Liberal politics rule in Augusta, the Governor is liberal, the Legislature is liberal, the Commissioners of the PUC are liberal, the Office of the Public Advocate is liberal, the Department of Energy Resources is liberal, all the lobbyists who flood to public hearings held by the EUT Committee are liberal rent seekers. For the past 7 years, liberals have made all the energy policies in Maine. If voters vote with their wallet, we should expect a liberal wipeout in…

What a coincidence. NECEC is days from delivering power to the Lewiston substation.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/12/12/central-maine/central-maine-business/lewiston-mill-300-m-ai-data-center/

Electricity Prices Going Up? Green Policy Is to Blame – Cornwall Alliance

Electricity prices are rising, and Democrats are making it a campaign issue. They blame the price hike on President Trump and congressional Republicans, who ended Biden-era renewable-energy subsidies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. But prices are actually soaring because of plant closures and…

NESCOE which stands for New England States Committee on Electricity and describes itself: "NESCOE is a not-for-profit entity that represents the collective perspective of the six New England Governors in regional electricity matters.  NESCOE works on system planning and expansion matters to ensure provision of electricity to consumers at the lowest possible price over the long-term, consistent…

You have probably received this CMP notice at the end of this blog entry.

But, first, let's see how the power system got to where it is:

This paragraph entry of the CMP notice caught my eye: "Twenty-five years ago, Maine changed the way electricity was supplied."  This was the period when Maine's chief executive was none other than the Honorable Angus King. He oversaw the decoupling of generation from Maine utilities; he also…

Here we have the chart from ISO-NE showing production from generators for 12-09-2025

The scale on the left side of the chart shows the actual production in megawatt hours ( 7.5 k = 7500 megawatts)

The scale on the bottom shows the time of day(01=1am, 02=2am, etc.)…

HEADLINE ALERT!

Maine natural gas and oil electricity generation plants were tagged with a $48,184,071 bill in 2025 as the per ton of C02 emissions prices set records in the RGGI program.

This penalty which is applied to fossil fuel plants is passed on to ratepayers through the wholesale market.

The six New England states and the state of New York…

Through an agreement between NESCOE and ISO-NE a study to what is needed to develop a new transmission system in New England to accomodate the proposed renewable policies established by the New England States was conducted by ISO-NE. " 2050 Transmission Study"

First, who is NESCOE?  All you need to know as far as Maine is concerned, our representitive in NESCOE is Philip Bartlett II., current Commision Chair of the Maine PUC. and servant to the democrat…

The cost of electricity to Maine customers may be billed on CMP and Versant invoices, but a variety of hands determine what we pay. 

Supply costs develop from a regional wholesale market known as ISO-NE and from Maine state policies, some of which incorporate cooperation with the other ISO-NE states ( Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire) and some Maine state policies are standalone policies solely affecting Maine customers.

What's going…

The question is how will the PUC spin these offers so that "the likely benefits will exceed the likely costs. "

Historically they have based their estimates on higher prices for market electricity in the latter years of the contract will exceed the contracted prices. Of course they will, the multitude of all these contracts made through the PUC is what is causing market electricity prices to spiral upward. 

These are the PUC's…

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"Germany’s leading industry group has warned that the country is facing its “deepest crisis” since the post-war years, urging Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to act faster to revive the struggling economy.

Peter…

Not in My Backyard

https://theconversation.com/when-the-worlds-largest-battery-power-plant-caught-fire-toxic-metals-rained-down-wetlands-captured-the-fallout-268848

ISO-NE Reports:

Higher energy costs (2024 costs versus 2023 costs) were largely attributed to increased production costs and changes in the regional supply mix. Specifically, higher CO₂ emissions costs under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program and lower imports from Quebec were two key contributors. By

contrast, natural gas prices—the primary driver of electricity prices in New England—remained

relatively stable, averaging $3.06/MMBtu in 2024,…

Upon further examination, this lawsuit  filed by Community Solar hits people not subscribing to community solar as well as people who have subscribed into community solar.

They want the courts to decide that their money is more important than the money that belongs to the people of Maine.

They threaten their own subscribers to eliminate the 15% sign up savings. 

This is outrageous! Suing the citizens of Maine while removing the only reason some…

LD 32 An Act to Repeal the Laws Regarding Net Energy Billing looms large in the upcoming Maine Legislative session this year. Originally debated in a public hearing February 6, 2025, it has survived several work sessions and is being carried over to the next session intact with no amendments.

It should be given another Public Hearing as…

Community Solar Owners File Lawsuit in Maine

LD 1777 imposed retroactive changes on community solar ​projects​, jeopardizing ​​savings and​​​ clean energy jobs

AUGUSTA, ME — Today, 11 companies representing 111 community solar projects filed a lawsuit in Maine,…

"The goal of the RFP is to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where land-based wind generation is expected to increase, and more populous regions of southern New England, where demand for electricity is highest."     ISO-NE  November 21,2025

This Transmission Line is to deliver 1200 megawatts of intermittent wind from Northern Maine to…

Two actions taken by the Democrats in Maine Government that means the 1200 megawatt wind project in Aroostook County will be rammed through and the people can do nothing to stop it.

1. In 2021 the mission statement for the PUC was amended to add the duty of "reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction levels set forth in Title 38, section…