Dear members:
Related to dams rehabilitation for hydropower, my position in general, is that any source of potential water energy must be used for electricity production if $ numbers are good ones. Not only dams, also irrigation canals with steps must be used for low head HP plants; the run off the river HP plant in Heidelberg, Germany, with some 2 MW or some more (I don't remember well), with 2 axial flow turbines is a good example. The plant was constructed in the navigation existing old dam, totally underwater, and have 2.3 m head. I expect this commnents could be useful for 'warming' reception of the idea from the State in Maine, Regards, Carlos ------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "hydrotricity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: [microhydro] Re: site potential? --- In [email protected], Beeuwkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > RE Steinaman in CT. > Hi, > > I too will be interested to see > what advice comes to you from the group. > Here in Maine I live adjacent to an old > mill pond whose dam is jointly > maintained by the town and State dept > of Inland fisheries & game (their > interest is in waterfowl nesting). > Although my town endorses my idea of > tapping the dam for a hydro scheme, > I have gotten a very cold reception from > the State > I own two hydroelectric dams in Maine. Beeuwkes, you need to continue your efforts to have hydroelectric generation at your dam. I have taken Central Maine Power Company to task several times concerning Net Energy Billing and won everytime. Central Maine Power Company even took me to FERC in Washington D.C. concerning my second dam that was selling power instead of Net Billing and I won there too. (What an experience that was.) Information on all of these cases is available on the Internet. Do a google search with my name (John Bertl)and FERC or my name and Maine PUC and you should be able to download days of reading. You could also do a search on Hydrotricity - the name I use. Currently I am appealing a Maine PUC ruling to the Maine Supreme Court. I am docket 2005-50 and my brief is due March 17. Wish me luck. I have done everything without hiring a lawyer. I would be glad to help or show you how to fight the system when they are wrong. Maine's Public Advocate is on hydro's side along with several members of Maine's Utility Committee in the legislature - mainly Ken Fletcher. Ken is like you and lives on a reservoir where the dam owners want to remove the dam. You need to get known to the members of the Utility Committee. As you have found, most of Maine's state employees who are in positions where they can enfluence hydros are "watermelons" and don't support hydros but do support dam removal. You also might be interested in "LR 739 An Act Regarding Net Energy Billing" that I have put into the legislative process this session. It will allow any hydro to be net billed with any property as long at they are each in the same customer name and are each in the same utility's territory. This way you could be living in Portland, buy a dam in Eustis and use it to pay for your electricity for your home and your business. If I can get it to be passed and become law, maybe then we can bring some of the many abandond dams in the State Of Maine, back on line. For those of you who think they know me but not by the ID of Hydrotricity - you are correct. 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