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		<title>Farmer says possibility of power line on his land &#39;like a punch to the gut&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON COUNTY — Brian Loudenslager bought half of his family’s farm four years ago with the intention of raising a family there. 
He waited until two weeks ago to move into the farmhouse on the property, allowing a renter time to finish the lease and find another place to live. 
One week after moving in, Loudenslager found out that a swath of the farm where cows graze and alfalfa grows soon could be cleared to make way for a high-voltage .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planners begin wind turbine code discussion</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coordinator: Treating projects like major subdivisions allows regulation 
CUMBERLAND — It was a good beginning. But there is still a very long way to go.
That was the consensus among Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission members and members of the public who testified Wednesday on the proposed modifications to the zoning code regarding industrial wind energy conversion systems and wind turbines for residential and agricultural uses.
The discussion had been initiated in March by Frostburg resident John Bambacus, who has consistently .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Brothers to spread word about wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A set of brothers with Allegany County ties plan to form a grassroots effort to inform the public about the proposed wind turbine project on Dan’s Mountain near Vale Summit.
Cresaptown resident David Athey, a retired college library worker and a Vietnam veteran, said on Tuesday that he and his brother, Charles Athey, of Potomac, Md., feel the project wasn’t “explained very well when it came up as an issue.” They have five points they’d like county officials and wind energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Md. to join others in alternative power deal; O&#39;Malley pushes boost in wind use, system overhaul</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley announced Saturday that Maryland will join Montgomery County, the University of Maryland and other local governments in a long-term commitment to buy wind power and other renewable energy, as he laid out an aggressive plan to overhaul the state&#8217;s electricity system. 
O&#8217;Malley (D) said the boost to alternative power sources, the first deal of its kind in the nation, will be critical in preventing rolling blackouts Maryland could face as soon as 2011 if the state&#8217;s thirst .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/17/md-to-join-others-in-alternative-power-deal-omalley-pushes-boost-in-wind-use-system-overhaul/</link>
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		<title>Wind power group will survey Dan’s Mountain; Project includes 25 turbines, qualifies for fast approval</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CUMBERLAND — U.S. Wind Force has received a county grading permit for a geotechnical investigation for a commercial wind energy conversion system and access roads near Vale Summit along the ridge of Dan’s Mountain.
The Allegany County Division of Land Development Services issued the permit July 31, one day after the application was submitted by CME Engineering in Frostburg on behalf of the newly formed Dans Mountain Wind Force LLC. Dans Mountain LLC is a subsidiary of U.S. Wind Force.
The area .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies pitch wind energy across state; Garrett County, Ocean City eyed for turbine projects</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Maryland company and another in New Jersey hope to build wind farms at opposite ends of Maryland.
Synergics Wind Energy of Annapolis has already gotten Delmarva Power to agree to purchase up to 100 megawatts of land-based wind energy and renewable energy credits over 20 years. Service is expected to start in 2009. Delmarva is a Delaware subsidiary of Pepco Holdings, with customers in Maryland and Delaware.
Synergics wants to construct two wind farms on private land in Garrett County in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/08/companies-pitch-wind-energy-across-state-garrett-county-ocean-city-eyed-for-turbine-projects/</link>
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		<title>Life Under a Windplant: an accurate documentary</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A woman now residing in Gaithersburg recently wrote to praise the power of limited liability wind companies to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, especially coal, and to condemn the fact that a &#8220;propaganda-istic&#8221; documentary I made, Life Under a Windplant, featuring the people and scenes around Meyersdale, is available from the county public library. People are entitled to their opinions, of course. But here are the facts.
Because of wind technology&#8217;s unpredictable fluctuations in any energy it provides, a gargantuan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planners may discuss wind turbine plan at Aug. 20 meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday declined to discuss in public the proposed wind turbine specifications and possible text changes to the zoning code.
County Planning Coordinator Phil Hager said Tuesday the item was removed from the agenda &#8220;at my recommendation&#8221; to give county staff time to review the proposal.
&#8220;The end goal we&#8217;re trying to achieve could be better achieved by having it placed in the development standards section of the zoning code (rather) than in the text .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind can&#39;t curb carbon emissions</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mike Tidwell opined that the winds of Kitty Hawk, which helped launch the Brothers Wright, should metaphorically augur support for industrial wind initiatives (&#8221;Let&#8217;s make history again,&#8221; Commentary, July 23).
