April 2, 2007
Cohocton Planning Board
Attn: Chairman Raymond Schrader
15 South Main Street
Cohocton, NY 14828
Re: Special Meeting of 4/2/07
Dear Planning Board Members:
I want to bring your attention to the report #:DOE/EIA-0383(2007) found at http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/aeo/excel/aeotab_1.xls This report from the Dept. of Energy shows that after all the millions of New York resident taxpayer dollars along with the billons of national taxpayer dollars being extorted from Americans, that the contribution of wind generated electricity, municipal solid waste, photovoltaic and solar thermal, along with active and passive solar (see footnote #3), the total production projected for the year 2030 is 1.6% of the total projected electric generation. It is impossible to separate out just what part of this 1.6% is to be generated by wind turbines, but even if it is half, this amounts to nothing short of a scandal to bilk taxpayers.
With all the billons of American taxpayer’s dollars being spent, we are not getting any recognizable benefit. These billions of dollars should be invested in developing new ways of cleaning up current methods of production of electricity. We must face the fact that we need to generate electricity in large volumes and we need to work together as Americans to get the job done as efficiently as possible. I am all for clean energy, obviously much more than these wind energy developers, or for that matter our government when you consider all the billions of dollars they are willing to waste on this fraudulent wind venture. The tables are now turning. The people that are committing this fraud on the American people declaring wind energy to be a viable player in helping us are now being exposed for what they really are.
We in Cohocton would all willingly sacrifice for the placement of these turbines IF THEY WOULD DO ANYTHING MEANINGFUL TO HELP. But, we are not about to sit by and be exposed to this extortion without a fight like Cohocton has never seen before. You members of the planning Board are now in a position to either resist this extortion or cooperate with it. The challenge before you is to either stand up against Supervisor Zigenfus and the Town Board, Attorney Mathis, UPC, the leaseholders, and the Yes people and do what is right by insisting setbacks of these turbines to make sure that none of the 1500 foot danger zone is on our properties, or to sell out your own conscience and cave to the pressure.
Other landowners in this Town have other very meaningful contributions to this issue and I will not duplicate all their points here. You will hear from them soon enough. Please consider in your hearts to do what is right. Protect your fellow residents.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Strasburg II
Monday, April 02, 2007
Town haggles over wind rules by Patricia Breakey
The Meredith town and planning boards met Thursday to discuss wind-power regulations, but the supervisor said at least two more meetings were needed to finalize an ordinance.
At the meeting, the boards went into executive session without a reason given by Town Attorney Rosemary Nichols, said Supervisor Frank Bachelor.
About 80 people attended the joint meeting at the Delaware County office building, officials said.
Bachler said the purpose of the joint meetings is to have Planning Board members explain the rationale behind the regulations they have written.
"We need to find direction," Bachler said.
Last month, the Meredith Town Board approved a three-month extension of its yearlong moratorium on industrial-scale wind turbines. The original moratorium was scheduled to expire this month, Bachler said.
Keitha Capouya, Planning Board chairwoman, said the planning board has spent almost a year researching industrial-scale turbines. She said the research focused on wind power in Europe and that it found two of the biggest concerns are noise and shadow flicker from the moving blades.
"Our job is to worry about the citizens of this town and any damage that wind power might cause," Capouya said. "Industry that comes into the town has to meet the town’s standards. You can be sure we will address everybody’s concerns and the concerns of the town."
At the meeting, the boards went into executive session without a reason given by Town Attorney Rosemary Nichols, said Supervisor Frank Bachelor.
About 80 people attended the joint meeting at the Delaware County office building, officials said.
Bachler said the purpose of the joint meetings is to have Planning Board members explain the rationale behind the regulations they have written.
"We need to find direction," Bachler said.
Last month, the Meredith Town Board approved a three-month extension of its yearlong moratorium on industrial-scale wind turbines. The original moratorium was scheduled to expire this month, Bachler said.
Keitha Capouya, Planning Board chairwoman, said the planning board has spent almost a year researching industrial-scale turbines. She said the research focused on wind power in Europe and that it found two of the biggest concerns are noise and shadow flicker from the moving blades.
"Our job is to worry about the citizens of this town and any damage that wind power might cause," Capouya said. "Industry that comes into the town has to meet the town’s standards. You can be sure we will address everybody’s concerns and the concerns of the town."
Friday, March 30, 2007
Senate Finance Committee Hearing summary
Ladies & Gentlemen:
Below is a summary of a hearing conducted on March 29, 2007, by the US Senate Finance Committee. This summary should show you:
1. How friendly the Senate Finance Committee leaders (Baucus-D; Grassley-R) is to the wind and other renewable energy industries.
2. How intent the renewable (particularly wind) industries are on getting the Production Tax Credit extended for a long period (5 years or more). NOTE THAT THE PTC IS NOW UP TO $0.02 PER KWH. Extension of the Wind PTC and further expansion of state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) or adoption of a national RPS (Which Senator Bingaman fully intends to achieve) will make it increasingly difficult for you to protect yourselves against the spread of "wind farms."
Therefore, you may want to think seriously about letting your Senators and Representative in Washington know you views on the wind PTC and on RPS. If you decide to do so, I suggest that you consider contacting both the Members' offices in Washington AND their local offices which they typically have established around their respective states or districts.
