a sprawling industrial wind factory -- rendering their
homes virtually worthless -- all thanks to the legalized thievery of their own
tax dollars for The Wind Farm Scam.
As Big Wind CEO, Patrick Jenevein
candidly pointed out in his WSJ op-ed, “Wind
power subsidies? No Thanks” and follow-up TV interview,
“Wind farms are
increasingly being built in less-windy locations” because the wind industry is
focused on reaping the lucrative taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies, rather than
on providing an efficient, affordable product.
Nowhere is this proving to be more
true than right here in New York State. Orangeville borders the Town of Attica
here in Western New York State – a town that ‘First Wind LLC’ pulled out of a
number of years ago after admitting that the Attica area “was not a good wind
area.” Seems Jenevein knew exactly what he was talking about
Economics 101
According to NYISO’s Goldbook, New
York State’s installed wind factories averaged a pathetic 23.5% Capacity Factor
in 2012. New York State wind factories are not
generating enough electricity to even pay for
themselves over their short
life spans.
Renowned energy analyst, Glenn
Schleede, examined the data on New York State's
wind factories, and found that ONE 450 MW Combined Cycle Generating Unit
located at New York City (where the power is needed in New York State), would
provide more power than all of New York State's wind farms combined, at 1/4 of the capital costs -- and would have significantly reduced CO2
emissions and created far more jobs than all those wind farms – without the added
costs of all the transmission lines to
New York City.
It's no wonder New York has earned
the dubious distinction of having the highest electricity rates in the
continental United States - 17.69
cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) – a
whopping 53% above the national average. A New York resident using 6,500
kWh of electricity annually will pay about $400
per year more per year for his or her electricity
than if New York’s electricity prices were at the national average.....
Continue reading here:
http://www.masterresource.org/2013/09/new-york-wind-wars/
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