tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:41:45 +0000Citizens, Residents and Neighbors concerned about ill-conceived wind turbine projects in the Town of Cohocton and adjacent townships in Western New York.http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)Blogger3939125en-usnoCitizens, Residents and Neighbors concerned about ill-conceived wind turbine projects in the Town of Cohocton and adjacent townships in Western New York.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2130182555429818343Thu, 26 Jul 2018 12:29:00 +00002018-07-26T08:29:44.110-04:00 This is about major breaking US national security news — that is almost entirely unreported… Although it is about a US military-wind energy situation, similar issues exist in other countries. Please pass this on to other open-minded citizens. If you have some connections that might publish this information, please let me know. john droz, jr. ———————————————————————————————— http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2018/07/wind-turbines-military-and-national.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-1636244535708905536Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:07:00 +00002018-02-11T11:07:02.647-05:00Sourcehttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2018/02/oklahoma-pulling-up-red-carpet-offered.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-6724824511496241834Wed, 17 Jan 2018 17:12:00 +00002018-01-17T12:12:49.411-05:00Article 10 source I just watched the first official Article 10 wind energy decision in NYS (for the proposed Cassadaga wind project). Unfortunately the Article 10 Board approved that project. In my opinion, there is an extraordinarily important lesson to be learned from the Western NY citizens who were inflicted with this bad news. Citizens need to be clear that the number one reason http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2018/01/first-article-10-results.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7016036127717343594Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:29:00 +00002017-12-14T09:29:06.891-05:00Tax reform means ending credits for big wind. After 25 years, end big wind tax credits No more tax credits for big wind. End the scam. @RepKevinBrady @SenJohnThune @senorrinhatch @SpeakerRyan @SenateMajLdr and Anyone else who you know in Congress! #EndWindPTC #NoWINDTaxCredits http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/12/contact-congress-on-final-tax-bill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-4263164197484555274Sun, 03 Dec 2017 14:23:00 +00002017-12-03T09:23:21.148-05:00 EverPower Wind Holdings, a Strip District-based wind power company, has reached a deal to sell off its operating assets to a fund managed by BlackRock (NYSE: BLK). Financial terms of the deal for EverPower's operating assets weren't disclosed; EverPower, as is EverPower's majority shareholder, Terra Firma Capital Partners, a London-based private equity firm. The deal is subject to http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/12/blackrock-fund-to-acquire-operating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2428526454689906920Fri, 10 Nov 2017 21:19:00 +00002017-11-10T16:19:31.598-05:00 Big wind’s complaint that the language reneges on a previous deal is entirely unfounded. The so-called ‘deal’  AWEA is trying to preserve … was a backroom negotiation between industry and Obama-era IRS lawyers to craft guidance that went well beyond the statute. Congress is finally taking corrective action. ...[T]he GOP tax bill is headed in the right direction on wind energy development. http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/11/gop-tax-plan-resets-big-wind_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-8856784713966295189Thu, 05 Oct 2017 22:33:00 +00002017-10-05T18:33:52.585-04:00The Global Wind Energy Council recently released its latest report, excitedly boasting that ‘the proliferation of wind energy into the global power market continues at a furious pace, after it was revealed that more than 54 gigawatts of clean renewable wind power was installed across the global market last year’. You may have got the impression from announcements like that, and from the http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/10/wind-turbines-are-neither-clean-nor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-3150800188647014772Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:26:00 +00002017-08-07T07:26:10.789-04:00First Wind In January 2015, Goldman, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank were among five lenders on a margin loan to SunEdison. The $410 million, two-year deal was intended to help fund the $2.4 billion purchase of renewable-energy developer First Wind Holdings, and Goldman was a financial adviser, according to the lawsuits. While many details about the margin loan were disclosed, a side letter http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/08/goldman-sachss-secret-sunedison-loan-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-335465767044264266Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:11:00 +00002017-07-26T18:11:03.389-04:00https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-25/sunedison-sets-bankruptcy-exit-with-nothing-for-shareholders SunEdison Inc. won final approval for a bankruptcy plan that will leave what was once the world’s largest renewable-energy firm as a shell of its former self, with nothing for shareholders whose investment at one point had been worth about $10 billion. SunEdison, known for gobbling uphttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/sunedison-sets-bankruptcy-exit-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-4208043098489330167Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:21:00 +00002017-07-25T19:21:38.196-04:00https://seekingalpha.com/news/3281232-sunedison-sets-bankruptcy-exit-judge-oks-reorganization-plan?uprof=46&dr=1#email_link SunEdison (OTCPK:SUNEQ) wins final approval for a bankruptcy plan that will leave nothing for shareholders whose investment once had been worth ~$10B. SUNE will exit Chapter 11 to “continue business operations to administer and maximize the value of the http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/sunedison-sets-bankruptcy-exit-as-judge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2235240630314444419Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:51:00 +00002017-07-21T16:51:27.049-04:00Source Reporthttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/terraform-power-inc-terp-form-10-k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2576531882427414704Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:49:00 +00002017-07-21T16:49:40.812-04:00Source Reporthttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/terraform-power-inc-terp-form-8-k.