Dan McKay's Blog – August 2026 Archive (19)
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 …
"You Are What Your Record Says You Are"
Added by Dan McKay on August 26, 2026 at 6:37am — No Comments
How Does Virginia Raise Electricity Prices in Maine
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
Added by Dan McKay on August 23, 2026 at 8:53am — No Comments
Affordibility of Electricity Crushed by RGGI.
"The East Coast’s signature climate policy is poised to spike electricity prices just as governors are desperate to lower them."
"A carbon-trading program that covers power plants across 10 mostly blue states from Maine to Maryland is undergoing a price shock. The cost for permission to burn fossil fuels hit a record high this week before cooling after market officials sought to address the issue —…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on August 22, 2026 at 6:33am — 2 Comments
There is nothing PUBLIC about the Maine Public Utilities Commission
Maine PUC deadlines for the Aroostook renewable generation project(s):
Deadline for questions regarding the amended RFP: May 22, 2026
Maine PUC issued Deadlines for updated or new standalone transmission and joint bids: May 29, 2026
Deadline for updated or new standalone generation bids: June 12,…
Added by Dan McKay on August 20, 2026 at 6:56am — No Comments
Kathryn Porter Shows Why the Supposed Global Energy Transition Is Simply Charging Consumers Twice for Their Electricity.
The transition from convential generating plants to solar, wind and batteries has many traps set to not only raise electricity costs, but can cause castrophobic grid blackouts.…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on August 18, 2026 at 7:25am — No Comments
Concluding Statement From ISO-NE in It's 2026 Regional Outlook Report
UNCERTAINTIES !
"New England’s electric power grid is undergoing rapid change. Uncertainties related to the pace and scale of reductions in carbon emissions, growth in electricity demand, and increases in renewable resources and battery storage are just some of the variables that pose challenges now and into the future."
Added by Dan McKay on August 16, 2026 at 6:48am — 2 Comments
The Ball is Tossed to Philip Bartlett III. Will he screw Maine Electricity Customers Again?
Is ISO-NE saying NESCOE holds all the responsibility and final decision for the $2.2 billion dollar upgrade that ISO-NE solicited bids for?
"NESCOE’s request is aimed at upgrading the transmission system between northern Maine, where land-based wind generation is expected to increase, and the more populous regions of southern New England, where demand for electricity is highest. The ISO completed its…
ContinuePoor Maine, Controlled by Larger Progressive States That Control a Regional Electricity Market
Added by Dan McKay on August 15, 2026 at 9:18am — No Comments
ISO-NE Getting Nervous About Data Center Loads
With nothing new on the generator horizon to provide the power needs of data centers, ISO-NE is not feeling good about data center loads. Batteries are basically the only resources being offered through ISO-NE's long term generation outlook portal and noting that batteries are not new generation, in fact, batteries are an impediment to existing generation, ISO-NE had to address this rapidly developing situation and provide FERC (Federal Energy…
ContinueIt's Either the End of the Green New Deal of the End of Power as We Know It.
Added by Dan McKay on August 11, 2026 at 6:36am — 5 Comments
Are There Any Politicians Explaining Why Electricity Prices Are Rising While Natural Gas Prices Fall?
4 Months in a row, electricity generating prices have gone up over last year's monthly average as natural gas prices have fallen year over year.
All we hear from our politicians and climate alarmists is how natural gas prices are driving up the cost of electricity. Straight from the horse's mouth, ISO-NE, the data is exposed. The proganda about the evils of natural gas is…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on August 9, 2026 at 5:26am — 3 Comments
Even With Electricity Delivery Rates Going Down, Solar Payments Essentially Remain The Same
Added by Dan McKay on August 8, 2026 at 7:21am — No Comments
ISO-NE, A Case of Schizophrenia.
Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2026 at 7:13am — No Comments
ISO-NE has a Plan for Increased Demand and No Significant Future Reliable Supply. KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD
With nothing but solar, wind and batteries offering new generation in the ISO-NE network, the people in charge of overseeing adequate electricity supply in New England have decided to ignore the loads that data centers will add to demand by saying they will have to bring their own power plants.See Below:
What they do not address is how AI proposals to businesses will drive up the need to increase the electricity consumption to increase business productivity.…
ContinueDrop the Climate Change Narrative. People Love Cool Air Homes.
Added by Dan McKay on August 4, 2026 at 5:15am — No Comments
The New CEO of ISO-NE Is Not Taking His Job Seriously.
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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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