Editorial
Report fans the flames of oppositon to windfarm

An independent study of the LIPA wind farm proposal has corroborated what many believed to be the case: the project is too costly, will provide too little additional energy and will burden Long Island ratepayers for too long.

A recent Newsday article outlined the study, completed by the Long Island Economic & Social Policy Institute at Dowling College. The findings show that the proposal will be much more costly than initially projected by LIPA officials. More than that, a letter written in 2005 by Florida Power and Light (FPL), the company that won the contract for the windfarm, shows that both sides knew that the costs being presented to the public were escalating. By how much is not known, since that information is being kept between LIPA and FPL, and away from the ratepayer- those who will ultimately foot the bill.

LIPA and FPL officials, to be fair, have not had a chance to review the study and comment on the report. That work should be completed within the next few weeks and presented to the public, which will then be able to make a more informed decision. What is interesting here, however, is that the report confirms what many others have been saying for more than a year and is in direct contradiction to the information being spoon fed to the public by proponents of the plan.

Open wide folks, surely more is to come.

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