At the EUT Public Hearing on 1/14/16 on LD 1513, during testimony by Ben Smith, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott counsel representing Houlton Water Company, EUT member Representative Larry Dunphy asked Mr. Smith, in essence, if the MPRP ($1.4 BILLION CMP transmission line upgrade) was built in anticipation of moving electrons…

I was just browsing the draft minutes of BEP's Dec 10th meeting (I know... I need to get a life!). Two items caught my eye:

First, the Board asked Assistant A.G. Peggy Bensinger to give a presentation on the Law Court decision upholding BEP's denial of the Bowers appeal. It was AAG Bensinger who represented the BEP before the Court.

Second, I found it heartening to see that the Board voted unanimously to include in its annual report to the legislature a discussion of the Bowers…

Just stumbled across this op-ed from the president of Audubon in Huffington Post.  Part of a membership drive promoting wind power.  Hypocricy at its worst.  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-yarnold/why-each-of-us-can-make-a_b_8922224.html

Happening now, transforming, if not transmogrifying Maine, is an explosion in transmission lines the state over. They are funded by ratepayers and the biggest of them all "the CMP Upgrade" or Maine Power Reliability Project was sold to us under false pretense by Iberdrola and the Baldacci administration as being based on a need for reliability due to "aging…

Sing along all...................to "My Fair Ladies hit song",  The Rain in Spain!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVmU3iANbgk

"The rains of  Spain stink mainly in that Maine"

After awhile, is there no shame in Maine?

Baldacci is Sucking on the Wind Teat Again!

Whether it be a  King, a Baldacci or a Hinck, 

Wind Power in Maine gives the state a…

Federally imposed renewables come at a cost

Though the EPA tries to spin the advantages of renewables and the dubious fact that it will be cheaper for the consumer, this author exposes the real truth about what this CO2 bill means for us. …

Maine legislators received Enron funds

A legislator from Presque Isle who serves on the committee that deals with utility and energy matters says he has no idea why Enron Corp. gave him...................

http://archive.bangordailynews.com/2002/02/07/maine-legislators-received-enron-funds/

A gambit to impeach Gov. Paul LePage failed overwhelmingly in the Maine House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon after almost three hours of floor debate.

Watch bangordailynews.com for updates.…

It looks as though they changed the order and the WORK SESSION  went first -- and quickly. It was just announced "they will start in just a few minutes waiting for Representative Dion to come over".

Basically it appears that this bill could allow a company like Iberdrola to start invading the state with wind plants, something it…

ARTICLE V. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Section 5.1 Board Representation. (a) Upon the Closing, the Company Board shall consist of up to twelve (12) Directors, which shall include (i) two (2) Directors who were members of the board of directors of UIL immediately prior to the Closing (other than the chief executive officer of UIL immediately prior to the Closing) selected by the Company (the “UIL Directors”), and (ii) the chief executive officer of UIL immediately prior to the Closing. The initial…

Well, Mr. John Baldacci, the major " Pusher " for Wind Scamming, just found his way back  to make more money from the heinous Wind Law of 2008 he helped formulate.....

Work as a Vice Chair for Wind from a subsidiary of Iberdrola in Maine, Avangrid!

How thick is the graft in Maine...pretty thick and it wreaks!  Crony captialism Rules in Maine!

see below..…

A seemingly very important Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee meeting, with potentially serious Wind implications is scheduled for Thursday, 1/14/16 according to the Portland Press Herald: "...a public hearing on a bill that would enable CMP and Emera to generate power..."…

Shares continue to plunge today after Managing Director and Senior Equity Research Analyst at Axiom Capital Management, Gordon Johnson, issued a statement saying that he was unsure if the company could survive 2016......Shares of Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) are down well over 90% over the last six months......…

CMP (Iberdrola) and Emera Maine want to produce energy again! This should come as no surprise for those of us who follow energy closely. Both CMP and Emera have gone through a Corporate restructuring which may allow this to happen if the Maine legislature doesn't comply.…

This is a post I made a few years ago.  It seems it needs to be addressed again with all the AGW decisions that have been made by some pretty dubious scientists and some very political non-scientists.

I have a few questions for the AGW alarmists that are really puzzling. 

The IPCC has based all their science on a computer model comparing average global temperatures since the turn of the last century (100 years +).…