October 18, 2006
Economics, Filings, Maine

Rebuttal testimony of Thomas Hewson Jr.

Hewson, Tom

In the filed summary statements by the applicant, Conservation Law Foundation and Ed Holt & Associates, challenges were made to my filed and direct testimony provided to the Commission on behalf of the Friends of the Western Mountains. They challenged my four major findings, namely:

• Project power output estimates unsupported and likely overstated
• No demonstrated need for the Redington Mountain Wind project
• Project’s local economic impacts unstudied with no examination of offsetting economic costs
• Project will provide no incremental air pollution benefits

I found their arguments off target and misleading. I continue to stand by each finding …

Download original document: “REBUTTAL TESTIMONY OF THOMAS HEWSON JR. (ENERGY VENTURES ANALYSIS INC) [1]


URL to article:  https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/rebuttal-testimony-of-thomas-hewson-jr/


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[1] REBUTTAL TESTIMONY OF THOMAS HEWSON JR. (ENERGY VENTURES ANALYSIS INC): https://docs.wind-watch.org/hewson-rebuttal-redington-mountain-wind-project.pdf