NANTUCKET SOUND - ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE FOREVER!
                                                         Our Fight Is Far From Over!                                                             

 REMAINING STEPS FOR CAPE WIND

• Still no buyer for remaining 50% of power - NStar bypassed Cape Wind. Necessary state review of second contract if buyer is secured.
• Government financial support for Cape Wind in doubt. The DOE has put Cape Wind's bid for government loan backing on hold, potentially removing a vital source of financing. Link to Cape Cod Times
• Significant legal appeals. Link to List 
• US court ruling revoked FAA approval of Cape Wind and found that the FAA failed to consider the very real dangers and risks to the operations and safety of the 400,000 flights that transit Nantucket Sound each year.
• Cape Wind is unable to find investors.

WHAT CAN YOU DO? 

Calls to Action: Click here 

US Coast Guard comment period reopened. Please make your comments regarding navigational safety by January 31st on the regulations.gov website. Link to Details

"Friends of Nantucket Sound" Send Email Blasts
12/19/2011 "Much of this technology is in its embryonic stage. That's why we shouldn't be rushing to build wind farms on Nantucket Sound until we are ready to do it with a comprehensive system that includes wind, solar, conservation, etc., plus peak generation power plants when these sources fail, as well as the ability to store excess power for future use."

LINK TO BREAKING NEWS

 HEADLINES

Donald Trump:"Every location in the United States with a magnificent coastline has successfully defeated these horrendous looking, noisy and inefficient structures." Link

ISO New England's Report: Despite Cape Wind's claim to be producing power in 2014, the ISO and its consultants ... have determined that it is unlikely that the project [Cape Wind] will achieve Commercial Operation by the start of the2015-2016 Capacity Commitment Period. Link to AP 

Ill Wind for Ratepayers: Just because a deal is legal doesn't mean it's a good deal. It's appalling that ratepayers will be forced to pay the excessive price for a law that is poorly conceived, poorly drafted and rigged to benefit a pet project favored by the political powers-that-be. Link to Boston Herald Editorial

SJC Upholds Cape Wind Energy Deal: Statement from Audra Parker, President & CEO of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound
December 28, 2011 (Hyannis, MA) -Today's ruling is a blow to ratepayers, businesses and municipalities who are being asked to bear billions of dollars in new electricity costs when other green energy alternatives are available at a fraction of the cost. The good news is the increasingly clear reality that Cape Wind will never be built. Cape Wind has been denied FAA approval, has been denied critical Federal loan guarantees, has no utility willing to buy half its power, and cannot find investors. Those facts alone render this decision moot.

Clean Power Now Unplugs: Cape Wind's primary advocate shutting its doors. Link to Article

Dollars and Sense: Lack of Private, Federal Support Drying Up for Offshore Windfarms. Link to Article

Boston Herald Survey: 79% think Cape Wind is too costly for taxpayers and ratepayers, and should never be built. 

 2011 News Letter                                                                
Message from Audra Parker President/ CEO                                      2011 Informational Flyer
Decade in Review                                                            

THE ECONOMIC REALITIES

Cape Wind is Too Expensive
At an average rate of 25 cents per kilowatt hour, Cape Wind’s price is 2.5 times other green energy alternatives!  National Grid’s contract for 50% of Cape Wind’s power is $1.2 billion more than Nstar’s contracts with land based wind.

Martha Coakley Calls for Competitive Bidding: "We believe that all long-term renewable contracts should be subjected to competitive procurement, and utilities shouldn't be able to pick winners and losers."
Link to Boston Herald

 The Hidden Costs of Cape Wind: Link to Articles

POLL shows ratespayers overwhelming reject Cape Wind contract!

The people of Cape Cod still do not have "or are not aware of" the detailed vision of how their land and seascape will be altered. The proposed turbines for Nantucket Sound constitute "wind factories," a gigantic industrial development in the waters between mainland Cape Cod and the Islands. (Cape Cod Times Editorial)