http://offshorewindwire.com/2010/02/10/cape-wind-could-reduce-regional-electricity-prices-by-4-6-billion/ News and Analysis Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:57:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://offshorewindwire.com/2010/02/10/cape-wind-could-reduce-regional-electricity-prices-by-4-6-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Cliff Carroll Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:50:21 +0000 http://offshorewindwire.com/?p=369#comment-123 WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS PAID ADVERTISEMENT? This paid for ENRON style "study" fails to address the 70 to 80 million dollars a year in tax and rate payer subsidies. It ignores the additional fuel costs to the airports and shipping lines that will have to avoid this 24 square mile wind plant. And it completely ignores the additional cost of the backup power for this inconsistent source of electricity. All you have to do is read the disclaimer and then look at who paid for it. It talks about 50 permanent jobs yet ignores the loss of the thousands of tourism based jobs reported in the Beacon Hill Report. This advertisement is nothing more than a paid for propaganda piece that ignores the true cost of this wind plant and the damage it will cause to the valuable Cape and Islands tourist based economy, the Wampanoag Ritual grounds, the closing of the fishing grounds and the hazards to navigation as confirmed by the issuance of a “Determination of Hazard” by the FAA. This wind plant will put over 400 local fishermen out of business, who cares about 50 jobs? This report also ignores the recent real life pricing contract with National Grid for the Rhode Island wind plant at 29 cents a KW. Where is the downward pressure on those rates? This report is a knee jerk reaction to the recent UMASS poll which showed that the majority of people are not willing to pay more for renewable energy. In other words, we are not buying it and we are not falling for this paid advertisement either. It is time for Cape Wind to stop giving the wind industry a black eye. WHO WOULD ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS PAID ADVERTISEMENT?
This paid for ENRON style “study” fails to address the 70 to 80 million dollars a year in tax and rate payer subsidies. It ignores the additional fuel costs to the airports and shipping lines that will have to avoid this 24 square mile wind plant. And it completely ignores the additional cost of the backup power for this inconsistent source of electricity. All you have to do is read the disclaimer and then look at who paid for it.
It talks about 50 permanent jobs yet ignores the loss of the thousands of tourism based jobs reported in the Beacon Hill Report. This advertisement is nothing more than a paid for propaganda piece that ignores the true cost of this wind plant and the damage it will cause to the valuable Cape and Islands tourist based economy, the Wampanoag Ritual grounds, the closing of the fishing grounds and the hazards to navigation as confirmed by the issuance of a “Determination of Hazard” by the FAA.
This wind plant will put over 400 local fishermen out of business, who cares about 50 jobs?
This report also ignores the recent real life pricing contract with National Grid for the Rhode Island wind plant at 29 cents a KW. Where is the downward pressure on those rates? This report is a knee jerk reaction to the recent UMASS poll which showed that the majority of people are not willing to pay more for renewable energy. In other words, we are not buying it and we are not falling for this paid advertisement either.
It is time for Cape Wind to stop giving the wind industry a black eye.

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