However, the Mid-Atlantic region, onshore and off, needs more ecologically threatening wind projects like a prom queen needs acne.
The energy flow from wind projects fluctuates erratically, which means that wind power projects must take vast amounts of power from the power grid to work reliably.
Wind technology is a highly variable, nondispatchable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/02/wind-cant-curb-carbon-emissions/</link>
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		<title>City council cautious approach to wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OCEAN CITY – One week after hearing a proposal for as many as 200 wind turbines off the coast of the resort in the future, resort officials this week defended their cautious approach to the issue specifically and all of the issues that come before them in general.
During a work session last week, the Ocean City Mayor and Council reviewed a presentation from Bluewater Wind proposing a 200-turbine wind farm off the coast of the resort with construction beginning by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/25/city-council-cautious-approach-to-wind-farm/</link>
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		<title>Residents to appeal windmill</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several Phoenix residents are appealing a decision by the Baltimore County zoning board that would allow a couple to build a 120-foot windmill on their property.
Neighbors say the windmill that Barry and Urszuela Antonelli hope to construct on their 97-acre property on Cooper Road would be an eyesore and would decrease their property values.
&#8220;It&#8217;s the equivalent of having a 12-story structure in your backyard,&#8221; said John Reistrup, a marketing executive and one of the neighbors who is filing the appeal. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delegate may push for new wind farm regulations</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Frostburg resident John Bambacus wrote Delegate Wendell Beitzel in February, asking him to sponsor the repeal of a law passed in 2007 that exempts industrial wind farms from public scrutiny.
He asked again this week in light of Gov. Martin O’Malley’s apparent willingness to consider being a part of an industrial wind energy facility off the shores of Ocean City. This time, the former state senator received the answer he wanted.
Off-shore wind farms would be required to go through a heavy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/20/delegate-may-push-for-new-wind-farm-regulations/</link>
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		<title>City council concerned about seeing turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OCEAN CITY – Visibility was the top concern amongst Mayor and City Council members this week, as they heard the latest updates on the potential offshore wind farm off the coast of Ocean City.
Bluewater Wind came before the Mayor and Council this week in an effort to keep the community updated on the potential offshore wind park, one they hope will come to fruition no later than 2013.
“I really believe that it’s time to support projects like this. We need .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County planning director withholds wind turbine specs</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission was able to see proposed setbacks and buffers of wind turbines from schools, homes and other buildings Wednesday night. The public, however, was not.
Phil Hager, county planner coordinator and executive director of the commission, called it “an internal document &#8230; of my own creation,” said it was “handed” to commission members — versus being presented to them during a public meeting — and after the meeting declined to give a copy to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Md. seeks energy deal with Bluewater; State may purchase power from Delaware wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Maryland has opened energy supply talks with a Delaware offshore wind developer, hoping to tap into green energy from an expanded wind farm off Rehoboth Beach.
State Energy Administration officials in Maryland said Wednesday that options now under review include using Bluewater&#8217;s proposed turbine complex to power all of Maryland&#8217;s state and county buildings, and possibly drawing energy from a second wind farm that could be built off Ocean City.
Energy policy director William Brandon Farris confirmed broad details of the talks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County planners to discuss difference between industrial, residential wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CUMBERLAND &#8212; What is the difference between a residential and industrial wind energy turbine?
That&#8217;s up for discussion before the Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission today at the County Office Complex. The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m., takes place on the lower floor in the county commissioners&#8217; chambers.
Phil Hager, county planning coordinator, said at the commission&#8217;s July 7 work session that there is little in the county ordinances to guide industrial or residential permits. His research showed other jurisdictions required .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>As long as &#39;you can&#39;t see it&#39;; Visability of wind farm concerns OC</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OCEAN CITY &#8212; Bluewater Wind representatives talked up their plans for a wind farm off the coast of the resort, along the way assuring the Town Council that the company&#8217;s 25-story white turbines will be only barely visible from shore.
