Long Islander's Blog – February 2018 Archive (54)

Rent Seeker CMP grilled about $200 million smart meter failure during October wind storm

A Central Maine Power Co. executive disputes a December report that the company’s $200 million smart meter system crashed during the October 2017 wind storm.

Speaking Tuesday before a state legislative committee about the October storm, Eric Stinneford, CMP’s vice president, controller and treasurer, said the comment by a company spokesman that the system had flatlined was “unfortunate and uninformed.”…

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Added by Long Islander on February 7, 2018 at 6:00am — No Comments

Flop of Northern Pass project raises a question: Is our energy plan being short-circuited?

So is this reporter suggesting the smartest policy is to catch unwitting citizens off guard? How about doing that in the Berkshires or on Cape Cod? 

"Even so, the Baker administration believed that out of 46 bids, Northern Pass had the best chance to deliver the most electricity and at the earliest date. Yes, the opposition was loud, but…

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Added by Long Islander on February 7, 2018 at 5:49am — 1 Comment

Rhode Island to issue 400 MW renewable energy solicitation

All sources of generation that comply with Rhode Island’s RES will be eligible, including solar, biomass, small hydro and land-based and offshore wind.

However, the competitive nature of the solicitation may determine which projects are selected, and the current higher price of offshore wind in the United States may rule out this resource unless a carve-out or other means of differentiating this resource is provided........................

But New England as a whole also…

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Added by Long Islander on February 6, 2018 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

TOURISM THREAT: Ocean City council votes to reject 'visible' offshore wind farm

Ocean City’s town officials are turning up the heat on two offshore wind projects they say will spoil beach views and hurt the resort’s tourism industry.

The Town Council voted unanimously Monday night to oppose the construction of wind turbines that would be visible anywhere along the town’s 10 miles of coastline.

“This is a big project that will be there for many, many years, and we only get one chance to make it right,” Mayor Rick Meehan said.…

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Added by Long Islander on February 6, 2018 at 12:24pm — No Comments

PPH - Secret recordings prompt calls to investigate fairness of bidding for UMaine energy contract

Ward, who has denied that he provided any insider information to anyone, wasn’t on the conference calls. But other people who were – notably John Richardson, a former legislative leader and economic development commissioner who has been working with a ConEd partner – discussed information that they said Ward provided. Other people on the calls were investors, ConEd representatives and business partners........

Richardson has declined to comment on the matter, citing a…

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Added by Long Islander on February 6, 2018 at 12:10pm — 1 Comment

NECA Panelists Talk Carbon Pricing, Northern Pass, Offshore Wind

AUBURNDALE, Mass. — Speakers at the Northeast Energy and Commerce Association Renewable Energy Conference on Feb. 1 discussed the merits and viability of different methods to achieve New England’s aggressive emission reduction goals.

These topics included carbon pricing, the Northern Pass transmission project and offshore wind energy. Utility and energy service representatives were joined by state and federal officials..............

Gardner said the first question of any state…

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Added by Long Islander on February 6, 2018 at 8:57am — 8 Comments

Greenwood board to hear about wind power project tomorrow night (Tuesday Feb 6 at 5:30PM)

Another incredibly beautiful area of Maine in the target sights with 600' tall turbines.

Twitchell Pond (above)…



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Added by Long Islander on February 4, 2018 at 11:30pm — 5 Comments

Major PPH Article: NY's Con Ed, UMaine and Alleged Improper Influence in Renewable Energy Winning Bid

I guess we'll see how this plays out. It sure would be nice to see similarly lengthy media attention accorded to the improper influence observed with the wind industry, the consequences of which are of a far greater magnitude to much of Maine and virtually all Maine ratepayers.

One of the actors mentioned in this article is John Richardson, working with NY's Con Ed. As a side note, it can be pointed out that John Richardson, also appears to be a member of…

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Added by Long Islander on February 4, 2018 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

White House seeks 72 percent cut to clean energy research

The Energy Department had asked the White House for more modest spending reductions to the renewable and efficiency programs, but people familiar with the process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share unfinished budget information, said the Office of Management and…

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Added by Long Islander on February 4, 2018 at 5:30am — No Comments

What does the New Hampshire Site Evaluation Committee’s rejection of Northern Pass really mean?

During public hearings, the SEC received more than 3,000 statements from individuals. Nearly 95 percent of this input was opposed to the project, leaving no question where the people of the municipalities along the Northern Pass route stand.

In addition, of the 31 towns located along the project’s route, 29 were opposed to the project. Most towns had rejected the Northern Pass project via warrant articles passed at town meeting, petitions, letters and having administrators and/or…

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2018 at 10:30am — 6 Comments

The Ever-Expanding Wind PTC

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the economics of wind energy. In a recent earnings call, James Robo, CEO of NextEra Energy, predicted that within a decade the cost of wind generation would be more competitive “without incentives” than conventional sources like coal and natural gas. NextEra is one of the…

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2018 at 8:00am — No Comments

Northern Pass developer ‘shocked and outraged’ by rejection

A utility says it is ‘‘shocked and outraged’’ by state regulators’ rejection of a hydropower project that would have constructed nearly 200 miles of transmission lines across New Hampshire.…

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Added by Long Islander on February 1, 2018 at 6:00pm — 7 Comments

Panel on wind power likely to say what LePage wants to hear (PPH Editorial Board)

PPH: No amount of study is going to convince the governor to reverse his strident opposition to wind generation, so why bother?

Last week Gov. LePage created a special commission to study wind power development in Maine and issue a report.................................…

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Added by Long Islander on February 1, 2018 at 4:30am — 2 Comments

Grant Driven Environmental Groups - Undue Influence

"Grant-driven environmental groups have become the pawns of wealthy foundations bent on "progressive" social change. Foundation bosses design "environmental justice" projects and find-or create-groups to do their bidding......Undue Influence exposes the biggest deliberate program of social and economic displacement in American history. A handful of wealthy people are redesigning American politics to fulfill their vision of an "environmental society" that gives them all the power and…

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Added by Long Islander on February 1, 2018 at 4:30am — 3 Comments

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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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