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Friday, February 22, 2013

What's Next For East Bay Energy Consortium

The future of the East Bay Energy Consortium - and that of the Tiverton Industrial Park - remain uncertain four years after EBEC formed to develop a for-profit wind farm on the parcel.

The Tiverton Industrial Park is caught in a battle between the East Bay Energy Consortium (EBEC) and private developers and Tiverton taxpayers are losing out. EBEC, a regional partnership between nine East Bay communities, formed four years ago to explore ways to make money off of wind energy through net metering.  Targeting the Tiverton Industrial Park as the ideal location for a venture, EBEC's idea for the for-profit wind farm project might be holding back the park's development rather than providing opportunity. According to The Hummel Report, EBEC was started with about $400,000 of seed money from the state Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and its wind farm project would have made millions through net metering. Net metering …

Bill Carson

10:03 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013

The taxpayers will be paying again : EXECUTIVE SESSION PORTSMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING February 25, 2013 RIGL 42-46-5 (a) (5) Wind Turbine – discussions or consideration related to possible disposition of publicly held property wherein advanced public information would be detrimental to the interest of the public, and RIGL 42-46-5 (a) (7) Wind Turbine – possible investment of public funds where …   more ›

Friday, July 20, 2012

EBEC Continues Push For Tiverton Wind Farm

At its July 16 meeting, EBEC refocused its push to create a renewable energy engine in the Tiverton Industrial Park, reports EcoRI News.

The East Bay Engery Consortium will continue its push for a renewable energy project at the Tiverton Industrial Park, though conversations will likely stall until after the November elections, according to reports from EcoRI News. At the consortium's July 16 meeting members discussed refocusing plans around new state zoning guidelines for wind turbines, which includes cutting the number of turbines from 10 down to 5 and installing solar arrays in the 177-acre industrial park. EBEC planners reportedly said the changes would still allow for a profitable project. Thomas Moses, legal counsel to the consortium, said the regional municipal collaborative was defeated this spring because of an outcry from local Tea Party activists and a letter …

Bill Carson

10:15 pm on Saturday, July 28, 2012

On February 20,2007 Gov Carcieri sent his Energy Czar to speak to the residents of Portsmouth. The Energy Czar gave information from the Rhode Island Economic Development Committee's renewable energy subcommittee. The Czar told the residents to build a wind turbine or the lights would go off . In the course of the speech he said natural gas and wind turbines are competitive in Portsmouth. Also …   more ›

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