Renewable energy faces close scrutiny at State House

Lawmakers are sharply divided on whether subsidies that promote investments in solar, wind and other forms of renewable energy are good energy policy or a drag on the Maine economy.

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/02/17/renewable-energy-faces-close-...

 

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 18, 2015 at 9:17am

With Terraform investments group, backing SunEdison (of Missouri) in the purchase of Emera's shares of First Wind, I doubt that "This" Solar company would work against its own interests. It is leveraging to work its way into the Maine market with a toe in the door. Currently every First Wind Turbine (3 acre clearing) is a potential clear zone for commercial Solar panels or collectors. Once their presence is established, in the home market they would try the commercial grid system. Once that has been done, a similar tactic that has taken place in three western states will occur. Tax the homeowner with a competition tax. [The Whine to PUC] "Taxpayer funded grid systems can not sell their power due to homeowner competition thus the taxpayers are not getting the promised rate of return on their tax dollars." It started with a $200/mo assessment, request by the utilities, per home, but through a court settlement ended up as $5/mo ($60/yr) in AZ, CO, CA and this could happen in Maine also. 

Comment by Long Islander on February 18, 2015 at 2:23am

GridSolar’s proposal for alternative-energy post rebuffed by staff of Maine PUC

The staff recommends instead that the PUC take bids for the role of coordinating Maine's no-new-transmission efforts.

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/02/17/gridsolar-rebuffed-for-altern...

Comment by Mike DiCenso on February 17, 2015 at 8:57pm

I wonder if we should encourage the separation of solar from the other renewables, particularly wind? If there are solar panels on rooftops I do not care. but when the wind turbines are roaring across the lakes for miles I get quite annoyed that the state of Maine would even consider them , even if they made energy, which most of the time they do not. Then they use much of what they make. Maybe the solar proponents would come over to our side against windsprawl? Probably wishful thinking.

 

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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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