There is no assurance that your communications will make any difference. It has become increasingly clear that the folks in Washington don't really care about the needs, wishes and option of ordinary citizens, consumers and taxpayers and that their full allegiance is to themselves, first, and to big money contributors second. Nevertheless, expressing your views either directly to them -- or via letters to editors, etc. -- is one of the few alternatives available.
If you are inclined to contact them, consider, fax, telephone calls, emails and letters. Please don't expect a meaningful written response. Remember that few in Washington REALLY understand what is important in the REAL world outside Washington. However, many communications could at least begin to have an impact.
Glenn Schleede
Below is a summary of a hearing conducted on March 29, 2007, by the US Senate Finance Committee. This summary should show you:
1. How friendly the Senate Finance Committee leaders (Baucus-D; Grassley-R) is to the wind and other renewable energy industries.
2. How intent the renewable (particularly wind) industries are on getting the Production Tax Credit extended for a long period (5 years or more). NOTE THAT THE PTC IS NOW UP TO $0.02 PER KWH. Extension of the Wind PTC and further expansion of state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) or adoption of a national RPS (Which Senator Bingaman fully intends to achieve) will make it increasingly difficult for you to protect yourselves against the spread of "wind farms."
Therefore, you may want to think seriously about letting your Senators and Representative in Washington know you views on the wind PTC and on RPS. If you decide to do so, I suggest that you consider contacting both the Members' offices in Washington AND their local offices which they typically have established around their respective states or districts.
There is no assurance that your communications will make any difference. It has become increasingly clear that the folks in Washington don't really care about the needs, wishes and option of ordinary citizens, consumers and taxpayers and that their full allegiance is to themselves, first, and to big money contributors second. Nevertheless, expressing your views either directly to them -- or via letters to editors, etc. -- is one of the few alternatives available.
If you are inclined to contact them, consider, fax, telephone calls, emails and letters. Please don't expect a meaningful written response. Remember that few in Washington REALLY understand what is important in the REAL world outside Washington. However, many communications could at least begin to have an impact.
Glenn Schleede
More proof of a 25% reduction in property values from the prospects of wind turbines
Another Cohocton Property Owner with a 25% loss in property value from an independent real estate appraisal, directly because of the prospects of the UPC industrial wind turbine project.
Just what will the values be if the towers are built? Can affected property be sold at any price?
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Just what will the values be if the towers are built? Can affected property be sold at any price?
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Noisy Wind Turbines Disrupt Sleep, Devalue Property
Reprinted from the Watertown Times, 3/18/07
I have seen on the Internet that wind farms are being proposed for Cape Vincent and several other communities in Jefferson County, New York. I thought you might like to hear my experiences living half a mile from a wind farm in Deeping St. Nicholas, UK [England].
We had no concerns when the wind farm was planned and built. We read some of the criticisms and could not believe that there would be any problems for us.
Where we live, unless there is nighttime cultivation [farming] occurring, it is very quiet at night and readings [sound measurements] support this. It was therefore a shock in the first week the turbines were operating [August 2006] to find ourselves being woken at around 4:30 every morning with noise and a persistent hum. This is so intense as to prevent us sleeping.
We soon realized that the problem also occurred in the evenings, with a specific wind direction. The noise and whoosh is so intrusive that sitting outside is no longer possible when the wind is in the wrong direction (which amounts to 60 degrees of the compass).
The “hum” of the low frequency is very disconcerting, particularly when trying to sleep. It is present 24/7, even when the turbines are not rotating. It is not a pure tone and is a sound that draws attention to itself particularly when the house is quiet. The noise and hum have now impeded on our life to a point that our lifestyle and our ability to enjoy our home and garden have been destroyed.
Our house has now been significantly devalued by the wind farm, and we can no longer sleep in it every night because of the noise. We have had to rent another property five miles away to sleep in, when the wind is in the wrong direction.
The crux of our problem seems to be that not enough research has been done on the impact of placing wind turbines near residential property and the effects of aerodynamic modulation and low frequency noise on residents—especially when there is a group of turbines interacting with each other’s air streams, combining with coastal inshore winds. We found that the computer modeling and all the pre-assessment work did not forewarn us of what was to come, really because not enough is known or understood about these machines and how they behave in different locations.
Jane Davis
Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK [England]
• Westville just passed a pro-windfarm ordinance
• Burke and Brandon, under heavy pressure from a wind energy company,
are each considering a pro-windfarm ordinance
• Bellmont and Chateaugay both passed pro-windfarm ordinances and
appear to be on the point of issuing turbine permits
• Clinton, Ellenburg, and Altona all passed pro-windfarm ordinances and
are about to be sued in the NYS Court of Appeals for permitting wind
turbines in residential areas
• Malone and Bangor have banned all industrial wind turbines
Paid for by We Oppose Windfarms
I have seen on the Internet that wind farms are being proposed for Cape Vincent and several other communities in Jefferson County, New York. I thought you might like to hear my experiences living half a mile from a wind farm in Deeping St. Nicholas, UK [England].
We had no concerns when the wind farm was planned and built. We read some of the criticisms and could not believe that there would be any problems for us.
Where we live, unless there is nighttime cultivation [farming] occurring, it is very quiet at night and readings [sound measurements] support this. It was therefore a shock in the first week the turbines were operating [August 2006] to find ourselves being woken at around 4:30 every morning with noise and a persistent hum. This is so intense as to prevent us sleeping.
