MR. BARBER: Hello my name is Jim Barbour. I live in Naples, New York and I only recently came to this question of wind energy back in November. It was always active in my community, but I was one of the people that didn't pay attention because it was beyond me and what do I know about anything and an event took place in my life and I decided to go watch what was happening.
So I attended several meetings, Town Board meetings, wind energy meetings, and came away with the feeling of frustration and anger because every question that got-- the first meeting was a Board of Education meeting where SCIDA, which is Steuben County Industrial Development Agency, came to ask the Board for a pilot program, which is payment in lieu of taxes. Now I was chairman of the Zoning Board of Appeals in Naples for a number of years and whenever anybody came to the Board for a pilot program they were asking for a giant financial favor because they didn't want to pay taxes on whatever, they wanted to pay a certain amount of money to guarantee them money in their project.
These people that showed up before the Board were so filled with disdain and arrogance I was baffled by it, and doing that I started to look into it and found a letter from the State Comptroller's Department that SCIDA had been audited and there were nine recommendations that had been made as they did nothing in their charter that would carry through on their charter, so I went back and asked when would they make these changes and they don't have to make changes, they're above the law.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Energy East Corporation
PORTLAND, Maine, March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy East Corporation (NYSE: EAS - News), Iberdrola S.A. and the staff of the New York State Public Service Commission (NYPSC) today informed the Administrative Law Judge assigned to the joint petition requesting approval by the NYPSC of the acquisition of Energy East by Iberdrola that efforts to reach a negotiated resolution have not been successful. Evidentiary hearings are expected to commence as scheduled on Monday, March 17, 2008.
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Overseas politics could affect energy merger
Elections in Spain this weekend could end up having an impact -- albeit indirect -- on Iberdrola SA's $4.5 billion acquisition of Energy East Corp.
Energy East has 1.4 million customers in upstate New York, including 45,000 in the Capital Region. Approval of the merger is before the state Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in New York.
Parliamentary elections are being held Sunday in Spain. The results will determine which party -- the ruling Socialists or the conservative Popular Party -- take control.
The Wall Street Journal reported in Monday's edition that the Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has hinted "that he is open to a takeover" of Iberdrola by Electricite de France -- something that has worried PSC staff members.
The Journal says that the Popular Party is "radically against" such a takeover.
Staff at the PSC, which are currently engaged in closed-door settlement talks with Iberdrola, have voiced concerns in the past that the Spanish utility has become the subject of takeover rumors in Europe.
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Energy East has 1.4 million customers in upstate New York, including 45,000 in the Capital Region. Approval of the merger is before the state Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in New York.
Parliamentary elections are being held Sunday in Spain. The results will determine which party -- the ruling Socialists or the conservative Popular Party -- take control.
The Wall Street Journal reported in Monday's edition that the Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has hinted "that he is open to a takeover" of Iberdrola by Electricite de France -- something that has worried PSC staff members.
The Journal says that the Popular Party is "radically against" such a takeover.
Staff at the PSC, which are currently engaged in closed-door settlement talks with Iberdrola, have voiced concerns in the past that the Spanish utility has become the subject of takeover rumors in Europe.
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Saturday, March 8, 2008
Zapatero adds fuel to EDF and Iberdrola merger speculation
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spain's Prime Minister, may be warming to the idea of a possible takeover by French state-controlled electricity giant EDF of ScottishPower-owner Iberdrola, his country's biggest utility.
Zapatero, whose remarks on the subject were published yesterday in a Spanish newspaper, signalled that conditions were now ripe for EDF to enter Spain's energy market and that he expected talks to take place after the country's presidential elections on March 9.
EDF has already stated that it is interested in buying into the Spanish power market, and has admitted it held talks with Spanish construction group ACS, which controls 13% of Iberdrola.
While no deal was reached, the Bilbao-based utility has been at the centre of a tornado of takeover speculation in recent weeks. Germany's E.ON has also been named as a potential predator.
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Zapatero, whose remarks on the subject were published yesterday in a Spanish newspaper, signalled that conditions were now ripe for EDF to enter Spain's energy market and that he expected talks to take place after the country's presidential elections on March 9.
EDF has already stated that it is interested in buying into the Spanish power market, and has admitted it held talks with Spanish construction group ACS, which controls 13% of Iberdrola.
