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My boss would have fired the whole bunch!3 comments

morgan wrote 8 months ago: The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has a Vision Statement. Have a look at Vision Stateme … more →

Tags: Pinnacle Wind Farm, WV State Government, WV PSC Hearing - Pinnacle Knob, Edison Mission Group, wind energy, West Virginia, industrial wind, Edison Mission Energy, wind turbine noise

China's US wind strategy: "globalization through localization"3 comments

morgan wrote 1 year ago: According to sources, China’s State Grid Corp is in talks to purchase an 80% controlling inter … more →

Tags: Bat/Bird Kills, Wind Power subsidies, Allegheny Mountains, Wind Energy Legislation, Art & Pam Dodds, Energy Subsidies, Mirgatory Bird Kills, Industrial wind subsidies, AES Laurel Mountain

John Terry on industrial wind: "one wonders what unintended consequence will occur next?"

morgan wrote 1 year ago: The Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News recently published a commentary written by Mr. John Terry of Mo … more →

Tags: Allegheny Front Alliance, Windtoons, Allegheny Mountains, Environment, USFWS Guidelines, Pinnacle Wind Farm, cumberland times news, AES Laurel Mountain, WV wind

Secretary Salazar challenged on industrial wind support.

morgan wrote 1 year ago: West Virginia Physician Dr. Wayne Spiggle recently received an email from Secretary of the Interior … more →

Tags: Allegheny Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Wayne C. Spiggle, Mineral County WV, WV DNR, Environment, Windtoons, WV mountains, Ken Salazar

Reader challenges wind advocates to include all the facts!

morgan wrote 1 year ago: The following letter was submitted to local newspapers by Keyser WV resident Dallas Adams, Sr. Lette … more →

Tags: Mineral County WV, Allegheny Mountains, Windpower Industry False Claims, industrial wind poor performance, Industrial wind jobs, Keyser WV, WV wind energy, Eastern WV Community College and Technical Center, wind capacity v generation

Sing it with me! "The Green Rolling ... oops, wait ... The Pinwheel Topped Hills of West Virginia"

morgan wrote 1 year ago: (Courtesy of our great friends at Windtoons) I guess maybe they’ll just have to change the lyr … more →

Tags: Windtoons, Allegheny Mountains, Environment, Kathy Mattea, Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia, destructive wind turbines, wind energy destroyed landscape

Open letter: Pinnacle wind farm benefits2 comments

morgan wrote 1 year ago: Dear State and Local Official representing Mineral County, West Virginia, Subject: Pinnacle Wind pro … more →

Tags: Pinnacle Wind Farm, decommission, WV State Government, Wind tax rebates, Industrial Wind and Local Governments, Concerned citizen letters, Industrial wind jobs, Industrial Wind Taxes, Wind Jobs

PJM grid: "wind farms will produce 13 percent of their generating capacity."

morgan wrote 1 year ago: Yep, you read it right!  The recent Laurence Hammack article at Roanoke.com notes that “PJM In … more →

Tags: Wind Power subsidies, Wind Energy Legislation, industrial wind v fossil fuel, industrial wind failure, Industrial wind lobby, federal subsidies, industrial wind dismal performance, wind grid failure, PJM wind energy

West Virginia House and Senate Leadership asked to review "flawed" industrial wind decommission funding process.1 comment

morgan wrote 2 years ago: Recently, at the direction of the WV Public Service Commission, the Mineral County (WV) Commissioner … more →

Tags: Pinnacle Wind Farm, US WindForce, decommission, Mineral County WV, WV State Government, WV PSC Hearing - Pinnacle Knob, wind turbine decommission, wind turbine scrap value, wind turbine transportation cost

Breaking! U of MD Chancellor punt might be a new Allegheny Treasures record!

morgan wrote 2 years ago: I’ve got to admit, it wasn’t exactly the ringing endorsement I had expected.  In fact, f … more →

Tags: Pinnacle Wind Farm, US WindForce, u.s. fish & wildlife, Allegheny Mountains, USF&W Service, Chancellor William Kirwan, WV wind farm, University of Maryland Power Purchase Agreement, U of MD wind farm

Call for increased scrutiny of industrial wind farms makes sense.

morgan wrote 2 years ago: The following letter was submitted to the Charleston “WV” Daily Mail in response to thei … more →

Tags: Appalachian Mountains, Environment, Energy Security, industrial wind poor performance, US windmills, WV wind farm, scrutiny of wind farms

Opinion: Sometimes "calling it in" just isn't good enough.2 comments

morgan wrote 2 years ago: OPINION: First, let’s get this out of the way, I’m not a journalist.  This is obvious to regulars, b … more →

Tags: Mineral County WV, Allegheny Mountains, US WindForce LLC, Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV wind, University of Maryland Power Purchase Agreement, U of MD Chancellor

Open letter to Tal McBride, partner, Highland New Wind Development LLC1 comment

morgan wrote 3 years ago: From The Recorder …..Highland New Wind- Letter to the Editor…Pocohontas County…. R … more →

Tags: Appalachian Mountains, Highland New Wind LLC, Tal McBride, Nimby, Pocahontas County WV

Yeah, but that was in Minnesota! The wind plant tax deal we have here is rock solid!

morgan wrote 3 years ago: From The Worthington Daily Globe via The Industrial Wind Action Group, “Counties deal with tax … more →

Tags: Mineral County WV, WV State Government, Wind tax rebates, Minnesota wind

AFL-CIO, upset about China/US Wind venture, says, "Hell No! We Won’t Send Our Tax Dollars to China!"

morgan wrote 3 years ago: In line with the position of Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the AFL-CIO is concerne … more →

Tags: Wind Power subsidies, Politicians and Wind Energy, afl-cio, China US Wind, foreign jobs, China Wind subsidies

Will Pinnacle Knob be built with obsolete turbines? If completed within the next few years the answer may well be yes.

morgan wrote 3 years ago: For the sake of argument, let’s say the two year old computer I’m using has capacity and … more →

Tags: wind energy, Wind Power Reliability Factor, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Pinnacle Knob Wind Farm, MIT, "jet" wind turbines


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