Wind power is &#8220;ready for prime time, on the market now, ready for use,&#8221; said Jim Lanard with Bluewater. &#8220;The wind is free. Our fuel prices never change.&#8221;
Indeed, Lanard said the company does not plan to increase prices at all during .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>O&#39;Malley backs wind farm; Governor supports Md. participation in Del. offshore project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley threw his support yesterday behind a wind farm off the coast of Delaware &#8212; a clean energy-generating system that could eventually extend to the waters off Ocean City.
 Maryland&#8217;s support for the turbines 11 to 12 miles off Rehoboth Beach could be crucial toward launching the United States&#8217; first offshore wind energy project &#8212; one that potentially could produce enough power for hundreds of thousands of homes.
O&#8217;Malley&#8217;s statement of interest in offshore wind power came in response .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power company makes pitch for Ocean City</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ocean City, Md. &#8212; Saying its 25-story white turbines will be barely visible from shore, representatives from Bluewater Wind discussed their plans for a wind farm off the coast of the resort town with the Town Council.
&#8220;The wind is free. Our fuel prices never change,&#8221; Jim Lanard, a Bluewater representative, said Tuesday.
Lanard said the company does not plan to increase prices during its 20-year contract because wind doesn&#8217;t cost them anything.
Lanard and Dave Blazer, Bluewater&#8217;s project lead for Maryland, explained .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Worcester wind farm plan churns; Bluewater to meet with OC Town Council</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OCEAN CITY &#8212; The Town Council will get an update on a possible wind farm off Maryland&#8217;s shore at its work session this afternoon.
Dave Blazer, Maryland project director for Bluewater Wind, said the company is still putting together its proposal for a wind farm 12 miles from the Worcester County coast.
&#8220;You&#8217;ve got a clean, renewable energy source as opposed to burning some fossil fuel,&#8221; Blazer said. &#8220;This also is going to help water quality in the long run, I think.&#8221;
Bluewater .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Zoning staff to define differences in wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday authorized county staff to draft definitions and discuss the differences between industrial and residential wind turbines.
But Frostburg resident Rick Lashbaugh doesn&#8217;t think local government has gone far enough. With the Maryland Public Service Commission&#8217;s new fast-track method for industrial wind energy facilities, Lashbaugh told the board during the work session to &#8220;grab the bull by the horns.&#8221;
&#8220;They need to point to someone and say, &#8216;build wind turbines,&#8217;&#8221; said Lashbaugh, who owns .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Property owners voice concerns during zoning proposal hearing</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ About 75 local property owners attended a public hearing Tuesday morning at the Garrett County commissioners&#8217; meeting room on a proposed Deep Creek Watershed Zoning Ordinance amendment. Thirty people spoke during the tense 2½ hour event, which, at times, was punctuated with shouts and a few tears.
Submitted by Nancy-Elizabeth Nimmich, Pleasant Valley, and Barbara Boone, Oakland, the proposal would establish &#8220;performance zoning&#8221; countywide.
Under the amendment, a new Article 12 would be added to the watershed ordinance that would define .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County must act quickly on wind farm regulation</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission has to be commended for taking the first steps in pursuing a comprehensive regulation of industrial wind farms.
The zoning code currently only sets structure height and setback requirements in a permitting process, without hearings for input by the public. Important other concerns are left to the project certification before the Public Service Commission downstate.
The recently enacted fast track approval process by the Maryland Public Service Commission for projects with 70 megawatt or less .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents express zoning opinions</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND &#8212; Area residents voiced their opinions on Garrett County&#8217;s adoption of performance zoning and what many of its supporters hope it will prevent &#8212; the development of wind turbines &#8212; for more than two hours Tuesday.
&#8220;It&#8217;s one thing to say, &#8216;Not in my backyard,&#8217;&#8221; Victor Fickes, who owns a home on Backbone Mountain, said, &#8220;but when (a turbine) is practically in my bedroom, it&#8217;s time to take action.&#8221;
The public hearing was standing room only, with more than 50 people .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/25/residents-express-zoning-opinions/</link>
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		<title>Garrett hearing on performance zoning today</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND &#8212; The Garrett County Commissioners will be holding a public hearing today at 10:30 a.m. on the issue of performance zoning in Garrett County as a way to prevent wind turbine development.