While no deal was reached, the Bilbao-based utility has been at the centre of a tornado of takeover speculation in recent weeks. Germany's E.ON has also been named as a potential predator.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Naples School Board Meeting Tonight is ON
Dear NVBHA members and friends,
Members of the Naples School Board have confirmed that even though the Naples Central Schools were closed today due to the icy morning that the Board Meeting scheduled for tonight, Wednesday the 5th of March is on. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. See the post below for more information.
Please consider attending. Thank you!
NVBHA Board
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Members of the Naples School Board have confirmed that even though the Naples Central Schools were closed today due to the icy morning that the Board Meeting scheduled for tonight, Wednesday the 5th of March is on. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. See the post below for more information.
Please consider attending. Thank you!
NVBHA Board
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Naples School Board Meeting, Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
To all NVBHA Members and Friends,
A regular meeting of the Naples Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 7pm.
NVBHA urges all of you to be present at this meeting and voice your concerns on the PILOT issue, or at least show support for those who will do so on behalf of our group.
As you already know SCIDA has approved the PILOT programs for the Cohocton and Prattsburgh Wind Projects. SCIDA ignored the objections from the Naples School District and numerous representatives from our community.
SCIDA’s approval will strongly affect the school districts' taxbase in a negative manner. The Naples School Districts’ lawyer explained this thoroughly at the Public Hearing in Atlanta January 18 this year.
An important question is presenting itself at this Wednesday meeting:
Will the board of Education and the School Superintendent advise their counsel to pursue any legal means necessary to counteract this unfair and possibly illegal treatment of the Naples School District?
Public meetings like this are important tools in shaping a healthy community! Show your support by attending the Naples School Board meeting Wednesday March 5, at 7 pm! The meeting is scheduled to be held in the High School Library off of Academy Street. In case of inclement weather if school is not held then after school activities are usually canceled.
Thank you!
The NVBHA Board
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A regular meeting of the Naples Board of Education will be held on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 7pm.
NVBHA urges all of you to be present at this meeting and voice your concerns on the PILOT issue, or at least show support for those who will do so on behalf of our group.
As you already know SCIDA has approved the PILOT programs for the Cohocton and Prattsburgh Wind Projects. SCIDA ignored the objections from the Naples School District and numerous representatives from our community.
SCIDA’s approval will strongly affect the school districts' taxbase in a negative manner. The Naples School Districts’ lawyer explained this thoroughly at the Public Hearing in Atlanta January 18 this year.
An important question is presenting itself at this Wednesday meeting:
Will the board of Education and the School Superintendent advise their counsel to pursue any legal means necessary to counteract this unfair and possibly illegal treatment of the Naples School District?
Public meetings like this are important tools in shaping a healthy community! Show your support by attending the Naples School Board meeting Wednesday March 5, at 7 pm! The meeting is scheduled to be held in the High School Library off of Academy Street. In case of inclement weather if school is not held then after school activities are usually canceled.
Thank you!
The NVBHA Board
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NYSEG critic to get his say by LARRY RULISON
ALBANY -- A former New York State Electric & Gas executive who is crying foul about the company has been allowed to join the company's merger proceeding before state regulators.
The New Jersey man, Mark Corbett, says he is the former director of human resources for NYSEG, a Rochester-based utility that is part of Energy East Corp. of Maine. NYSEG has about 45,000 customers in the Capital Region.
Energy East, which also owns Rochester Gas & Electric, is poised to become part of Iberdrola SA of Spain in a $4.5 billion merger once the state Public Service Commission approves the deal. The PSC, which is made up of a five-person board of political appointees, regulates electric utilities in the state.
Staff at the PSC, which does the day-to-day work of the PSC board, are currently involved in negotiations with the companies to come to a settlement agreement on the merger.
Such a settlement would likely include concessions from Iberdrola to provide the public with benefits from the merger that would be acceptable to the PSC commissioners.
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The New Jersey man, Mark Corbett, says he is the former director of human resources for NYSEG, a Rochester-based utility that is part of Energy East Corp. of Maine. NYSEG has about 45,000 customers in the Capital Region.
Energy East, which also owns Rochester Gas & Electric, is poised to become part of Iberdrola SA of Spain in a $4.5 billion merger once the state Public Service Commission approves the deal. The PSC, which is made up of a five-person board of political appointees, regulates electric utilities in the state.
Staff at the PSC, which does the day-to-day work of the PSC board, are currently involved in negotiations with the companies to come to a settlement agreement on the merger.
Such a settlement would likely include concessions from Iberdrola to provide the public with benefits from the merger that would be acceptable to the PSC commissioners.
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