Cross Building, Room 211

Please note that bills may not be taken up in the order listed.
Public Hearing, Today at 1:00 PM for about 4 hours
 
LD 147, HP0129 An Act To Extend Internet Availability in Rural Maine - Rep. Robert Alley of Beals Subjects: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADBAND SERVICES, LIBRARY ACCESS PROGRAM - Emergency
 
LD 173, HP0136 An Act To Promote Economic Development and Critical Communications for Family Farms, Businesses and Residences by Strategic Public Investment in High-speed Internet - Rep. David McCrea of Fort Fairfield Subjects: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BROADBAND SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE
 
LD 196, HP0159 Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 320: Electric Transmission and Distribution Utility Service Standards, a Major Substantive Rule of the Public Utilities Commission Subjects: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, PROCEDURES, RULE REVIEW - Emergency
 
LD 273, SP0085 An Act To Require Transmission and Distribution Utilities To Purchase Electricity from Renewable Resources at Certain Prices - Sen. Dave Miramant of Knox Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES, PLANNING, RENEWABLE ENERGY PURCHASES
 
 
EUT Audio Link
 
EUT Contact Information
 
EUT Work Session
Work Session, February 7th at 1:00 PM for about 4 hours
LD 13, HP0014 An Act To Allow Microgrids That Are in the Public Interest - Rep. Mick Devin of Newcastle Subjects: ELECTRIC UTILITIES, DELIVERY, MICROGRIDS
LD 41, HP0042 An Act To Replace Net Energy Billing with a Market-based Mechanism - Rep. Beth O'Connor of Berwick Subjects: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY, REBATE PROGRAM
LD 68, SP0021 An Act To Improve the Record Keeping of the Public Utilities Commission - Sen. Brownie Carson of Cumberland Subjects: PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, ADMINISTRATION, RECORD KEEPING
LD 91, HP0077 An Act To Eliminate Gross Metering - Rep. Seth Berry of Bowdoinham Subjects: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, SOLAR ENERGY, PROVISIONS REVISED - Emergency

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Comment by Long Islander on February 6, 2019 at 12:45am

Thank you Eric.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 5, 2019 at 8:30pm

 

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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