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Maine eliminates solar subsidy program

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM EDT

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Maine's controversial subsidy program for commercial solar developments is coming to a close, following the passage of a law that stops new developments from receiving benefits and slashes compensation for existing solar farms.

About six years ago, lawmakers expanded Maine's…

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Added by Long Islander on July 9, 2025 at 7:58am — 2 Comments

Secretary of the Treasury directed to terminate clean electricity production and investment tax credits granted to solar and wind facilities

DoE Warns Of 100x Increase In Black-Out Risk By 2030 On Same Day As Trump Energy Security EO
Tuesday, Jul 08, 2025 - 06:25 PM…


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Added by Long Islander on July 8, 2025 at 7:01pm — 1 Comment

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is bad news for Maine clean energy

By Chris D’Angelo

July 4, 2025

The Senate narrowly passed its version of President Donald Trump’s so-called “one big, beautiful” bill Tuesday, followed by the House on Thursday. The legislation now heads to Trump’s desk. On the energy front, the legislation aims to thwart the nation’s build out of clean energy,…

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Added by Long Islander on July 4, 2025 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Maine set to launch state energy department

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published July 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM

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Maine is poised to get a new state department tasked with managing energy programs.

The Department of Energy Resources, authorized by lawmakers this session, will replace the Governor's Energy Office.…

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Added by Long Islander on July 3, 2025 at 5:43pm — 1 Comment

U.S. Senate backstabbing whores sneak in last minute pro-wind industry wording in "Big Beautiful Bill"

Last-gasp megabill negotiations eased assault on renewables

By Amelia Davidson, Timothy Cama, Nico Portuondo | 07/02/2025 06:28

As the Senate slogged through a marathon vote this week on the Republican-led…

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Added by Long Islander on July 2, 2025 at 8:43am — 1 Comment

New legislation charts Maine’s pathway to 100% clean energy by 2040

By Emmett Gartner

June 27, 2025

Legislation signed by Gov. Janet Mills this month codifies and fast-tracks Maine’s transition to 100 percent clean energy amid growing uncertainty about the future of federal tax credits for renewable energy projects. The law, L.D. 1868, advances Maine’s previous energy goals by a decade. It requires the state to transition its energy portfolio to 90 percent renewable sources and 10 percent low- or zero-carbon sources by 2040. In 2023,…

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Added by Long Islander on June 28, 2025 at 9:48am — 1 Comment

Environmental advocates urge Congress to protect clean energy tax credits

Maine Public | By Kaitlyn Budion
Published June 23, 2025

Environmental advocates are calling on Congress to preserve clean energy tax credits, which are facing severe cuts in the…

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Added by Long Islander on June 24, 2025 at 11:05am — 1 Comment

Support for solar energy and offshore wind falls among Democrats and independents, AP-NORC poll says

6/23/25

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Americans’ support for green energy tax credits and renewable energies like wind and solar power has decreased in recent years, according to a new poll, driven by a softening in support from Democrats and independents.

The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that U.S. adults’ support for tax credits for…

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Added by Long Islander on June 23, 2025 at 12:12pm — 1 Comment

GOP Senators Briefed On Plan To Obliterate "Toxic" Green Subsidies, Dismantle Climate Heist On US Treasury

Fossil fuel advocate Alex Epstein delivered a hard-hitting briefing to nearly all Senate Republicans on Wednesday, emphasizing that the Inflation Reduction Act's "toxic subsidies" for the green energy industry—totaling billions—must be "terminated."

"Today I got the opportunity to speak to almost all Republican Senators about the IRA subsidies at their Wednesday lunch," Epstein…

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The sound of Maine pigs having their snoots yanked from the trough

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Added by Long Islander on June 19, 2025 at 9:01pm — 1 Comment

UPDATE: Thailand company buys 49% of Washington County wind project Downeast Wind

So does this mean that part of any freebie giveaways funded by taxpayers and Maine ratepayers is headed to Thailand? Which Maine politicians again pushed for this project?

EGCO Group Acquires 49% Stake in US Wind Farm In Markets, Thailand
Posted 19/06/2025



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Added by Long Islander on June 19, 2025 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Maine codifies new goal of 100% clean energy by 2040

It sounds like the green lobby must be in desperation mode.

Maine codifies new goal of 100% clean energy by 2040



Maine Public | By Molly Enking

Published June 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM EDT

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Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that moves up the state's timeline to reach net zero carbon emissions.

The new law would require the state's energy office to expand…

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Added by Long Islander on June 19, 2025 at 5:33pm — 2 Comments

Wind, Solar Credits Set to End Early in Senate GOP Tax Bill

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Added by Long Islander on June 17, 2025 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

GOP Lawmakers Reiterate Asks For Clean Energy Credit Tweaks In Reconciliation Bill

Thursday, Jun 12, 2025 - 10:00 PM

By Lamar Johnson

Kiggans and a nearly identical group of House Republicans wrote to their House colleagues last month seeking…

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Added by Long Islander on June 13, 2025 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Environmental groups appeal judge’s approval of construction for controversial power corridor

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Added by Long Islander on May 30, 2025 at 6:40am — 2 Comments

Clean Energy Faces Hard Market Truths

By Irina Slav - May 21, 2025, 5:00 PM CDT

The Trump administration is rolling back federal subsidies for wind, solar, and EVs.

Over $145 billion in green energy projects and $73 billion in manufacturing investments since 2022 were heavily driven by federal aid



Despite claims of booming growth, wind and solar face serious structural issues, raising doubts about their viability in a true free-market…

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Added by Long Islander on May 23, 2025 at 8:32pm — 3 Comments

WIND FAIL - UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center lays off 9 employees after federal funding cuts

Eventually you run out of other people's money.

UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center lays off 9 employees after federal funding cuts

Maine Public | By Madi Smith…
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Avangrid to conserve 50,000 acres near Western Maine power corridor

Central Maine Power's parent…

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Maine regulators examine impacts of state climate goals on gas utilities

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published May 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM EDT

Maine regulators intend to examine how the state’s goals for greenhouse gas reduction may affect natural gas…

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Added by Long Islander on May 15, 2025 at 1:16pm — 1 Comment

NRCM: Maine will benefit from staying the course on clean energy

Quick...........the air sickness bag.

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Powerful voices will insist on sticking with fossil fuels. They're wrong.

May 14, 2025

Updated 50 minutes ago

Jack Shapiro

Recent articles have pointed out something that those of us working in the trenches to advance a clean energy future have known for decades: reducing our unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels won’t be as easy as…

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Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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