October 17, 2012: Mercury News – “Central Nebraska wind farm to fire up soon“
October 25, 2012: Yankton Press and Dakotan – “Wind Tower Fire Reported Near Crofton“
And why does this matter to the folks on the Allegheny Front? – “The fire was located at the top of the wind tower, which is part of the newer section of towers in the area. High winds at the time sent some sparks flying, which briefly ignited some small grass fires.”
Unlike Nebraska, we don’t typically have “grass fires” in the mountain forests.
In case you missed the dedication of the Broken Bow community of 3,500. This is a 49 minute video, the only thing missing is the small chit-chat, shaking hands, eating cookies and drinking punch.
The dedication ceremony was closed to the public and by invitation only.
http://media.nppd.com/nplayer.asp?video=Broken_Bow_Dedication&videotype=mp4&folder=MP4,
EME President begins at 10 min
Some Highlights:
• 13:50 “not all states are created equal”…
• 15:34, “the most important thing for EME…is safety, every minute of every day that is our priority. Nothing else matters, profit does not matter, commitment to safety goes to our communities…”
• “If you ever have any safety or concerns please reach out to us…”
• “I am truly honored for the turnout”
Heck, they even grade a new road, after the contractor destroyed the wrong road.
Laredo Wind Project is cited, but EME forgot to explain receiving their US Treasury check for $57,491,000.00 on July 5, 2011.
Some more highlights is EME will be paying some $60 million dollars in taxes for their four Nebraska Wind Projects over the next 25 years. Edison Mission Energy is bragging their four projects will pay some $60 million dollars for four wind projects over 25 years.
Did someone forget to do the math?
Thank goodness the Governor recognizes Broken Bow wind project will reduce their dependence on foreign oil. (22:45) C’mon Governor … REALLY???
In the United States, Edison Mission Energy claims to be the sixth largest wind producer, having 31 projects located in 11 states. Could we call it corporate irresponsibility, and lack of leadership, or just corporate welfare greed? Looks like some of the larger Wall Street are predicting EME will be filing for bankruptcy. Gee and I thought they had all this under control.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/idUSWNA980120121120
Well the great moment has occured, EME is filingt for Bankruptcy Protection. Seems the Green Greed Monster arrived. On Dec. 17, 2012, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered debt ratings on Edison Mission Energy ‘s unsecured notes due 2013 and 2016 to ‘D’ from ‘CCC-’.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/17/markets-ratings-edison-idUSL4N09R66B20121217
Check out story in the Los Angles Times
Edison Mission Energy, an unregulated power-generating unit of Edison International, said Monday that it had filed for bankruptcy protection and had agreed on a reorganization plan with its parent company and holders of its $3.7 billion in debt….
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-edison-mission-bankruptcy-20121218,0,7586239.story
Lets hope the folks atop Green Mountain will be able to make a claim…for the noise and loss of quality of life.
We only have 19 more years before the project will be decommissioned. Any one want to take bets that Mineral County taxpayers (our children) will be paying for its removal?