We soon realized that the problem also occurred in the evenings, with a specific wind direction. The noise and whoosh is so intrusive that sitting outside is no longer possible when the wind is in the wrong direction (which amounts to 60 degrees of the compass).
The “hum” of the low frequency is very disconcerting, particularly when trying to sleep. It is present 24/7, even when the turbines are not rotating. It is not a pure tone and is a sound that draws attention to itself particularly when the house is quiet. The noise and hum have now impeded on our life to a point that our lifestyle and our ability to enjoy our home and garden have been destroyed.
Our house has now been significantly devalued by the wind farm, and we can no longer sleep in it every night because of the noise. We have had to rent another property five miles away to sleep in, when the wind is in the wrong direction.
The crux of our problem seems to be that not enough research has been done on the impact of placing wind turbines near residential property and the effects of aerodynamic modulation and low frequency noise on residents—especially when there is a group of turbines interacting with each other’s air streams, combining with coastal inshore winds. We found that the computer modeling and all the pre-assessment work did not forewarn us of what was to come, really because not enough is known or understood about these machines and how they behave in different locations.
Jane Davis
Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK [England]
• Westville just passed a pro-windfarm ordinance
• Burke and Brandon, under heavy pressure from a wind energy company,
are each considering a pro-windfarm ordinance
• Bellmont and Chateaugay both passed pro-windfarm ordinances and
appear to be on the point of issuing turbine permits
• Clinton, Ellenburg, and Altona all passed pro-windfarm ordinances and
are about to be sued in the NYS Court of Appeals for permitting wind
turbines in residential areas
• Malone and Bangor have banned all industrial wind turbines
Paid for by We Oppose Windfarms
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Mary Ellen Jones on the loss of her home to the UPC Project
Listen to the sincere distress of our neighbor, Mary Ellen Jones. Betrayed by surrounding farmers, Ms. Jones expects to lose her life's saving. This is the end result when UPC leaseholders put greed over the health and safety of their fellow citizens. Time to put people before avarice!
Shame on you, Mr. Dyckman, Mr. and Mrs. Schwingel . . . Not one word said in your own defense at this meeting. If you are so proud of your support for this wind project, why are you silence about your role in this scheme to defraud your neighbors?
Another reason to vote for a new town council this November!
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Shame on you, Mr. Dyckman, Mr. and Mrs. Schwingel . . . Not one word said in your own defense at this meeting. If you are so proud of your support for this wind project, why are you silence about your role in this scheme to defraud your neighbors?
Another reason to vote for a new town council this November!
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Cohocton Planning Board gets the facts from Robert Strasburg
Below is a link to a video of me appealing to the Town of Cohocton Planning Board to restrict the wind developer working in our Town to put up wind turbines from encompassing my entire 10 acre parcel within the danger zone of the turbine ice throw and blade throw area.
Please take a moment to view this video and learn what is coming for the Finger Lakes area unless we all get involved in our local politics and insist that our representatives write laws that protect their citizens. Your Town may be next! Click on the link below to view the video.
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Please take a moment to view this video and learn what is coming for the Finger Lakes area unless we all get involved in our local politics and insist that our representatives write laws that protect their citizens. Your Town may be next! Click on the link below to view the video.
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Moratorium considered for wind power by Elmer Ploetz
The members of the Hamburg Town Board say they didn't know BQ Energy was looking to expand its wind turbine project south from Lackawanna into Hamburg.
Representatives from BQ Energy say they didn't know the Town Board was considering imposing a moratorium on wind energy in Hamburg.
The Town Board took a first step in that direction Monday night, setting an April 23 public hearing for a moratorium that would halt any wind development for up to six months.
The moratorium, if approved, would be retroactive to Monday night.
"Right now we're not prepared to accept an application based on the laws we have," Councilman D. Mark Cavalcoli said.
Officials said the town's current wind ordinance dates to 1989, to a different generation of technology. BQ's turbines in Lackawanna have 255-foot towers with 153-foot blades, reaching a full height of nearly 410 feet.
Mark Mitskovski, project manager for BQ in Lackawanna, said the company is exploring its options along the Lake Erie shore. Placement of future towers will depend, in part, on measurements taken at the eight towers that are nearly complete. "The area that we're talking about [is] the area that's been excavated by Gateway," Mitskovski said after the meeting, as he pointed to a map of the Hamburg shoreline. "We're really talking about extending along the front of this," he said, pointing near where the water meets the land.
Mitskovski argued against a moratorium, saying it would be detrimental in dealing with investors. He said it also could cause delays because some of the engineers and other professionals might move on to other projects rather than have their contracts extended.
"We have no interest in trying to railroad a project down your throats," Mitskovski told the board.
Representatives from BQ Energy say they didn't know the Town Board was considering imposing a moratorium on wind energy in Hamburg.
The Town Board took a first step in that direction Monday night, setting an April 23 public hearing for a moratorium that would halt any wind development for up to six months.
The moratorium, if approved, would be retroactive to Monday night.
"Right now we're not prepared to accept an application based on the laws we have," Councilman D. Mark Cavalcoli said.
Officials said the town's current wind ordinance dates to 1989, to a different generation of technology. BQ's turbines in Lackawanna have 255-foot towers with 153-foot blades, reaching a full height of nearly 410 feet.
