February 28, 2025

• Miriam Wasser   WBUR

I don't think there is any question that Electric Vehicles versus Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles are a political hot potato at his time. Democrats favor EV mandates. Republicans do not.

So, why are people on both sides of this issue being charged on their electric bills to provide rebates to BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles) and PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles)?

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Transportation accounts for nearly half of the carbon emissions in Maine and expanding electric vehicle use would help the state achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gases by 45% in 5 years.

March 6, 2025

Stephen Singer Portland Press Herald

Maine could gain more than $2 million from New England’s electricity grid operator to help pay for electric vehicle subsidies through a proposal in the…

Excerpt From Trump’s Speech to Congress on March 4, 2025

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/excerpt-from-trump-s-speech-to-congress-on-march-4-2025

By Willem Post

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DOGE has been…

Have to agree with Ms. Vlaardingerbroek. 

https://rumble.com/v6q83kw-eva-vlaardingerbroek-says-eurocrats-have-gone-totally-mad.html?e9s=src_v1_upp

DOGE…

Follow the money and stop the corruption, and this goes away. Stop the incessant propaganda and some of the people will awaken to the fraud. Where is the push for new natural gas pipelines given that natural gas is the number one reason they have seen reductions in their…

"A failure to plan is a plan to fail.", Benjamin Franklin (?)…

My testimony for the House Oversight Committee's hearing on "Leading the Charge: Opportunities to Strengthen America’s Energy Reliability."

Introduction

America is in an electricity crisis.

Shortages are now routine throughout the US—and if we don’t start increasing reliable generation very quickly, our grid will get crushed by the exploding electricity demands of AI.

The first step in solving the crisis is to understand…

Chart shows imported power from Hydro-Quebec directly to Boston area by way of a one-way DC transmission line. Negative MW equals imported power. 

Tariffs went into effect at midnight 3-3-25

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Chart 1 Solar Generation Beats Back Wind for Market Entry. 

Chart 2 While Nuclear, Natural Gas, Imports and Hydro Hum along with Consistency …

Natural Gas generation in New England has increased year over year for the past 5 years, despite the fact that pipelines need to be sized larger to reduce constraints, and despite the fact that increasing carbon dioxide allowance prices from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative adds $10 per megawatt to production costs. and despite the fact New Englanders are paying record electricity costs to reduce fossil fuel…

GOP push to end Maine solar subsidies, but lawmaker says it’s unlikely

How much to pay solar power developers has been an issue in Augusta for years and has emerged again as costs soar for some businesses.

February 28, 2025

Stephen Singer

Portland Press Herald

EXCERPTS

Republicans in the Maine Legislature on Thursday urged the repeal of solar…

Many scientists argued that the claim suggesting noise from offshore wind site construction could potentially cause whale deaths was unfounded. Facts show that the Scientific groups have received substantial resources from offshore wind.

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