Willem, you must understand that some on this committee hearing this bill are math challenged.

Having said that, could you produce an evaluation, by the numbers, of this proposal of long duration battery storage?

The proposal of moving Net Energy Billing costs to the general fund was brought up during the March 27^th EUT Committee hearing as a way to remove these costs from electric bills.

An April 2023 report from the Office of the Public advocate breaks out the costs of Net Energy Billing that shows up in rates:…

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Why Democrats joined Trump’s pipeline push

By Benjamin Storrow | 03/24/2025 06:29 AM EDT

The president resurrected ideas about bringing more gas into Northeastern states. It came as Democratic governors grapple with high energy prices.

A once-dormant debate over natural gas pipelines in the Northeast is back — courtesy of President Donald Trump.

The idea of building pipelines roiled…

With the exception being New Hampshire, the five other New England States are on aggressive paths to100% renewables in the electric sector. Vermont requires 7.4% per year growth, Rhode Island, at 7% per year, Maine at 4%, Massachusetts at 3% and Connecticut at 2%. Considering minimal growth in electricity demand, the combined States of New England would require 39,000-megawatt capacity wind or 87,000-megawatt capacity solar for 100% renewable energy.

Maine, alone, would…

Efficiency Maine Trust and similar agencies in three other states accuse the Environmental Protection Agency of illegally blocking billions of dollars intended to help reduce greenhouse gas pollution in a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The agencies said the EPA's termination of $20 billion for…

So, yesterday, March 20, at the EUT Committee Room, we saw the difference between the people who are paid to provide testimony and those that are not. 

The Public Hearing was scheduled for 1 pm, but because of work taken up in the House and Senate, the Public Hearing did not start until 5:15 pm.

Although the bill being heard wasn't a rally-busting topic, whether to allow the 100-megawatt limit on hydro power to be removed in the renewable portfolio standard, a couple people not…

A real battle is ongoing between several NEB project developers and the Maine PUC. The argument is about the treatment of Renewable Energy Credits(RECs) associated with NEB projects that provide "Behind the Meter" Output.

Affordability Comes Back In Focus

New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA)

This is what a bill in Rhode Island will look like come April 1,2025

Versant will increase distribution rates by 23%

CMP will increase distribution rates by July 2025. 

Wind and Solar Don't Get Along In the ISO-NE Grid

At 12:50 pm Solar Has Driven Wind Output Down by 487 Megawatts.

BUT AT A COST TO ALL GENERATORS at 12:50 pm WHEN PRICES FOR GENERATION WENT TO NEGATIVE $69.64 per megawatt. 

THIS MEANS ALL GENERATORS MUST PAY $69.64 per megawatt.

THIS KIND OF ACTION HAS DRIVEN NUCLEAR PLANTS INTO RETIREMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN NOT BACK DOWN THEIR GENERATION.

THIS INDICATES THE SATURATION POINT FOR BOTH WIND AND SOLAR…

March 10, 2025…

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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)?

In…