Obviously living in a City on the Hill you are unaware of life on the shore.

Click the link in the second comment directly above yours, to get a clear answer to your question. If you ask politely, the controllers of this blog may delete your last comment so you are not totally embarrassed for perpetuity……

an oil rig vs a wind mill? are you kidding? You think the people down in Rehoboth are going to support that?

you are crazy.

Obviously he thought no one would remember……

The dude is running to be the Lt. Governor of Delaware – would it make any sense for him to be talking about oil exploration anyplace besides Delaware? Regardless of what he thinks of other states he only has the ability to influence things in Delaware.

He is talking about the possibility of exploration 15 miles out – if windmills 12 miles out won’t bother anyone why would an oil rig 15 miles out?

September 12, 2007

The Honorable Russell Larson
Controller General
Legislative Hall
P.O. Box 1401
Dover, DE 19903

Dear Controller General Larson:

WHEREAS, in the matter of the negotiation for a long-term power purchase agreement, per PSC Order 7199, the four State agencies are to authorize the final decision which must be unanimous among the four agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Controller General is to represent the General Assembly in this matter; and
WHEREAS, these negotiations have been conducted under cloak of a gag order; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly should be afforded full access to the facts affecting the negotiations before rendering its final decision; and
WHEREAS, new information not available at the time of consideration of HB 6 (EURCSA) and/or at the issuance of the RFP which led to PSC Order 7199 may be relevant to the final decision of the General Assembly; and
WHEREAS, the decision may involve billions of dollars of ratepayer and public monies which may require a substantial rate increase for which the General Assembly may be held accountable;
NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED that the General Assembly should know the full implications of its vote before, not after, such vote is cast by the Controller General; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we the undersigned are of the considered opinion that before you cast a final vote binding the GENERAL ASSEMBLY, you are obligated to return to the GENERAL ASSEMBLY for instructions as to how the GENERAL ASSEMBLY wishes to vote on the matter in question.

Sincerely,
Harris B. McDowell, III
State Senate, 1st District
Robert L. Venables
State Senate, 21st District
Charles L. Copeland
State Senate, 4th District
Gregory F. Lavelle
State Representative, 11th District
Gerald W. Hocker
State Representative, 38th District
Hazel D. Plant
State Representative, 2nd District

Translated this means: Delmarva is not getting a fair shake from the blogs, media outlets, or the PSC, and we order you to vote no so we can dismantle this deal in the legislature.

Signed Charlie Copelsnd.

We have been blessed over many years, so perhaps memories have faded, or perhaps some out there have no recollection skills at all.

One item not yet mentioned in this thread is how it is always predictable that Copeland will always associate himself with a large bankroll on the wrong side of public opinion, and take its side.

Always.

Press release.

The more Copeland tries to get out of this the more he looks like a crude oil covered osprey flopping around on a sticky black beach.

He stated, “We certainly don’t want to take anything off the table. But let’s focus on the availability and the benefits that Delaware has for our energy future today. Which is a wind farm; which is the GE solar plant in New Castle County; which is the University of Delaware’s participation in the DARPA solar research project; which is the 150 researches looking into hydrogen futures; and so those are the areas we really ought to be focusing on in Delaware and let the oil and gas industry figure that out over the next decade or so.”