Concerned Citizens Montana hopes to help unify and coordinate many groups of landowners

who have been working to influence how we can achieve Fair Power.

  
  

 
 

 


 


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Posted 7/14/2010

***A letter to the Majority & Minority Leaders in the Senate regarding East Coast transmission lines

On July 12, 2010, the same ten east coast governors sent another letter to the Majority and Minority Leaders in the Senate telling them that the East Coast does not need new transmission lines to bring power from the Midwest.

While the governors focus on the misguided provisions of SB1462 which expand federal power, mainly through FERC, to force new power lines down the throats of rate payers, the governors make a clear statement about the impact of new transmission projects.

Thank you to The Power Line for alerting us to this letter.

Please click on the link below to read the full letter:

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/governor071210.pdf

 

Posted 5/26/2010

***Actor and Cardwell Rancher Bill Pullman gives a five minute commentary on NPR-Missoula on behalf of Save Scenic Jefferson Valley Coalition!

***Are We Giving Up Montana's Crown Jewels - Again?

Watch this informative documentary - "Power Brokers"

http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1432006422

With the proposed construction of MSTI, Montana citizens are being asked - once again - if they would give away our assets to further the plans of an energy corporation. For many of us, the sad story of how we lost control over our dams and generators and allowed our rates to soar is still fresh in our memories. For those who want to be reminded, watch the informative documentary called "Power Brokers" which is on the Montana PBS website. Giving up local partnering in the name of unbridled market "gaming" allowed the corporate rape of Montana Power by Enron (through Goldman Sachs). Very well-intentioned Montana Representatives and MPC employees now concede they were snowballed in the "deregulation fever" and allowed Montana to give away control over our dams and generators. We lost our crown jewels of power generation and, in addition, no state was impacted harder in the loss of jobs than Montana once Enron was exposed.

Question: DO WE NOW GIVE OUR LAND, VISTAS AND CULTURAL INTEGRITY OVER -– ONCE AGAIN -- TO A CORPORATION SO IT CAN SPECULATE FOR ITS SHAREHOLDERS?

Watch this valuable documentary: http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1432006422

"(We now realize) there was a handful of people who understood that there were major profits to be made, not just in Montana, but all across the country." From: "Power Brokers"

***Is MSTI a Mistake for MT Ratepayers?

6:45 minute audio recording: PSC Hearing during a hearing on April 16, 2008,

PSC Commissioner Brad Molnar and a NWE executive discuss MSTI.

The NorthWestern executive explains in a very clear way how the "Efficient Market Hypothesis" relates to Montana rate payers. The elements of speculation are plainly stated. In conclusion he agrees that, from a Montana customer's perspective, building MSTI would be a mistake.

Audio Library of the PSC (MT PSC, e-documents, audio records, April 16, 2008, part 2 one hour and 25 minutes in) 6:45 MINUTE EXCERPT. The dense intricacies of energy practices are clear in the full recording and make for informative listening. Listen to the whole session here N2007.11.138 NWE Hearing Part 1 & 2.

***Are we a Third-World country when it comes to power?

- Bill Pullman, ranch owner, Boulder Valley- Cardwell, MT

Read more about it at The Huffington Post

***PBS Examines Misinformation About Transmission Lines

WATCH IT! - NOW ON PBS: Power Struggle - This show was originally broadcast on January 16, 2009

Will the green energy dream come to fruition? This week NOW explores obstacles to the promise of renewables — energy generated from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, and rain.

As America looks to dramatically increase its use of renewable energy, an inconvenient reality stands in the way: the need to upgrade the country's antiquated electricity grid. Part of that overhaul involves the construction of gigantic and expensive long-distance transmission lines to carry clean energy from remote sites to population centers.

NOW travels to California, which has the most ambitious clean energy plan in the nation. But the state's efforts face stiff opposition from property owners and conservationists who prefer renewable energy from "local sources," such as photovoltaic rooftop solar panels.

Complicating the matter are claims that the transmission lines are not actually carrying renewable energy at all, but represent a thinly-disguised strategy to stick to old energy practices.

 

***Electromagnetic Fields and Health Effects

- Dr. Linda Rodgers - MT