November 2022 Blog Posts (85)

A Market Without Nuclear, Oil, Coal and the Inability to Increase Natural Gas= Disaster

Power Plant Retirements In ISO-NE Markets

With the transition to a power system made up of more resources with limited energy inventories (natural gas, wind, solar, battery storage), the region is losing traditional generators that have substantial on-site fuels (nuclear, oil, or coal) and can sustain extended operations during cold weather conditions for days and even weeks on end. More than 5,200 MW of oil, coal, and nuclear power plants will have retired from 2013 to…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 24, 2022 at 9:57am — No Comments

Scared, Merciless Politicians Inflicting Pain in Maine

Two Markets. One that is controlled by scarce natural gas and one controlled by abundant hydro power.

                     
  •  One state under siege by a commodity shared by five other states, a commodity that can produce effectively, but performs far less than desirable and whose supply remains stagnant as the whole world scrambles to access a politically manipulated…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 24, 2022 at 6:50am — No Comments

CO2 IS A LIFE GAS; NO CO2 = NO FLORA AND FAUNA

CO2 IS A LIFE GAS; NO CO2 = NO FLORA AND FAUNA

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/co2-is-a-life-gas-no-co2-no-life

 

Despite achieving nothing but a holiday junket for 45,000 people,…

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Added by Willem Post on November 22, 2022 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Why the Red Tsunami Turned into a Ripple

November 17, 2022



By Scott S. Powell

A recurring topic of discussion among some three hundred people from all over America who gathered to listen to and discuss presentations by U.S. national security experts after the November 8th election revolved around disbelief that the anticipated red tsunami appeared to have dissipated into a ripple. While some observed that “a near majority of Americans seem to have lost their common sense and moral integrity,” others expressed it…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on November 22, 2022 at 12:28pm — 3 Comments

The EV Boondoggle

Based on resource limitations alone, EV's for all will be impossible. But what is possible is they will help destroy the internal combustion engine industry. Then, only the wealthy will have EV's to drive and I guess the rest of us will simply be told to stay home and be happy.

November 21, 2022 by John Hinderaker

Governments at both the federal and state levels tell us we are in the midst of a transition from internal combustion vehicles to electric vehicles.…

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Added by Long Islander on November 21, 2022 at 8:50pm — No Comments

As solar booms in Maine, unease grows about loss of forest

by Mehr Sher

11/21/22

Excerpts:

.......The stakes for the siting of solar farms are increasing given Maine’s statutory target of 80 percent clean energy by 2030 and a recent rapid increase in solar development often requiring the clearing of many acres......

Since 2018, available data show approved solar farms ranging from one to 926 acres, with the majority being within 20 to 45 acres. Of the permitted projects, 10 are described as being more than 100…

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Added by Long Islander on November 21, 2022 at 10:06am — 4 Comments

John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: November 21, 2022

Please read these and other important articles at the link below:



*** The Disastrous Economics of a Grid with 100% Intermittent Renewables

*** The Cost of Renewables: Just a Blip in the Narrative

***Wind power giant says it was a mistake to say renewables would get cheaper

Unrealistic net zero policies cost families dearly

*** Renewable Energy: Intermittency Has Major Consequences

*** The Green-Energy Revolution Will Make the World More…

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Added by Long Islander on November 21, 2022 at 9:33am — No Comments

Coldest Morning of the Season and Electricity Prices Soar

Added by Dan McKay on November 21, 2022 at 5:26am — No Comments

Despathy: To meet carbon ‘goals,’ Vermont will play the corporate carbon credit game

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Guy Page

Nov 20

For anyone interested in recent actions related to the Clean Heat Standard saga and questionable actions by the Public Utilities Commission.…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 21, 2022 at 5:17am — 1 Comment

Offshore Wind Turbine Inflation Claim Draws Rhode Island "Show Cause Orders"

An offshore wind company made proposals to land its cables in Falmouth Massachusetts and Portsmouth Rhode Island. 
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The wind company held talks with Falmouth town officials for almost two years.
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During a June 8th 2022…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on November 20, 2022 at 3:59pm — No Comments

Analyzing Maine's Departure From ISO-NE

This data is from the Maine PUC 2021 Annual Report to the Legislature:

 "Electricity use by Maine consumers is currently about 12 million megawatt hours (MWh) per year, with a peak demand of about 2,000 MW. The total nameplate generation capacity of in-state plants is in the range of 4,500 MW. These plants operate in response to the ISO New…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 20, 2022 at 11:39am — 2 Comments

The Purveyors of the "Green Agenda" Narrative. Who They Really Are: Sieg Heil to "The Climate Nazis"!

UN Group Aims to Accelerate Business and Community Compliance With Green Agenda

By Beth Brelje
November 20, 2022 Updated: November 20, 2022…
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Added by arthur qwenk on November 20, 2022 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

THE ARCTIC’S “TICKING CLIMATE BOMB”: LITTLE ICE AGE IMMINENT

I strongly suggest Citizens members follow the site: www.electroverse.co. The alternative, science based/referenced reporting of global/solar related weather activity affecting societal structure, food production, political stability and more. Here's a few sample articles…

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Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on November 19, 2022 at 12:09pm — 2 Comments

Canadian Electric Rates- US Dollars

New Brunswick 11.17 cents per kilowatt-hour
Quebec             6.08 cents per kilowatt-hour

Added by Dan McKay on November 19, 2022 at 7:53am — 3 Comments

Vermont has essentially no natural gas plants, yet being in ISO-NE, natural gas sets their retail prices, anyways

State Average Price - Standard Offer- From Maine PUC

Connecticut 11.335 (CT will set new standard service generation rates this week, effective Jan. 1, 2023.) -

Massachusetts 24.650 -

New Hampshire 18.304 -

Rhode Island 17.785 -

Vermont 18.035 -

New England 17.438

Added by Dan McKay on November 19, 2022 at 7:36am — 3 Comments

Maine Power to Maine People

Governor Mills, instead of  your staff approaching the cost of energy problem with more handouts, the people of Maine want systemic reform which begins with the immediate moratorium on "power purchase agreements", an out-of-market Ponzi scheme. The PUC is in the midst of developing a term sheet to burden Maine ratepayers with the $1.8 billion transmission line originating in…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 19, 2022 at 6:45am — 3 Comments

Scouting Maine's top greenhouse gas emitters by satellite

Scouting Maine's top greenhouse gas emitters by satellite

By Annie Ropeik

 

New data from the nonprofit …

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Added by Dan McKay on November 18, 2022 at 2:59pm — 1 Comment

Get Ready For Rolling Blackouts

Looks like the geniuses that run our energy system in NE and Maine are preparing for rolling blackouts this winter. Is that what you get for a 50% increase in your utility costs? Clown world. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/power-blackout-risks-loom-quarter-all-americans

Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on November 18, 2022 at 9:45am — 2 Comments

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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

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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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