BOSTON — Massachusetts’ highest court has upheld a deal in which the electric utility National Grid agreed to buy power from the planned Cape Wind offshore wind farm.
The Supreme Judicial Court’s decision released Wednesday confirms the deal already approved by the state’s Department of Public Utilities.
The year-old deal was challenged by the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and other opponents of the wind farm planned for waters off Cape Cod. They argued, in part, that the deal unconstitutionally restricts interstate commerce because National Grid didn’t consider less expensive, out-of-state power sources.
Cape Wind officials argued the focus on price is too narrow and ignores project advantages, including job creation and environmental benefits.
The court ruled the state’s review of the deal was “thorough” and its decision was justified.
Cape Wind claims job creation and env. benefits. When the expensive wind power is added into the mix and the energy prices rise, jobs will be lost, like in Spain. Env. benefits are a fantasy. Add in the mining ,transportation, etc, the TOTAL C02, and you will see there is no way windsprawl helps the env. Some coal fired power plants are being switched over to nat. gas. There is a big wind rush afoot before these coal upgrades are built negating any need for expensive wind turbines. Why is everyone keeping wind folly such a secret? One doesn’t have to dig very deeply to discover the truth. Wind power is a scam.