Dan McKay's Blog – January 2023 Archive (23)
Maine ratepayers to pay $1B for Aroostook wind power line
6 hours ago Bangor Daily News
A state regulator on Tuesday said Maine ratepayers would foot the bill for 60 percent of a massive new Aroostook County wind power line that will link the region to the New England electric grid.
The share for Maine ratepayers…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 31, 2023 at 5:20pm — 1 Comment
The Speed of Electricity
Added by Dan McKay on January 31, 2023 at 3:53pm — No Comments
$161,871,926
Efficiency Maine Trust aims to spend one hundred sixty-one million, eight hundred and seventy-one thousand, nine hundred twenty-six dollars this year, enriching light bulb manufacturers, heat pump and heat pump water heater manufacturers, several HVAC contractors and electric carmakers with money from ratepayers and taxpayers.
This kind of money adds up in time, enabling…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 31, 2023 at 2:57pm — No Comments
Chasing Zero Carbon is Futile.
Our esteemed legislators have brought forward 2 bills
1. LD 122. to make the ratepayers pay to "support the purchase of medium-duty and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and associated charging or fueling infrastructure."
2. LD 256. "amends Efficiency Maine Trust's electric vehicle rebate program to include electric bicycles in the types…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 31, 2023 at 5:58am — No Comments
The New RPS: Reliable Portfolio Standard
Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2023 at 6:13am — 1 Comment
Chasing Zero Carbon in ISO-NE is Futile.
According to EIA data: New England increased its Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation 13.5% from 2019 tp 2021
New England increased Renewable Sourced Electricity 4.4%, 2019 to 2021
New England NG Generation 2019 = 49,272,000 Megawatt-Hours
2021 =…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 29, 2023 at 11:35am — 3 Comments
Efficiency Maine | Saving energy, reducing energy costs, and improving energy...
Added by Dan McKay on January 28, 2023 at 12:59pm — No Comments
In late November, roughly 100 members of No Coal No Gas showed up at a meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group, successfully electing six members to its governing committee.
The Winter of 22-23, Cold Wave #2
ISO-NE Says "When Everything Else Fails, We Have Oil(For Now) to Keep the Lights On"
Chasing Zero Carbon is…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 28, 2023 at 11:49am — No Comments
So Many Great Blog Posts, Send them to the Lawmakers in Augusta
There are many blog posts members who have graciously submitted on this incredible website that could have favorable impact on Maine Legislators as they stumble through public hearings listening to endless dribble from lobbyists trying to embezzle ratepayer money to their causes.
To submit written testimony (I cut and paste my posts and add a few zingers), the procedure is…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 28, 2023 at 8:27am — 3 Comments
Remember how the activists charged into the Maine legislature and electric rates now are unbearable. Now these activists are charging into the brain trust of ISO-NE and electricity may become a thing…
Remember how the activists charged into the Maine legislature and electric rates now are unbearable.
Now these activists are charging into the brain trust of ISO-NE and electricity may become a thing of the past.
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ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 27, 2023 at 3:43pm — No Comments
Republicans want changes to bring energy costs down in Maine
HOW ABOUT LOOKING AT WHY MAINE FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC GENERATION PLANTS ARE RAMPING UP OUTPUT SINCE 2019(BEFORE THE UKRAINE DEBACLE)
CHASING ZERO CARBON IS FUTILE.
Republicans want changes to bring energy costs…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 26, 2023 at 5:49am — 5 Comments
Depends on Who Supplies the Power
LIST OF RESOURCES USED IN STANDARD OFFER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BY DELIVERY ARREA
CENTRAL MAINE POWER, STANDARD OFFER SUPPLIED IN 2021:
NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC (34%)
New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation (33%)
Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC (33%)
VERSANT, MAINE PUBLIC…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 23, 2023 at 6:45am — 3 Comments
Natural Gas Prices on the Decline
SPOT PRICES FOR NATURAL GAS TRENDING DOWN. CRICKETS FROM AUGUSTA
Added by Dan McKay on January 23, 2023 at 6:21am — No Comments
Electric Standard Offer Supply Rates in New England
NOTE: MAINE RATES (LOWEST in NEW ENGLAND) ARE INFLUENCED BY GENERATION PLANTS of NEW BRUNSWICK
Added by Dan McKay on January 22, 2023 at 6:48am — No Comments
Lobbyists to descend on EUT Committee
Added by Dan McKay on January 21, 2023 at 10:01am — 2 Comments
“China’s Global Mega-Projects Are Falling Apart”
Added by Dan McKay on January 21, 2023 at 8:20am — No Comments
A Big Green Mess in Germany With Coal a Stunning 31 Percent of Electricity
The Transition to Renewables is in Full Stop in Germany
Added by Dan McKay on January 14, 2023 at 7:22am — No Comments
Something is Broken in Maine's Renewable Cartel.
Something is broken in Maine's Renewable Cartel. Promises have become lies. Lower emissions of C02 have become higher levels of C02. Lower prices from renewables have become higher prices due to renewables. And reliability of grid scale electricity is now balanced on a knife's edge, as oil has become the last of saving graces to keep the lights glowing.
Even the NRCM has walked back its massive fight to block NECEC. The PUC is still questioning the ratepayer…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on January 7, 2023 at 11:04am — No Comments
The New England State Energy Wars Begin
In Connecticut, frustration grows over lack of access to Canadian hydropower
Added by Dan McKay on January 6, 2023 at 8:00am — 2 Comments
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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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