&#8220;The purpose of the meeting or hearing is to receive public comments on a proposal submitted by Barbara Boone and Nancy Nimmich to establish performance zoning throughout all of Garrett County,&#8221; Monty Pagenhardt, county administrator, said. &#8220;Specifically, their proposal would add a new article entitled &#8216;performance zoning&#8217; to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/24/garrett-hearing-on-performance-zoning-today/</link>
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		<title>Frostburg tables wind turbine moratorium &#40;Updated&#41;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Frostburg’s mayor and council tabled a possible moratorium on the construction of wind turbines in the city after Councilman John Ralston said he didn’t believe that such a policy was needed since nobody has expressed interest in building any.
At Thursday’s public meeting, a motion to approve the moratorium had been made and seconded when Ralston — who was attending his final meeting before a new council is sworn in — spoke up. “There is really no place in Frostburg to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/21/frostburg-tables-wind-turbine-moratorium-updated/</link>
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		<title>Frostburg officials table wind turbine moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Frostburg’s mayor and council tabled a possible moratorium on the construction of wind turbines in the city after Councilman John Ralston said he didn’t believe that such a policy was needed since nobody has expressed interest in building any.
At Thursday’s public meeting, a motion to approve the moratorium had been made and seconded when Ralston — who was attending his final meeting before a new council is sworn in — spoke up. “There is really no place in Frostburg to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/20/frostburg-officials-table-wind-turbine-moratorium/</link>
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		<title>County staff to begin looking at code for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission has authorized county planning staff to look into current code regarding wind turbines and what other jurisdictions have done to control both commercial and residential wind energy devices.
Former state Sen. John Bambacus asked board members on Wednesday to draft a letter to the county commissioners recommending a six-month moratorium on the issuance of siting and grading permits related to wind turbines. Bambacus said he felt the moratorium was necessary because the issue is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/19/county-staff-to-begin-looking-at-code-for-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Hearing slated on proposal to prohibit turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Garrett County commissioners will hold a public hearing next Tuesday, June 24, at 10:30 a.m. in their meeting room at the courthouse on a proposal to amend the Deep Creek Watershed Zoning Ordinance.
The proposal was submitted by Nancy-Elizabeth Nimmich, Pleasant Valley, and Barbara Boone, Oakland, to establish &#8220;performance zoning&#8221; throughout all of Garrett County.
Under the amendment, a new Article 12 would be added to the ordinance that would define and prohibit commercial wind turbine structures. It would also .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/19/hearing-slated-on-proposal-to-prohibit-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Investing in wind creates little power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Sun&#8217;s editorial &#8220;Plugging into a windfall&#8221; (June 8) does justice to the complaint filed by Maryland&#8217;s Public Service Commission and a coalition of regulators and consumer groups regarding charges (which could be up to &#36;12 billion by 2011) for power capacity that may never be produced.
Here&#8217;s one reason that capacity may never be built.
Last year, Maryland&#8217;s General Assembly passed legislation requiring utilities to purchase 20 percent of their future electricity power from renewable sources, knowing that 75 percent to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/12/investing-in-wind-creates-little-power/</link>
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		<title>Bambacus to seek wind turbine moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Statements made during the recent Allegany County Planning and Zoning Commission work session Monday — and some that were not — caught the attention of two people who have argued their cases on related issues both here and in Garrett County.
Jeff Hutter, president of Two-Way Radio in Cumberland, was concerned that some commission members suggested wind turbine contractors should be bonded for the removal and cleanup of the sites. His concern was compounded when a second commission member recommended including .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Caution; County must proceed with care on wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Allegany County planners begin studying how the county should regulate wind turbines, there should be plenty of examples of how best to proceed.
Communities in many parts of the nation have been grappling with windmill issues and how to balance environmental and aesthetic concerns with energy needs.
No better example can be found than in Garrett County, where there has been a huge outcry against placing windmills on state forests lands. Governor Martin O&#8217;Malley finally vetoed the idea of having the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/caution-county-must-proceed-with-care-on-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Allegany County considers wind turbine review</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Allegany County&#8217;s current zoning codes define key terms in regards to wind turbines &#8212; but not where, or under what circumstances, they could be allowed.
During a work session Monday, the Planning and Zoning Commission heard reasons why county staff should pursue defining what is and is not permitted in the county for both industrial and residential uses. The commission is expected to approve a study at its June 18 meeting.
