Paper industry veteran Randall Davis endorsed by energy committee for PUC post

Paper industry veteran Randall Davis endorsed by energy committee for PUC post

The Sappi manager was nominated to replace Carlisle McLean on the commission that oversees utilities regulation in the state.

AUGUSTAA man with nearly 40 years of experience in the paper industry – but little background with regulatory or legal matters – was endorsed by a legislative committee Wednesday to join the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Randall Davis of Smithfield won the recommendation of the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee in a unanimous vote. Throughout his confirmation hearing, he projected the attitude of a calm, capable executive who didn’t know everything about the sometimes-arcane issues handled by the PUC, but knew how to find answers to complex problems. ....

In Davis, LePage apparently believes he has another shot at obtaining a regulator more in line with his priorities of lowering power costs and opposing most renewable energy incentives. And because PUC commissioners are nominated for six-year terms, their influence endures long after the governor has left office.

But during the hearing, Davis drew a contrast by laying out some of his guiding principles.

He said he sees utilities as a human right. He said he sees a need to balance the desire to “jumpstart” new initiatives or “rescue” outdated businesses against any increased cost to ratepayers. And he made clear statements about his thoughts on renewable energy and climate change.

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Comment by Paula D Kelso on October 20, 2017 at 4:29pm

Not sure Brad, but at the very least needs some educating on the wind industry's campaign to defile Maine while reaping the big bucks. That really has nothing to do with climate change or fossil fuels. That's greed, fraud and duplicity hiding under a green cloak.

Comment by Brad Blake on October 19, 2017 at 5:02pm

My problem is that when the Governor has a chance to nail the wind industry, which he professes to disdain, he doesn't follow through.  This appointee may not carry our side in future cases based on this excerpt from the article:

And he made clear statements about his thoughts on renewable energy and climate change.
“Solar and wind are not just passing fads,” he said. “They are our needed transition from fossil fuels …”
 “Global warming is real and in no small measure man-made,” he concluded.

Sounds like a climate change/wind power zealot to me!
Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on October 19, 2017 at 4:23pm

Reposted http://www.windtaskforce.org/video/knox-county-capitol-for-a-day to Facebook. We need to get these messages out, often and over and over again. 

Comment by Long Islander on October 19, 2017 at 4:14pm

Gov LePage: Wind Harming Our Quality of Life and Mountains

Watch this 90 second video of Gov. LePage denouncing wind for what it is:

http://www.windtaskforce.org/video/knox-county-capitol-for-a-day

 

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."

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