"This means putting the anti-corridor issue on the ballot form was ruled unconstitutional. by the court.
It could be appealed
Without a referendum people would not have a voice to oppose corridors dreamt up in Disgusta.
More than NINETY…"
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"Wind turbines in Alaska is a folly, that would not exist, if it had not been mostly financed by the federal government.
There is no economic merit in wind electricity, if subsidies were removed"
"COST SHIFTING THE NAME OF THE GAME IN VERMONT
In summer, highly subsidized, expensive, variable, intermittent solar dozes off in late afternoon/early evening, sleeps all night, and does not wake up until about mid-morning the next day,…"
"HOUSE BILL TO INCREASE IN-STATE SOLAR FROM 8.6% IN 2009 TO 20% IN 2032
Is not it amazing, after EAN, VEIC and VELCO advocated solar build-outs that are totally unrealistic, the VT House comes out with a Bill to increase solar…"
"A 10 to 12 MW wind turbine is at least 700 feet tall.
It will be a monster, as seen from Mohegan Island.
It will have red strobe lights flashing, 24/7/365, for decades
It will emit a lot of low frequency noise, aka infrasound, which is harmful to…"
"Penny,
The reason so little information is provided in such PR articles is to keep the taxpayers and ratepayers floating in a state of rosy comatose, feeling no pain, now and in the future, somewhat as with a fairy tale that eventually would lead to…"
"It is beyond irrational for Connecticut not to build at least 4000 MW of nuclear to serve future heat pumps and electric vehicles.
I switched my energy-efficient house from 95%-efficient propane to 3 heat pumps, each with 2 heads, at a capital cost…"
"Biden’s false climate promises
By
David Wojick,
July 30th, 2020
Biden’s multi-trillion dollar climate action plan is full of promises that the law says he cannot keep. Promising to do what you cannot do is a false…"
"All these pronouncements have no detailed analyses to support them.
It is best to throw them in the garbage, and send Biden to a retirement community in Hong Kong."
"The capacity of the new 1200 MW transmission line, NECEC, is about 9.45 million MWh per year.
Massachusetts contracted to buy that quantity of STEADY electricity from HQ for about 4.5 to 5 c/kWh.
STEADY HQ electricity is about 98% hydro,…"
"Dan McKay,
The 225 MW, HVDC line stops just inside the border of Vermont, at a DC to AC conversion station, then connected to the existing NE grid.
Vermont utilities buy from HQ about 1.4 million MWh per year, at about 5.6 c/kWh, for 20 years.
I…"
"The line capacity is 1200 MW
It will deliver 700,000 MWh/y to Maine, and about 8,700,000 MWh/y to Massachusetts
Maine is getting less than 10% of the electricity, but 100% of the environmental/visual damage"
"The line should be buried, as they do in Germany, after 20 years of hassling about north-south HVDC transmissions lines.
They greatly reduce environmental impacts compared to aboveground visible lines on up to 135-ft high towers"
"I lived in Norway for 3 years
Norway has a lot of wind, but it also has a lot of oil and gas and HYDRO Power.
Norway gets 98% of its electricity from hydro, just as Quebec
The LAST thing Norway needs is to get on the bandwagon of idiocy, and build a…"
"My recommendation to Republicans and still sane Democrats is to give nothing to the RE industries.
They have had outrageously high subsidies for about 20 years.
The US has far higher priorities, such as increasing energy efficiency and…"
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THE GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT A DECADES-LONG BURDEN ON VERMONT
The Vermont House passed the Global Warming “Solutions” Act bill, GWSA, and sent it to the Vermont Senate, which also passed it. The bill, if enacted, would convert the aspirational goals of the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan, CEP, into mandated goals, with penalties. GWSA has been called “must pass this Session”.
Capital Costs to Implement the Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan
In 2015, Energy Action…
ContinuePosted on June 24, 2020 at 4:30am
THE VAGARIES OF SOLAR IN NEW ENGLAND
In summer, highly subsidized, expensive, variable, intermittent solar dozes off in late afternoon/early evening, sleeps all night, and does not wake up until about mid-morning the next day, becomes very active around midday creating DUCK curves, especially on sunny days, then dozes off again in late afternoon/early evening.
In winter, solar dozes off in late afternoon, sleeps all night, and does not wake up until about mid-morning the…
ContinuePosted on June 24, 2020 at 4:30am
VERMONT SOLAR MARKET PATHWAYS REPORT BASED ON OPTIMISTIC ASSUMPTIONS
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, VEIC, is involved in “energy solutions for an evolving world”. It helps various, mostly government entities, meet economic and environmental goals with sustainable solutions “designed for impact”. Major areas of interest are energy efficiency, building electrification, transportation electrification, and a clean and flexible grid.
SOLAR IN VERMONT
VEIC states: Vermont is on its way to becoming an advanced…
ContinuePosted on June 8, 2020 at 9:30am
NEW ENGLAND IS THE LEAST FAVORABLE FOR PV SOLAR, except areas near rainy Seattle
Based on the sun index level, Vermont is ranked 44th regarding solar power potential, according to a sun index developed for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using data provided by NREL's Renewable Resource Data Center.
Connecticut and Rhode Island rank 41st and 38th. See table 2 of URL
https://neo.ne.gov/programs/stats/inf/201.htm
The sun index is defined as an…
ContinuePosted on May 16, 2020 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
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DarrylMueller said…
- It funny that they need 10 cents a kw to be solvent. Going back to Livermore windmills in 1983-5 wholesale coal by wire was like 1/4 cent per kw and wind power got .10 per kw as a subsidy. After all these years people are so stupid and gullible! .10 cents needed to burn trees. Funny the left out hydro and atomic power???
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/
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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