Mark Mitskovski, project manager for BQ in Lackawanna, said the company is exploring its options along the Lake Erie shore. Placement of future towers will depend, in part, on measurements taken at the eight towers that are nearly complete. "The area that we're talking about [is] the area that's been excavated by Gateway," Mitskovski said after the meeting, as he pointed to a map of the Hamburg shoreline. "We're really talking about extending along the front of this," he said, pointing near where the water meets the land.
Mitskovski argued against a moratorium, saying it would be detrimental in dealing with investors. He said it also could cause delays because some of the engineers and other professionals might move on to other projects rather than have their contracts extended.
"We have no interest in trying to railroad a project down your throats," Mitskovski told the board.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
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Billionaire Tom Golisano says his new company will keep more money in host towns
Amid references to his hockey team and jokes that fired up the nearly 200 in attendance, billionaire Tom Golisano, owner of the Buffalo Sabres and founder of the successful Paychex company out of Rochester, promoted his newest entrepreneurial endeavor, Empire State Wind Energy, on Monday night at the Albion Senior High School.
It wasn’t the first occasion politicians and residents of Orleans County had gathered to hear heads of companies pass on details related to the often controversial topic of wind turbines. But, according to Golisano and his business partner Keith Pitman, their plan is different.
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It wasn’t the first occasion politicians and residents of Orleans County had gathered to hear heads of companies pass on details related to the often controversial topic of wind turbines. But, according to Golisano and his business partner Keith Pitman, their plan is different.
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CWW letter to Cohocton Planning Board - March 26, 2007
March 26, 2007
Cohocton Planning Board
15 South Main Street
Cohocton, NY 14826
Dear Planning Board members:
Pursuant to NYS law, the Cohocton Planning Board as "Lead Agency" for the Canandaigua Power Partners I - Pine Hill/Lent Hill Project is required not to take any "ACTION" which includes review of site plans before the Final EIS is accepted and certified.
Therefore, in order to follow NYS SEQRA regulations, this March 26, 2007 "Special Meeting" of the Cohocton Planning Board needs to be adjourned and postponed.
The citizens and property owners that appear at this meeting represent just a small portion of residents that oppose the manner of conduct and intentional violations of Cohocton and NYS statures by this planning board.
Your insistency in reviewing specific maps and site plans for 12 - 15 turbines at this March 26, 2007 meeting constitutes a legal ACTION. This action places the Town of Cohocton and members on the Planning Board at personal risk for additional litigation.
The SEQRA process is clear. This board consistently fails to adhere to SEQRA. It has been acknowledged by the chairman that he takes his instruction from Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna law firm. This admission proves there is no independent attempt to understand the process.
Proper notice to adjacent property owners and towns has not been fulfilled. General Municipal Law, section 239-nn, took effect July 1, 2006, and requires notification to any adjacent municipalities whose boundary is within 500 feet of the property that is the subject of the action. Review of specific site plans IS AN ACTION.
It has been disclosed by the Town Clerk that the special use permits for all 36 turbines are already prepared and in the possession of code enforcement office. How can there be any confidence in objectivity, fairness and a serious review if the planning board coordinates their schedule and institutes special meetings to examine plans, when the very special use permits for these site locations are already drafted?
Cordially,
Steve Trude - President CWW
Cohocton Planning Board
15 South Main Street
Cohocton, NY 14826
Dear Planning Board members:
Pursuant to NYS law, the Cohocton Planning Board as "Lead Agency" for the Canandaigua Power Partners I - Pine Hill/Lent Hill Project is required not to take any "ACTION" which includes review of site plans before the Final EIS is accepted and certified.
Therefore, in order to follow NYS SEQRA regulations, this March 26, 2007 "Special Meeting" of the Cohocton Planning Board needs to be adjourned and postponed.
The citizens and property owners that appear at this meeting represent just a small portion of residents that oppose the manner of conduct and intentional violations of Cohocton and NYS statures by this planning board.
Your insistency in reviewing specific maps and site plans for 12 - 15 turbines at this March 26, 2007 meeting constitutes a legal ACTION. This action places the Town of Cohocton and members on the Planning Board at personal risk for additional litigation.
The SEQRA process is clear. This board consistently fails to adhere to SEQRA. It has been acknowledged by the chairman that he takes his instruction from Whiteman, Osterman and Hanna law firm. This admission proves there is no independent attempt to understand the process.
Proper notice to adjacent property owners and towns has not been fulfilled. General Municipal Law, section 239-nn, took effect July 1, 2006, and requires notification to any adjacent municipalities whose boundary is within 500 feet of the property that is the subject of the action. Review of specific site plans IS AN ACTION.
It has been disclosed by the Town Clerk that the special use permits for all 36 turbines are already prepared and in the possession of code enforcement office. How can there be any confidence in objectivity, fairness and a serious review if the planning board coordinates their schedule and institutes special meetings to examine plans, when the very special use permits for these site locations are already drafted?
Cordially,
Steve Trude - President CWW
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
A LETTER FROM MARS HILL by Diane Radell
My name is Diane Radell. I live 600 feet from a windmill in Mars Hill, ME. UPC has lied from the get go about their project. From noise to what an eyesore their project would look like. These things are 26 stories high, throw ice, and make horrible noises.
