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Gas Generation in Maine Doubles Over the Time Period That Lawmakers, Renewable Lobbyists and Climate Activists Proclaimed as the " Age of Fossil Fuel Eradication"

Here is a little nugget from the Maine Department of Energy Resources copied from their report:

"Maine Energy Profile"

Maine Energy Profile | Maine Department of Energy Resources

"Maine’s total in-state electricity generation has increased from approximately 12 million MWh in 2015 to nearly 15 million MWh in 2024, as shown in Figure 2. The use of natural gas to produce…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 21, 2026 at 2:18pm — 1 Comment

Trying to slip one by - Maine lawmakers consider public funding for electric infrastructure

All for a ripoff unneeded Aroostook wind project to enrich Wall Street fat cats and the small group that ran First Wind (Just put First Wind into the search box if you are new. Also put in Sun Edison). And although all we hear about is the big potential Aroostook project, if that transmission line is built, it will open up numerous new possibilities for other wind projects along the way. This only happens in…
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Added by Long Islander on January 20, 2026 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

ALERT: Important EUT Hearing 1PM Today Jan 20 - LD 838 titled “An Act to Establish the Maine Clean Energy Authority"

AUDIOhttps://legislature.maine.gov/Audio/#211

Hearing (in person and audio) is at 1PM today, January 20, 2026. See very important Dan McKay post…

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Added by Long Islander on January 20, 2026 at 12:12pm — 1 Comment

President Trump Wind Turbine Tariffs

The Trump administration has strongly opposed wind turbines, pausing projects and halting federal approvals due to national security concerns. The lower courts have ruled against the administration, but the decisions could be appealed to higher courts. 



Denmark, a major supplier, exports…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on January 20, 2026 at 8:55am — 1 Comment

John Droz, Jr.: We Are Lobsters in a Pot — and Know It!

Our societal temperature is gradually being raised...…

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Added by Long Islander on January 20, 2026 at 8:45am — 4 Comments

Private Equity Investors Destroying Maine Businesses and Institutions

As of early 2026, several national retail chains with a presence in Maine are undergoing restructuring, bankruptcy, or sales to private equity firms, resulting in significant store closures across the state. The retail landscape in Maine is currently facing a wave of closures affecting discount stores, craft shops, and restaurants, driven by financial pressures, high operating costs, and leveraged buyouts.…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 20, 2026 at 6:35am — 1 Comment

Reagan Paul Fighting the Democrats on Behalf of the Beleaguered Maine Electric Customers

OP-ED: Maine’s New Energy Authority Is a Blank Check With Your Name on It

Maine lawmakers are now considering LD 838 titled “An Act to Establish the Maine Clean Energy Authority,” a bill sponsored by Senator Mark Lawrence and co-sponsored by every Democrat member of the Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee. Although the bill was originally introduced as a concept draft (commonly used as a bait-and-switch tactic within the…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 20, 2026 at 6:11am — 1 Comment

ISO-NE: a Collective of Kowtowing Puppets Disguised as Engineers

Why is ISO-NE promoting wind power by building an expensive (a billion dollars) transmission line upgrade completely dedicated to bringing an unpredictable, part time amount of non-baseload, and non-dispatchable, generation into the grid from the most northern area of New England?  Where are the levelheaded engineers that were promised with the formation of this Regional Transmission Organization in 1996? …
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Added by Dan McKay on January 19, 2026 at 2:04pm — No Comments

ISO-NE: Aroostook Wind Fails Test and Proposed Transmission Project Should Be Removed from Consideration

ISO-NE Evaluating Aroostook County Wind

Note the circled item " Transfer Analysis and Accommodating Wind"

Also, see the note under the diagram.…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 19, 2026 at 7:10am — 2 Comments

Is The Climate Scare Narrative Headed For Bankruptcy?

David Blackmon David Blackmon is an energy writer and consultant based in Texas. He spent 40 years in the oil…
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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on January 19, 2026 at 6:30am — No Comments

Bill McKibben blames high electricity prices on not enough renewables (How does he keep a straight face?)

by The Associated Press

January 17, 2026

Where does one begin? Why do the media incessantly propagandize? Where in the mainstream media are the extraordinarily strong counter arguments that correctly demolish virtually everything that McKibben is saying?

So it bears repeating: Why do the media incessantly propagandize? 

EXCERPTS:

.....he said President Donald Trump’s stance…

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Added by Long Islander on January 18, 2026 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Germany’s shut down of nuclear plants a ‘huge mistake’, says Merz

Get out them fans Friedrich.

15 January 2026

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Germany’s decision to shut down all its nuclear power plants was a “huge mistake” and has come at a high cost to the economy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said yesterday, speaking to the German Chamber of…

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Added by Long Islander on January 17, 2026 at 6:40pm — 1 Comment

Plymouth, Massachusetts: Blade Failure Remains A Mystery

The Plymouth, Massachusetts, wind turbine blade failure is the latest in a series of massive wind blade failures. On November 7, 2025, an 18,000-pound fiberglass blade detached from a 300-foot-tall turbine and crashed.

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Nearby residents reported loud noises and a small…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on January 17, 2026 at 11:07am — 1 Comment

Is Maine the Last to Stop the Madness of Global Warming?

Global Coal Demand to Reach a New Record High this Year

January 15,…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 17, 2026 at 10:53am — No Comments

CMP's new Maine power line starts delivering power to New England

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM EST

Hydroelectric power from Quebec started flowing through a new transmission line in Maine on Friday, the culmination of a fraught years-long process aimed at boosting New England's electric supply.

The 145-mile New England Clean Energy Connect line is expected to deliver enough energy to power 1.2 million homes in the region, said Phelps Turner director of clean grid at the Conservation Law…

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Added by Long Islander on January 17, 2026 at 7:13am — 6 Comments

As the Warming Scare Dissipates, Rationality Returns to Australia

By Vijay Jayaraj January 2, 2026…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 17, 2026 at 7:11am — 2 Comments

Pick your Poison, but Wind, Solar and Batteries are Most Toxic

ISO-New England: Electrocute Everything

Go Pats and three alternatives to the chair…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 17, 2026 at 6:30am — No Comments

Trump Administration Calls for Emergency Power Auction to Build Big Power Plants Again

Press Release
For Immediate Release

January 16, 2026



Contact: doenews@hq.doe.gov
 

Trump Administration Calls for Emergency Power Auction to Build Big Power Plants…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 16, 2026 at 1:52pm — No Comments

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CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

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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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