Phil Hager, county planning coordinator, said a review should include economic .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/allegany-county-considers-wind-turbine-review/</link>
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		<title>Developer contracts with Delmarva Power for wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though two Synergics wind turbine projects in Garrett County have not yet been filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission, the energy expected to be produced by them has already been put under contract.
&#8220;We are excited to work with Delmarva to bring this project to fruition,&#8221; Wayne Rogers, the chairman of Synergics, said. &#8220;As Maryland&#8217;s first utility wind project, this step is further evidence that Western Maryland can help to meet our region&#8217;s growing need for power. We are proud .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delmarva signs onshore wind contract</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Delmarva Power, making a preemptive strike against the proposed Bluewater Wind offshore wind power project, has signed a pact with a land-based wind farm for up to 100 megawatts of power.
Delmarva signed with Annapolis-based Synergics Wind Energy for the energy and renewable energy credits from wind farms in western Maryland. They are 20-year contracts, beginning in 2009. Terms of the deal aren&#8217;t public yet, so the cost isn&#8217;t known.
The power would be used by western Maryland electric customers, while boosting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delmarva OKs land-based wind power deal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a pre-emptive strike against a proposed Bluewater Wind contract, Delmarva Power has signed contracts with a land-based wind farm provider for up to 100 megawatts of power at any given time.
Delmarva announced today it had signed the contract with Annapolis, Md.-based Synergics Wind Energy for up to 100 megawatts of energy and renewable energy credits from wind farms in western Maryland. The 20-year contracts would begin service in 2009.
The contracts have not yet been made public. They are subject .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/03/delmarva-oks-land-based-wind-power-deal/</link>
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		<title>Groups sue wind project to protect bats, birds</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 10:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eleven citizen and environmental groups in West Virginia and Maryland have filed a 60-day notice about their intent to sue a wind power project.
They say the huge turbines from the NedPower Mount Storm project would kill endangered bats and squirrels near the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area.
The groups also will sue corporate owners Dominion Resources and Shell Wind Energy for violating the Endangered Species Act, according to Judy Rodd, director of Friends of Blackwater Canyon, based in Charleston.
Rodd said wind power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bartlett&#39;s bill would extend renewable energy tax credits</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett is hoping to save two federal tax credits promoting alternative energies like solar and wind.
Bartlett, R-6th, whose district includes Frederick County, introduced a bill this month to continue the investment tax credit to stimulate investment in solar energy and the production tax credit to encourage investment in wind energy.
Those credits are set to expire this December.
The bill has 38 co-sponsors and is identical to a Senate bill that is co-sponsored by Maryland Sen. Benjamin Cardin, a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pennsylvania wind powering Maryland water, sewer plants</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[How many miles must a utility go before it can save lots of cash?
The answer? It’s blowing in the wind — somewhere in Pennsylvania.
In a move managers say will save millions over the next decade, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is now importing electricity from wind turbines in Stoystown, Pa., to save costs on water treatment in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties.
Energy from 14 giant propellers in the hills approaching Pittsburgh now gets zapped 171 miles south to Laurel, where .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State takes closer look at Garrett wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Public Service Commission is requiring more information from Criterion Power Partners, LLC for the proposed Backbone Mountain wind turbine project.
According to a letter sent by Terry Romine, executive secretary of the PSC, to Kevin Rackstraw, developmental leader at Clipper Windpower, the commission has several questions about the interconnection agreement that would allow the wind turbine project to connect with the grid and Allegheny Power.
&#8220;With this particular project,&#8221; Todd Meyers, spokes-man for Allegheny Power, said, &#8220;the company&#8217;s studies were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BoCC considers wind, solar energy zoning ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As alternative energy grows in popularity, the Frederick County Commissioners have started to ponder zoning for residential solar and wind energy systems.
The new law would outline locations and lot sizes where such systems would be allowed. Planning staff members are expected to a draft ordinance to the commissioners some time this summer.
&#8220;We want to encourage (small scale energy generation) without failing to account for some of the legitimate concerns people have about the right scale or the right place,&#8221; said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Garrett Co. commissioners discuss eminent domain/wind turbine issue</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The question about whether Garrett County will use its power of eminent domain to seize private property if a citizen refuses to grant an easement to a wind turbine company is purely a hypothetical one, according to the Garrett County commissioners. The officials indicated on Tuesday that they have no desire to use that power anytime in the near future.