Two years ago our town council decided to sign a deal with "Evergreen Wind Power" which is really a UPC LLC. Keep in mind LLC stands for a limited liability company. After going to the meetings town residents were told, "...there is nothing we can do about the windmills coming to town because the windmills would be placed on private land..."
Two years went by and all of sudden in the dead of the winter work begins on this project. These people blasted causing damage to our homes, and now 28 windmills are on top of the mountain.
The closest windmill is two acres from my property. When these things run they make horrible noise, they vibrate the house. My home and land has lost 15-40% of the market value.
Currently the neighbors and I around this mountain have formed an association to deal with the noise issues. It is very difficult to find legal counsel about this matter because UPC has paid off many attorneys in the area. This company, UPC, is really part of General Electric of Boston.
Do whatever it takes to keep them from getting in your town. They lied about the noise, the way these things look, the impact on the environment.
STOP your town council from putting these atrocities in. You can do this with legal counsel. Do not let it happen to your town. Go to your legislature to make laws about these windmills because they will put them in your back yard if they can.
Two years ago our town council decided to sign a deal with "Evergreen Wind Power" which is really a UPC LLC. Keep in mind LLC stands for a limited liability company. After going to the meetings town residents were told, "...there is nothing we can do about the windmills coming to town because the windmills would be placed on private land..."
Two years went by and all of sudden in the dead of the winter work begins on this project. These people blasted causing damage to our homes, and now 28 windmills are on top of the mountain.
The closest windmill is two acres from my property. When these things run they make horrible noise, they vibrate the house. My home and land has lost 15-40% of the market value.
Currently the neighbors and I around this mountain have formed an association to deal with the noise issues. It is very difficult to find legal counsel about this matter because UPC has paid off many attorneys in the area. This company, UPC, is really part of General Electric of Boston.
Do whatever it takes to keep them from getting in your town. They lied about the noise, the way these things look, the impact on the environment.
STOP your town council from putting these atrocities in. You can do this with legal counsel. Do not let it happen to your town. Go to your legislature to make laws about these windmills because they will put them in your back yard if they can.
Portugal’s EDP to buy U.S. Horizon Wind Energy
Energias de Portugal (EDP) said it has agreed to buy U.S. wind-park company Horizon Wind Energy from Goldman Sachs to enter the U.S. market and strengthen its position in renewable energy.
EDP did not give a value for the deal, but said the equity of Horizon totaled about $2.15 billion and it has debt of around $180 million. The acquisition would be adjusted for investments, which are estimated at $600 million, EDP said.
EDP said the acquisition would be funded by debt and proceeds from a tax equity partner. EDP gave no details, but said the debt and proceeds from the equity partner “are both fully underwritten.”
Filipa Ferreira, an analyst at Lisbon Brokers, said the total investment would cost slightly more than 1 billion euros which “considering the capacity in operation and the pipeline of expected capacity is not expensive.”
“We see this purchase as very positive, it is a purchase in a market with strong growth and high potential,” Ferreira said.
Horizon has 559 gross megawatts of operating wind projects and another 997 MW under construction due to be completed by the end of this year.
“Horizon also has a strong pipeline of projects in several stages of development in 15 different states across the country, with combined aggregate generating potential of over 9,000 MW,” EDP said.
EDP said the purchase would make it a leading global renewables player with expected wind power generation in operation of 3,800 megawatts by the end of 2007.
EDP did not give a value for the deal, but said the equity of Horizon totaled about $2.15 billion and it has debt of around $180 million. The acquisition would be adjusted for investments, which are estimated at $600 million, EDP said.
EDP said the acquisition would be funded by debt and proceeds from a tax equity partner. EDP gave no details, but said the debt and proceeds from the equity partner “are both fully underwritten.”
Filipa Ferreira, an analyst at Lisbon Brokers, said the total investment would cost slightly more than 1 billion euros which “considering the capacity in operation and the pipeline of expected capacity is not expensive.”
“We see this purchase as very positive, it is a purchase in a market with strong growth and high potential,” Ferreira said.
Horizon has 559 gross megawatts of operating wind projects and another 997 MW under construction due to be completed by the end of this year.
“Horizon also has a strong pipeline of projects in several stages of development in 15 different states across the country, with combined aggregate generating potential of over 9,000 MW,” EDP said.
EDP said the purchase would make it a leading global renewables player with expected wind power generation in operation of 3,800 megawatts by the end of 2007.
Robert C. Strasburg II letter to the Cohocton Planning Board - March 26, 2006
Robert C. Strasburg II
60 Maple Ave.
Cohocton, New York 14826
Email rcs2nd@frontiernet.net
Phone 585-384-9318
Cell 585-703-1299
Fax 585-384-9318
March 26, 2007
Town of Cohocton Planning Board
Cohocton, NY 14826
Re: Wind farm development adjacent to my property at 4609 Pine Hill Road, Cohocton, NY TX. Map # 6-1-20.2
Chairman Ray Schrader and members:
I am an American and my landowner rights as such are being violated on a level indicative of a dictatorship. I am going to present some information that I ask you to review and consider concerning the inappropriate placement of wind turbines just off my property line.
Section § 274-b. of the NYS Town Law says:
Approval of special use permits.
4. Conditions attached to the issuance of special use permits. The authorized board shall have the authority to impose such reasonable conditions and restrictions as are directly related to and incidental to the proposed special use permit. Upon its granting of said special use permit, any such conditions must be met in connection with the issuance of permits by applicable enforcement agents or officers of the town.
