April 2020 Blog Posts (25)

COVID-19 threatens tax credits for billions in sun, wind energy projects

“We’re thankful that Congress rolled out the Phase Three relief program because the nation’s economy needs strong action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic,” Kiernan said. “It’s unfortunate that we weren’t included in the package, and we’re beginning the process of reiterating our ask to be included in the Phase Four bill that will likely be drafted.”

Construction delays from COVID-19 have wind and…

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Added by Long Islander on April 10, 2020 at 9:30am — 7 Comments

Comment Opportunity - Big Wind Wakes from Hibernation

Here they go again. Just when you thought Big Wind had thrown in the towel (in Maine). 

Just when you thought they can no longer compete.

Just when everybody and his uncle is making more sensible energy decisions. 

Big Wind is Back in Maine.

Despite their insidious lobbying efforts, Big Wind's PTC got left out of the…

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Added by Art Brigades on April 7, 2020 at 10:30pm — 5 Comments

Stimulus IV: Last Chance for the Green New Deal?

These pieces are all from Master Resource, They start on March 24 and are posted in reverse chronological order.

Stimulus IV: Last Chance for the Green New Deal?

https://www.masterresource.org/krebs-mark/stimulus-iv-green-new-deal/

Business Cronyism as Plunder: Bastiat Revisited…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on April 4, 2020 at 11:19am — 1 Comment

Dylan Voorhees, NRCM Clean Energy Director, Stepping Down

Dylan Voorhees is stepping down as as the climate and clean energy director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, leaving the organization after 14 years to work at a clean energy nonprofit group in Maine........

Friday will be the last day at NRCM for Voorhees, whose new job will be with the nonprofit Vermont Energy Investment Corp. A search is underway for his successor.

Correction: This story was updated at 1 p.m. Friday April 3, 2020 to indicate that Voorhees is…

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Added by Long Islander on April 3, 2020 at 2:51pm — 2 Comments

Review finds enough signatures to get CMP transmission corridor on ballot

The secretary of state invalidated hundreds of signatures that were collected to force a referendum on a hydropower transmission corridor, but enough remained to get the measure on the ballot.

Maine election officials invalidated hundreds more signatures that were collected to force a referendum on a $1 billion hydropower transmission corridor, but there were still enough valid signatures to surpass the threshold for a statewide vote in November.

The court-ordered…

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Added by Long Islander on April 2, 2020 at 4:37pm — 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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