Two Maine senators solicit Rhode Island for wind money in RI newspaper

As state senators for Aroostook County, we plan to usher in a new era of renewable energy investment in our state. And that means talking with our neighbors in other New England states about the benefits of siting projects in Maine to help them reach their renewable energy goals, while at the same time inviting investment that helps us with property tax relief, jobs, and energy security.

One potential partner is due south, in Rhode Island. In 2017, R.I. Governor Gina M. Raimondo set an ambitious goal to increase the amount of clean energy serving Rhode Island to 1,000 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2020. Now, the state has taken its first major step toward reaching that goal by issuing a request for proposals for 400 MW of renewable energy from a broad portfolio of resources, including onshore and offshore wind and solar, generated either in-state or imported from another state. We want Maine to be a partner in reaching that goal.

The commitment Rhode Island is making to renewable energy is laudable, and Maine’s new legislature and state government are ready to support it......................................The state has an opportunity to get affordable, sustainable renewable energy from the Number Nine Wind Farm in Maine. Located in Aroostook County, our home county, the largest and northernmost in New England, the Number Nine Wind Farm would generate 250 MW of clean, renewable power— enough energy to power approximately 109,000 average Rhode Island homes with clean electricity each year................................

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http://www.independentri.com/opinion/article_aedeb7aa-1452-11e9-b7b...

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Senators' webpages:

https://legislature.maine.gov/senate/district-1/9525

https://legislature.maine.gov/senate/district-2/9527

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Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on January 11, 2019 at 9:54am

Are these the same D's who are whining about CMP's building an energy corridor to move Canadian power into Mass?  # 9 is a long way from R.I. and the transmission cost and losses would be what again?

...nothing a bit of hypocrisy to wake one up. 

Comment by Penny Gray on January 11, 2019 at 9:23am

Needless to say, these senators don't speak for me, they speak for their wallets.  I just stumbled on this link while researching emerald ash borer treatment for forest trees, which requires a commercial pesticide applicator's license from the extension service: https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/climatecitizens/ 

Is there a pesticide for this sort of stuff?

Comment by Dan McKay on January 11, 2019 at 7:14am

These two so-called people's representatives are complete fools and must hate this State and the electric ratepayers of this state. Thinking electricity made in Aroostock County is going to reach Rhode Island is as stupid as it gets and the cost of upgrading and maintaining transmission to accommodate such projects will raise electricity costs for all Mainers, It would also mean bye-bye to Maine biomass plants, forced to retire to an inferior electric producer. 

Comment by Nancy Sosman on January 11, 2019 at 2:16am

 Now we know where the new adm stands (no surprise).  Obviously this has been in the works for a while.  

Comment by arthur qwenk on January 10, 2019 at 10:16pm

Enjoy the" New Green Deal " Maine --  $$$$ Graft Money for Everyone!

It is time to move out of New England if you can afford to so so.

Comment by Paula D Kelso on January 10, 2019 at 10:08pm

Whoa! Out of the gate running. No holds barred this legislative session. Man the torpedoes!

Comment by John F. Hussey on January 10, 2019 at 9:47pm

Is Angus trying to teach little "Susie" how to get rich fast? 

 

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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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