According to the above stated law, you as the Planning Board have the right to make conditions that attach to your approval of any site plan.
If you look on the maps provided by the developer and locate turbine numbers 4 & 5 which are just south of Pine Hill Road, you will see the parcel of land my wife and I own just north of those turbines. The owner is incorrectly noted as Steven Snyder. I did not receive a letter from the developer as an adjacent landowner. How many others did not receive a letter because this developer does not have their facts strait? My wife and I intend this land to be used for investment and a possible site for our future home after we sell our home in the Village.
You will notice that the 1500 foot delineation marks from these respective turbines engulf every square inch of our property. To protect our property utilizing the 1500 foot setback part of Local Law #2, my wife and I applied for a building permit and we were granted one by the former Code Enforcement Officer Curt Helf which was then revoked by the current Code Enforcement Officer under instruction of the Town Board.
Although this revocation of our building permit was discriminatory, when we appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, we were again thwarted by Jack Zigenfus as he had the Town attorney prepare a letter for the ZBA chairwoman to sign refusing to hear our appeal. We are now engaged in the filing of an article 78 against all this discriminatory activity and we are petitioning the Planning Board not grant any special use permit until we have a chance to have our case heard in Court.
We are all members of the same Town and you have been given the charge of proper planning to protect the rights of your fellow citizens. Jack Zigenfus and the developer planning to install these turbines have not considered my right to build on my own land valid.
Under the guise of helping America with our energy need the developer has craftily formulated a plan to distribute propaganda supporting their false claim that what they are doing is going to make a difference in meeting Americas need for reliable electricity.
I am not going to argue the credibility of their claim. If you have an interest on this subject, there is sufficient evidence readily available to you that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, that even after all the millions of dollars of our tax dollars being high jacked for this scam, if they are successful in perpetrating this fraud, all their turbines will amount to a contribution of less that 2% to our energy needs. What they will have successfully done, if you allow this, is to bilk the American Taxpayers of Billions of Dollars and make themselves filthy rich while we are left sacrificing what is a cherished right of any democracy… the right to own land and be reasonably protected by our government from seizure of our land for Corporate enrichment. Stop this seizure of private land. If you do not have time now to do what is right, when you finally realize what you have cooperated in doing… it will be too late.
These ravenous developers have joined with international funding sources to steal our rights by victimizing small Towns laden with board members that have no clue of what high finance, accelerated depreciation schedules, carbon credits, risk evasion schemes, N.Y.S.E.R.D.A tax credits, etc. are and what they really mean relative to the scope of this fraud. You are being duped into thinking you are doing something good for America. WAKE UP AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES AS TO WHAT IS BEING DONE TO YOU! YOU ARE PARTY TO THE NEXT ENRON SCANDAL!
These ravenous pigs have not left me one square inch of my property in which I can build on! Is it not interesting that we as American are spending Billions of Dollars to establish a Democracy in Iraq while you unsuspecting members of this Board are being manipulated to give away the very rights our soldiers are dying to give to others? Now I say unsuspecting because I believe that all of you except for Ted Walker are unaware of this. Ted, in my opinion, is aware of it, but because his family is in line to receive some of this treason money, he has joined forces with the scoundrels to make this happen. The burden lies on the rest of you that are not bought and paid for to educate yourselves to what is going on right in front of your eyes and you are taking an active role in!
Think about this: David Storms from 58 Maple Avenue right here in Cohocton is now oversees fighting to help the Iraqi’s establish democracy. He is a young man that was raised in this Town, now 19 years old and putting his life on the line to help foreigners gain what we have and you are being duped into giving away!
Meredith, I speak personally to you now. You started coming to the Town Board meetings months ago because you have a neighbor that was raising pigs and farm animal’s right next to your home and you did not like it. It was interrupting your life because of the smell and the nuisance of it all. You came to the meetings fighting mad, looking for justice and you are still actively involved in trying to establish laws that will protect you. What about my wife and me? Not only do my neighbors want to influence my property negatively with their choices, they want to seize my land and make it unfit to build on! Compare my plight with yours; am I not also suffering wrongfully? Should there not be better laws to protect me? What if this was your Mother that this was being done to? Are you going to be a part of giving away blood bought American rights to enjoyable privacy without the nuisances from neighbors dominating every moment of their life?
Ray, now I speak to you. You have heard the leaseholders stand up and say they should have the right to do what they want on their property. Are they the only landowners in this Town? What about my right to enjoy my property? What about yours? Under your leadership as chairman, shouldn’t your Board be engaged in planning for all the residents? What if this was your property they were seizing? The gluttonous pigs have not left me one inch of my property to build a house on… NOT ONE! If you do not have the character to lead this board correctly into protection that includes all… my wife and I petition your resignation. If you do not have the courage to be what you need to be in this position, please have enough courage to remove yourself! I prefer that you stay and do what is right! Your father called me the other day and you should sit and talk to him about what being an American is all about… HE GETS IT! Who do you trust more as a mentor, Jack Zigenfus and Wayne Hunt, or your own Father? Are you going to cave to the influence of these gluttonous developers and the pressure of the misguided Town Board?