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-437563365340946905Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:32:00 +00002017-07-21T16:32:32.546-04:00Read the Reporthttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/terraform-power-reports-4q-2016-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-3331076953381428337Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:14:00 +00002017-07-05T12:14:19.329-04:00 BETHESDA, Md., June 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TerraForm Power, Inc. (Nasdaq:TERP) ("TerraForm Power" or the "Company"), an owner and operator of clean energy power plants, announced today that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel granted the Company further extensions to regain compliance with Nasdaq's continued listing requirements. Under these extensions, the Company's Class A common stock will remainhttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/terraform-power-announces-extensions-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7375898893394223044Wed, 05 Jul 2017 16:12:00 +00002017-07-05T12:12:34.724-04:00On June 29, 2017, TerraForm Power, Inc. (the “Company”) received a notification letter from a Hearings Advisor from the Nasdaq Office of General Counsel, informing the Company that the Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) granted the Company further extensions to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements. Under these extensions, the Company’s Class A common stock will remain http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/07/item-301-notice-of-delisting-or-failure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2959229865165501988Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:30:00 +00002017-06-01T09:33:00.366-04:00Source Link In their May 8 objection to the disclosure statement, the lawyers for the equity committee, Nastasi Partners, raised some key questions: **Why did the Debtors (SunEdison)... decide to liquidate rather than reorganize? **How did the Debtors raise $24 billion between 2013 and 2016, but manage to dissipate approximately $20 billion? **How much are the Debtors' interests in their http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/06/sunedison-bankruptcy-case-something-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-850758529448862866Tue, 16 May 2017 14:10:00 +00002017-05-16T10:10:58.479-04:00 TerraForm Power (NASDAQ:TERP) and TerraForm Global (NASDAQ:GLBL) say they received notification letters from Nasdaq, saying the failure to file their latest 10-Q statements could serve as an additional basis for delisting (I, II). Nasdaq previously granted the companies extensions until June 30 to regain compliance with continued listing requirements regarding their 2016 Form 10-K and Q1 http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/05/terraform-power-terraform-global.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-888832803264734242Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:31:00 +00002017-04-18T18:31:23.866-04:00 Maine Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy on Friday denied motions filed by First Wind Holdings LLC and its four subsidiaries in response to last fall's $13.6 million verdict in favor of the Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative. In a news release announcing the decision, the cooperative's lead trial lawyer, Sigmund Schutz of the Preti Flaherty LLP law firm, said Murphy "upheld the jury's http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/04/superior-court-justice-upholds-136m.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-5346861164407308968Fri, 03 Feb 2017 01:13:00 +00002017-02-02T20:13:07.799-05:00Conclusion and Consequences SunEdison has received billions of dollars in tax incentives, loans and loan guarantees from the U.S. government. The valuation of projects and subsidiaries has been critical when obtaining these loan. If Homer Parkhill's claim that there is almost no value to the assets in SunEdison is true, it must indicate that the money granted by the U.S. government has been http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/02/sunedison-shareholder-uncovers-billions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-2488139736806298645Sun, 15 Jan 2017 23:21:00 +00002017-01-15T18:21:11.346-05:00 http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/01/wind-farms-killing-more-bats-than.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7652931451964583341Sat, 14 Jan 2017 12:31:00 +00002017-01-14T07:31:50.100-05:00 Cornell University has again delayed plans to build wind turbines, citing local concerns about health effects, noise and the proximity of homes. Tompkins County residents fought the Black Oaks Wind Farm for the last 11 years. Ithaca is the county seat and home of the Ivy League school , which has ironically contracted to buy power from the proposed wind farm. The wind farm is relatively small http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2017/01/new-york-liberals-refuse-to-build-wind.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-464535138660362389Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:07:00 +00002016-12-14T10:07:22.318-05:00Source link In addition, a number of shareholders have inundated the court's inbox with letters and emails (60 as of this writing) in a mad attempt to reopen the case for an Equity Committee. The letters from shareholders vary in purpose and quality, but among their requests are: calls to prosecute Paul Gaynor (former First Wind CEO), Larry Summers (Chief of National Economic Councilhttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2016/12/sunedison-shareholders-made-stunning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-1465387375432083428Wed, 07 Dec 2016 11:44:00 +00002016-12-07T06:44:38.483-05:00http://seekingalpha.com/filing/3316531?uprof=46 Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition. On December 6, 2016, TerraForm Power, Inc. (“TerraForm Power”) issued a press release announcing the reporting of its financial results, and the filing of its Form 10-Q, for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016. The press release also reported certain financial and operating metrics ofhttp://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2016/12/terraform-power-inc-terp-form-8-k-dec-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-7797686744465753607Tue, 06 Dec 2016 13:35:00 +00002016-12-06T09:26:34.680-05:00http://seekingalpha.com/filing/3315009?uprof=46 Claim relating to First Wind Acquisition On May 27, 2016, D.E. Shaw Composite Holdings, L.L.C. and Madison Dearborn Capital Partners IV, L.P., as the representatives of the sellers (the “First Wind Sellers”) filed an amended complaint for declaratory judgment against the Company and Terra LLC in the Supreme Court of the State of New York http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2016/12/terraform-power-inc-terpform-10-q.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26680120.post-5477521200870452526Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:56:00 +00002016-12-05T15:56:35.127-05:00http://seekingalpha.com/news/3228666-terraform-power-reports-208m-net-loss-2015?uprof=46&dr=1#email_link TerraForm Power (TERP +1.9%) reported a $208M net loss for 2015 in its first financial report in more than a year, with a loss attributed to common shareholders of $80M, or $1.25/share, as it seeks to break away from bankrupt parent SunEdison. TERP said in its&http://cohoctonwindwatch.blogspot.com/2016/12/terraform-power-reports-208m-net-loss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (SARTRE)0