No benefit to wind plan
People's column | Observer | Dec 31, 2017 | www.observertoday.com
The Cassadaga Wind Project is a complete waste. The project nameplate of 126 MW is incorrect and seriously misleading. New York state wind capacity factors – efficiencies – are only 26 percent. So 126MW is in reality only 32.8MW. Laying waste to 40,000 acres – or 62.5 square miles – to produce a measly insignificant 32.8MW is without merit.
Nearby the Dunkirk Power Plant is 530MW with coal and 435MW using inexpensive reliable plentiful natural gas. Dunkirk Power Plant footprint is tiny compared to 62.5 square miles.
EverPower is number six on list of 12 corporations receiving subsidies.
“Subsidies and Loan Guarantees Received by Members of the Alliance for Clean Energy New York” lists tax dollar subsidies to 12 corporations including EverPower.
Arkwright, Charlotte and Cherry Creek are not listed as receiving a subsidy should they decide to intervene.
From the chart available at “ACENY–Member–Subsidy–Totals” EverPower received:
¯ Federal subsidies – grants and tax credits – by EverPower – $317,010,070
¯ State subsidies by EverPower – $11,033,315
¯ Grand total by Everpower – $328,043,385
It should be noted that $5.509 billion – not million – of your tax dollars were subsidies to foreign corporations
Federal and state ratepayer and taxpayer subsidies to these 12 corporations is unacceptable for the land they destroy and the measly expensive unreliable unneeded power they produce.
GREGORY G. WOODRICH,
Williamsville
Sheridan sign issue is minor
Editor, OBSERVER:
I read the recent letter from a writer on how he noticed something was not there in Sheridan. It was a little wooden sign that was removed.
I could not help but compare the same thing about arkwright Hills. Something is missing there as acres of forest have been cut down. Animals have been driven from their habitat while people’s homes and properties have become devalued.
Our highways are a wreck and residents will have to live with this the rest of their lives.
We own property off Straight Road and I believe some of our neighbors have allowed developers to log it, put up windmills and destroy the natural beauty of Arkwright. Why would some be concerned with one sign while the natural beauty of our area is threatened by these turbines?
I guess it’s easier to preach about someone else’s back yard than your own.
JAMES R. LISA,
Arkwright
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