Saturday, February 23, 2008

NYRI President #1

What happened to Richard Muddiman, the former Canadian president of NYRI? He seems to have been replaced with Chris Thompson, who lives in the US.

I was never sure Richard Muddiman was a real person. He never made a public appearance. He has almost no web presence. Did he ever attend an energy conference and make a presentation? Was he ever on any board? Did he ever make a positive contribution to society? Does he have a face?

I talked to two people who had met him; he did not seem to make a very positive impression (not too surprising).

I did find this: http://www3.dps.state.ny.us/pscweb/WebFileRoom.nsf/0/F8CC0F2C235DACB385256E16006BFD73/$File/doc11304.pdf?OpenElement
Mr. Muddiman was president of the Pegasus project (the trial version of the NYRI project---- the line was to connect all the way to NYC--to the West 49th Street Substation of Consolidated Edison). I wonder why PSEG and Neptune objected to participation by Pegasus Power?

My hope is that Mr. Muddiman is "walking the talk" and living next to his very own transmission line w/ megahigh towers. And of course, he would have paid top dollar for this property because transmission lines don't impact property values. And he has no doubts that those high voltage lines are safe and won't impact his children's current or future health.

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