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 ›