•    Why does Maine continue to support natural gas-fired plants operating within the state when it is well understood that the volatile price of natural gas is driving electricity prices so high that 40% of the people of Maine find themselves unable to pay their monthly bill?

•    The state's long range and short range decarbonization plans barely touch upon the…

China To Double Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity…Aims To Avoid European, US Blunders

Environmental Stewardship is Needed, What the world is now Doing is InSanity!

Cost Benefit Analysis is Rarely  Done Whilst We Bankrupt the World , for No Good at All!

Dr. Peterson and Dr. Lomborg read their article most recently published in the Telegraph. Together,…

"The Maine Utility/Regulatory Reform and Decarbonization Initiative," A 32 Page Report, Never Once Addresses Natural Gas-Fired Generation Plants Operating In Maine, But It Does Offer A Lot Of Customer Related Changes Needed

• Renewable energy

In 2021, 72% of Maine's in-state electricity net generation came from renewable resources, down from 79% in…

Many offshore wind companies have already leased offshore wind sites off the East Coast expecting to make a profit.

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In order to go forward each ocean wind company had to established power purchase agreements ( PPAs ). The PPA allows the wind developer to finance the project through banks or venture…

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…

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…

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.…

by Mehr Sher

11/21/22

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.......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…

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…