Iberdrola - Energy East PSC Letter by Andrew McEvoy

Dear Judge Epstein,

PLEASE use your most conservative judgment when deciding on the Iberdrola / Energy East merger. The PSC is looking out for the best interest of the taxpayers of New York State.

Many taxpayers feel as I do that a conglomerate should not be allowed to monopolize something as important as our electric grid. The fact that it is a foreign company is that much more disturbing.

Iberdrola is in the process of "conquering" New York State by placing Industrial Wind Turbines in any location they can get. They have proposed 476 foot tall turbines for my town of Fairfield, just north of Little Falls. They show total disregard for the people that live in the proposed area by proposing 389 foot tall turbines first of all, and then changing them to 476 foot tall turbines with rotors 295 feet in diameter. Bill Moore of PPM/Iberdrola worked with the town board to use his criteria for the wind ordinance which will now allow 476 foot tall turbines to be placed 1250 feet from a home and only 328 feet from a property line. This is criminal in a populated area.

Although this is separate from the merger deal, this is the type of company that wants to "control" our electric grid. It absolutely frightens me. It should not be allowed. Let them have the generation business or the transmission business, but please not both. The only reason for the wind turbine construction is because of the subsidies such as the "production tax credit". This is evidenced in the attached article interviewing T. Boone Pickens about his proposed wind project in Texas.

Again, please consider the good of the "people" when making your decision.

Thank you,

Andrew McEvoy
P.O. Box 1011
Little Falls, NY 13365
315-823-4773