Freda, now I speak to you. You live across the street from where David Storms grew up. Your grandsons frequent his house. What is his service worth to you? What are the American landowner’s rights that were bought and paid for with American lives worth to you? You have raised two sons that are police offices sworn to uphold the rights of Americans. What are you going to do now that you are faced with the choice of protecting those rights?
My wife and I petition this Planning Board to stop this seizure of private property for corporate enrichment. The Planning Board felt that a 1500 foot setback was the minimum that each private landowner should experience from these turbines from any dwelling. Stop this rapid assault by this developer, declare that the Town is going to give six months for each landowner to consider if they want their entire property protected from the influence of these turbines. If a landowner does not want to sigh off his right to be free from the negative influences of these turbines on his property, demand that the developer move each turbine back 1500 feet from his/her property line before issuing a special use permit.
Do not allow yourself to be part of urinating on these rights that were bought and paid for with American blood.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Strasburg II
60 Maple Ave.
Cohocton, New York 14826
Email rcs2nd@frontiernet.net
Phone 585-384-9318
Cell 585-703-1299
Fax 585-384-9318
March 26, 2007
Town of Cohocton Planning Board
Cohocton, NY 14826
Re: Wind farm development adjacent to my property at 4609 Pine Hill Road, Cohocton, NY TX. Map # 6-1-20.2
Chairman Ray Schrader and members:
I am an American and my landowner rights as such are being violated on a level indicative of a dictatorship. I am going to present some information that I ask you to review and consider concerning the inappropriate placement of wind turbines just off my property line.
Section § 274-b. of the NYS Town Law says:
Approval of special use permits.
4. Conditions attached to the issuance of special use permits. The authorized board shall have the authority to impose such reasonable conditions and restrictions as are directly related to and incidental to the proposed special use permit. Upon its granting of said special use permit, any such conditions must be met in connection with the issuance of permits by applicable enforcement agents or officers of the town.
According to the above stated law, you as the Planning Board have the right to make conditions that attach to your approval of any site plan.
If you look on the maps provided by the developer and locate turbine numbers 4 & 5 which are just south of Pine Hill Road, you will see the parcel of land my wife and I own just north of those turbines. The owner is incorrectly noted as Steven Snyder. I did not receive a letter from the developer as an adjacent landowner. How many others did not receive a letter because this developer does not have their facts strait? My wife and I intend this land to be used for investment and a possible site for our future home after we sell our home in the Village.
You will notice that the 1500 foot delineation marks from these respective turbines engulf every square inch of our property. To protect our property utilizing the 1500 foot setback part of Local Law #2, my wife and I applied for a building permit and we were granted one by the former Code Enforcement Officer Curt Helf which was then revoked by the current Code Enforcement Officer under instruction of the Town Board.
Although this revocation of our building permit was discriminatory, when we appealed to the Zoning Board of Appeals, we were again thwarted by Jack Zigenfus as he had the Town attorney prepare a letter for the ZBA chairwoman to sign refusing to hear our appeal. We are now engaged in the filing of an article 78 against all this discriminatory activity and we are petitioning the Planning Board not grant any special use permit until we have a chance to have our case heard in Court.
We are all members of the same Town and you have been given the charge of proper planning to protect the rights of your fellow citizens. Jack Zigenfus and the developer planning to install these turbines have not considered my right to build on my own land valid.
Under the guise of helping America with our energy need the developer has craftily formulated a plan to distribute propaganda supporting their false claim that what they are doing is going to make a difference in meeting Americas need for reliable electricity.
I am not going to argue the credibility of their claim. If you have an interest on this subject, there is sufficient evidence readily available to you that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, that even after all the millions of dollars of our tax dollars being high jacked for this scam, if they are successful in perpetrating this fraud, all their turbines will amount to a contribution of less that 2% to our energy needs. What they will have successfully done, if you allow this, is to bilk the American Taxpayers of Billions of Dollars and make themselves filthy rich while we are left sacrificing what is a cherished right of any democracy… the right to own land and be reasonably protected by our government from seizure of our land for Corporate enrichment. Stop this seizure of private land. If you do not have time now to do what is right, when you finally realize what you have cooperated in doing… it will be too late.
These ravenous developers have joined with international funding sources to steal our rights by victimizing small Towns laden with board members that have no clue of what high finance, accelerated depreciation schedules, carbon credits, risk evasion schemes, N.Y.S.E.R.D.A tax credits, etc. are and what they really mean relative to the scope of this fraud. You are being duped into thinking you are doing something good for America. WAKE UP AND EDUCATE YOURSELVES AS TO WHAT IS BEING DONE TO YOU! YOU ARE PARTY TO THE NEXT ENRON SCANDAL!
These ravenous pigs have not left me one square inch of my property in which I can build on! Is it not interesting that we as American are spending Billions of Dollars to establish a Democracy in Iraq while you unsuspecting members of this Board are being manipulated to give away the very rights our soldiers are dying to give to others? Now I say unsuspecting because I believe that all of you except for Ted Walker are unaware of this. Ted, in my opinion, is aware of it, but because his family is in line to receive some of this treason money, he has joined forces with the scoundrels to make this happen. The burden lies on the rest of you that are not bought and paid for to educate yourselves to what is going on right in front of your eyes and you are taking an active role in!
Think about this: David Storms from 58 Maple Avenue right here in Cohocton is now oversees fighting to help the Iraqi’s establish democracy. He is a young man that was raised in this Town, now 19 years old and putting his life on the line to help foreigners gain what we have and you are being duped into giving away!
