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Aroostook Wind - Will they actually be able to build this travesty and the transmission travesty it would need?

A huge wind farm is coming to northern Maine. How will it impact bills?

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9/2/26

Ethan Horton

Staff Writer



Maine regulators recently gave the green light for a massive new wind farm in Aroostook County, a project…
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Added by Long Islander on September 2, 2026 at 1:07pm — 4 Comments

ISO-NE Giving Stakeholders Just an Hour to Question Their Transmission Plan to Move Wind Power From Aroostook County to Boston

Webinar will outline longer-term transmission planning process, procurement

A public webinar next month will provide an overview of ISO New England’s longer-term transmission planning (LTTP) process and the first LTTP procurement.

In 2025, at the direction…

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Added by Dan McKay on September 2, 2026 at 7:56am — No Comments

ISO-NE Yields it's Independence and Adherence to Competition to NESCOE and Maine's NESCOE Manager, Philip Bartlett III

ISO-NE issues request for proposals for transmission solutions

At the direction of the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE), ISO New England has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to address longer-term transmission needs. Although the schedule is subject to change,…

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Added by Dan McKay on September 2, 2026 at 7:20am — No Comments

Desperate Moves from ISO-NE

Imagine, a grid so crippled and desperate for generation assets, it would re-build  transmission all the way from Aroostook County, Maine to Boston, Massachusetts to transfer, wait for it, wind blown power. I say to Boston, you have wind, use it and keep your hands off Maine assets that count, our landscape and electric bills.

Added by Dan McKay on September 2, 2026 at 7:03am — No Comments

Troy Jackson Bars Maine Wire From Lewiston Town Hall After Challenging Susan Collins to Attend

By Jon Fetherston

September 2, 2026

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Troy Jackson kicked off his town hall campaign Tuesday evening at Lewiston’s Franco Center, drawing roughly 275 people to hear the former Maine Senate president make his case for representing Maine in Washington.

One news organization, however, was not permitted inside.

The Maine Wire.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on September 2, 2026 at 7:00am — No Comments

CMP is back with a huge power project and fresh political problems

August 21, 2026



Regulators revived a massive energy bet by handing the reworked Aroostook County wind transmission project to Central Maine Power Co.’s parent company, and it is already drawing fire from a corner of the Republican Party that helped write the law behind it.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced Tuesday that Avangrid will build a 1,200-megawatt transmission line connecting northern Maine to the regional grid, while another developer will build an…

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Added by Long Islander on August 31, 2026 at 4:11pm — 2 Comments

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Power Purchase Agreements Off To 2027

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Sweden, Finland, Russia at War, 1700 to 1947

Sweden, Finland, Russia at War, 1700 to 1947

https://willempost.substack.com/p/how-ukraine-was-created

By Willem Post

The Great Northern War (1700–1721), a 21-y conflict primarily around the Baltic Sea. A coalition led…

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It is Not the Price of Natural Gas Driving Up Electricity Costs

Market monitor issues spring 2026 quarterly report

Even as natural gas prices dropped this spring, emissions costs and other factors drove an increase in wholesale electricity costs, according to the latest quarterly report from ISO New England’s Internal Market Monitor (IMM).

The …

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Added by Dan McKay on August 31, 2026 at 6:13am — 1 Comment

Who's paying for climate reporting in the mainstream media?

Presstitutes are everywhere pushing their lying propaganda. Doubt they could make payroll these days without taking payoffs for propaganda.

Fair Question: Who’s Paying for Climate Reporting in the Mainstream Media?

By Gary Abernathy

Anyone following my career knows that whether writing for newspapers or commenting in other forums, I have consistently expressed the same views…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on August 30, 2026 at 10:16am — 1 Comment

Maine Democrat With Canadian Border District Backs Trump on Tariffs

Maine Democrat With Canadian Border District Backs Trump on Tariffs

By Willem Post

Maine Democrat With Canadian Border District Backs Trump on Tariffs

Rep. Jared Golden,…

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Added by Willem Post on August 28, 2026 at 11:32am — 1 Comment

After years of delays, commission advances northern Maine transmission and wind project

By Kaitlyn Budion -

August 25, 2026 4:57 pm

The Maine Public Utilities Commission will finally move forward with plans for a new transmission line to northern Maine and an 800 megawatt wind project. 

At a regular meeting Tuesday, commissioners selected Avangrid, the parent company of Central Maine Power, to build the transmission line and Clearway Energy Group to build the onshore wind…

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Added by Long Islander on August 27, 2026 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Delayed To 2028

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities 23-42 docket is the official regulatory vehicle overseeing the Section 83C Round IV offshore wind procurement process. As of December 30, 2025, there are no updates on the original docket from Mass DPU. 
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The initial bid was opened on May 31, 2023,…
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DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO SECURE THE UNITED STATES BULK-POWER SYSTEM

Executive Order 14420…

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Maine PUC selects developer for 800 megawatt northern Maine wind power project

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published August 25, 2026 at 6:05 PM EDT '

Maine utility regulators have selected two companies to develop untapped wind power resources in Aroostook County, part of an eagerly anticipated clean energy project supported by most New England states.

The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday selected Clearway Energy Group LLC to develop wind turbines that can generate 800 megawatts of electricity in Northern…

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Added by Long Islander on August 26, 2026 at 11:10pm — 3 Comments

"You Are What Your Record Says You Are"

The Maine PUC has saddled Maine Ratepayers with a power purchase agreement to buy 600 megawatts of output from the Clearway Energy's 800 megawatt wind project in Aroostook County. The question everyone asks is "Will it raise our electricity costs?"    
 
Let's go to the record. As Bill Parcells would say "You are what your record says you are"…
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Added by Dan McKay on August 26, 2026 at 6:37am — No Comments

Climatologist Says a Century of Weather Data Contradicts Claims of Record Heat

Despite perception, study indicates a moderation of both hot and cold temperatures in the U.S. over the past century.

By Kevin Stocklin…
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Added by Long Islander on August 24, 2026 at 12:16pm — 1 Comment

Why investment profit is at the center of CMP’s rate hike

Maine’s biggest electric utility and consumer advocates are at odds over how much money the company should be allowed to make on its infrastructure investments.



August 24, 2026

Ethan Horton

Staff…

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Added by Long Islander on August 24, 2026 at 11:46am — 1 Comment

How Does Virginia Raise Electricity Prices in Maine

" Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers, with power demand escalating rapidly due to cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) expansions. Because data centers operate around the clock and require a constant, unyielding supply of "firm" electricity, regional utilities and developers are turning to natural gas to bridge the gap that intermittent renewable energy sources cannot currently fill on their own."…
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Added by Dan McKay on August 24, 2026 at 7:10am — 1 Comment

CMP Captures Federal Money for Aroostook Wind Project Transmission Line if They Capture the Contract for the $2.2 billion ISO-NE Transmission Upgrade Project

CMP gets $425 million for Northern Maine power corridor.
"Central Maine Power’s parent company is in line to receive nearly half a billion dollars from the federal government to build a 111-mile power line in Northern Maine." (This is the generator tie in to Pittsfield,…
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Added by Dan McKay on August 23, 2026 at 8:53am — No Comments

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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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