&#8220;You can never say never, but you can say that it&#8217;s not on the horizon,&#8221; said commission board chair Denny .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Industry spokesman a deceptive corporate hack</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I find it absolutely appalling that Clipper, Criterion, and the industrial wind power lobby would employ Frank Maisano as their spokesperson and continue to condone his vicious and personal attack ads and letters in this and other media.
Hundreds of local citizens have participated in free government, testifying with facts, petitioning for redress, seeking solutions, and &#8220;big wind&#8221; has the unmitigated gall to respond through their pit bull Maisano with smear and personal attack.
We had a taste of Mr. Maisano&#8217;s deceptive .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/08/industry-spokesman-a-deceptive-corporate-hack/</link>
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		<title>Who is more trustworthy&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[My apologies to Frank Maisano (the paid promoter for wind developers) for striking a nerve in my letter to the editor two weeks ago, which according to Mr. Maisano, contained &#8220;hard to stomach accusations,&#8221; &#8220;vicious reactions,&#8221; &#8220;name calling,&#8221; and &#8220;scare tactics.&#8221;
Wow, I pulled the letter out, reviewed it, and found no accusations, no viciousness, no name calling, and no scare tactics. What I did find was a factual summary of how Garrett County could remove the threat of hundreds of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Avarice overwhelms the public good</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let me share two items that emerged at the recent Maryland Public Service Commission administrative hearing on the Criterion Wind application. Because of its expected unreliability, the PJM grid, which produces up to 140,000MW, has granted this project only 13% of its 70MW nameplate capacity. This means that, if there is a transmission crunch, as is often the case, the grid will limit transmission from Criterion to 9MW–which ought to be important news to wind investors and those expecting revenues .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/08/avarice-overwhelms-the-public-good/</link>
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		<title>Wind power debate whips up controversy</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Self-styled &#8220;green&#8221; leaders across the country face a conundrum over wind power: Do they alienate part of their constituency by leveling pristine forests to build wind farms, or irritate the other part by rejecting a promising source of renewable energy?
When Gov. Martin O&#8217;Malley faced that choice in April , he opted for the latter, and in no uncertain terms.
&#8220;In the end, we could not justify the consequences that commercial wind would have on this land, this publicly held land,&#8221; he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Eminent domain question difficult to answer</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The statement is released relative to a request directed to the Garrett Board of County Commissioners by John Bambacus in which he asks &#8220;Will Garrett County use its power of eminent domain to unlawfully seize private property in the event a citizen refuses to grant an easement of any kind to permit an industrial wind turbine company right of way for a cable crossing, access road, etc.?
What is the county&#8217;s position on the use of eminent domain as it relates .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind plans go on while PSC decides</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Though no official decision has been made on placing wind turbines on Backbone Mountain following the Maryland Public Service Commission hearing Wednesday, plans for the project progress.
&#8220;They have put in applications for grading permits,&#8221; Jim Torrington, chief of the county permits and inspections division, said. &#8220;The (stormwater/sediment erosion) survey has not been completed. That will be done by the (Garrett County&#8217;s) Department of Public Utilities. So the next step in that will be for us to get their plans over .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/25/wind-plans-go-on-while-psc-decides/</link>
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		<title>Don’t expect the wind developers to give up yet</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. O’Malley’s decision to not allow wind turbines to be constructed on state forest lands was certainly good news for Garrett County. However, the fact that destruction of the last remaining bits of wilderness in Maryland was even seriously considered is a sad testament to how crazy the whole debate over wind energy in Western Maryland has become.
And let there be no doubt that wind developers will now be redoubling their efforts to construct ever-larger wind turbines on private lands .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/25/don%e2%80%99t-expect-the-wind-developers-to-give-up-yet/</link>
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		<title>Talk about a dilemma&#8230;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Maryland Public Service Commission yet again heard testimony at a hearing yesterday from several local residents who do not want giant wind turbines in Garrett County. Thanks to legislation passed a year ago, some wind-generation projects, such as the one Clipper Windpower Inc. wants to erect on Backbone Mountain, qualify for what is referred to as &#8220;fast-track approval,&#8221; a move designed to circumvent much of the resistance created by those who are opposed to wind farms.
Besides all of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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