Meredith, I speak personally to you now. You started coming to the Town Board meetings months ago because you have a neighbor that was raising pigs and farm animal’s right next to your home and you did not like it. It was interrupting your life because of the smell and the nuisance of it all. You came to the meetings fighting mad, looking for justice and you are still actively involved in trying to establish laws that will protect you. What about my wife and me? Not only do my neighbors want to influence my property negatively with their choices, they want to seize my land and make it unfit to build on! Compare my plight with yours; am I not also suffering wrongfully? Should there not be better laws to protect me? What if this was your Mother that this was being done to? Are you going to be a part of giving away blood bought American rights to enjoyable privacy without the nuisances from neighbors dominating every moment of their life?
Ray, now I speak to you. You have heard the leaseholders stand up and say they should have the right to do what they want on their property. Are they the only landowners in this Town? What about my right to enjoy my property? What about yours? Under your leadership as chairman, shouldn’t your Board be engaged in planning for all the residents? What if this was your property they were seizing? The gluttonous pigs have not left me one inch of my property to build a house on… NOT ONE! If you do not have the character to lead this board correctly into protection that includes all… my wife and I petition your resignation. If you do not have the courage to be what you need to be in this position, please have enough courage to remove yourself! I prefer that you stay and do what is right! Your father called me the other day and you should sit and talk to him about what being an American is all about… HE GETS IT! Who do you trust more as a mentor, Jack Zigenfus and Wayne Hunt, or your own Father? Are you going to cave to the influence of these gluttonous developers and the pressure of the misguided Town Board?
Freda, now I speak to you. You live across the street from where David Storms grew up. Your grandsons frequent his house. What is his service worth to you? What are the American landowner’s rights that were bought and paid for with American lives worth to you? You have raised two sons that are police offices sworn to uphold the rights of Americans. What are you going to do now that you are faced with the choice of protecting those rights?
My wife and I petition this Planning Board to stop this seizure of private property for corporate enrichment. The Planning Board felt that a 1500 foot setback was the minimum that each private landowner should experience from these turbines from any dwelling. Stop this rapid assault by this developer, declare that the Town is going to give six months for each landowner to consider if they want their entire property protected from the influence of these turbines. If a landowner does not want to sigh off his right to be free from the negative influences of these turbines on his property, demand that the developer move each turbine back 1500 feet from his/her property line before issuing a special use permit.
Do not allow yourself to be part of urinating on these rights that were bought and paid for with American blood.
Sincerely,
Robert C. Strasburg II
Hans Daatselaar letter to the Cohocton Planning Board - February 6, 2007
February 6, 2007
Town of Cohocton Planning Board
Cohocton, NY 14826
To whom it may concern'-
My name is Hans Daatselaar and I reside at XXX Dutch Hill Road in Cohocton, New York. This letter and the pages that follow will go into record for possible future legal action concerning the proposed "Dutch Hill Wind Project" being developed by UPC and Canandaigua Power Partners II.
I am writing this letter to record my concerns and objections pertaining to the Dutch Hill DEIS. Copies of this letter will be sent to several government agencies, UPC and the Cohocton Planning Board. As the "so called" lead agency in the SEQRA process, I can only hope all the planning board members have thoroughly read the entire DEIS and are willing and able to make sound decisions without interference from UPC, Jack Zigenfus or other town board members.
My primary concern is the proposed location of turbine #1, the cumulative effect of turbine #2 as well as the proposed access road and buried inter-connect running along my property line. The proposed location for turbine #1 is roughly (using maps prepared by ESS Group Inc. for UPC) 1,500 feet west of my house and sighted on top off a hill which is 200 feet above the elevation of my house. Add 200 plus 420 (turbine height) and turbine #1 and #2 will loom 620 feet above and upwind of my home.
Please keep this very important fact in mind as you read why I feel turbine #1 needs to be eliminated or relocated.
Sincerely,
Hans Daatselaar
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Town of Cohocton Planning Board
Cohocton, NY 14826
To whom it may concern'-
My name is Hans Daatselaar and I reside at XXX Dutch Hill Road in Cohocton, New York. This letter and the pages that follow will go into record for possible future legal action concerning the proposed "Dutch Hill Wind Project" being developed by UPC and Canandaigua Power Partners II.
I am writing this letter to record my concerns and objections pertaining to the Dutch Hill DEIS. Copies of this letter will be sent to several government agencies, UPC and the Cohocton Planning Board. As the "so called" lead agency in the SEQRA process, I can only hope all the planning board members have thoroughly read the entire DEIS and are willing and able to make sound decisions without interference from UPC, Jack Zigenfus or other town board members.
My primary concern is the proposed location of turbine #1, the cumulative effect of turbine #2 as well as the proposed access road and buried inter-connect running along my property line. The proposed location for turbine #1 is roughly (using maps prepared by ESS Group Inc. for UPC) 1,500 feet west of my house and sighted on top off a hill which is 200 feet above the elevation of my house. Add 200 plus 420 (turbine height) and turbine #1 and #2 will loom 620 feet above and upwind of my home.
Please keep this very important fact in mind as you read why I feel turbine #1 needs to be eliminated or relocated.
Sincerely,
Hans Daatselaar
(Page 1 of 5)
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