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by Lori Valigra

December 16, 2021

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The federal government will have more control over large electric grid expansions under a little-noticed portion of the sweeping infrastructure law, potentially letting it override state decisions on large projects such as Maine’s stalled hydropower corridor.

The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill signed by…

The climate change cabal has succeeded in raising the price of electricity to an amount that enables wind and solar projects to claim that they can save electric costs.

Thomas Catenacci

Energy & Environment Reporter

December 13, 2021 8:30 PM ET

Products that are fundamental to nearly all global “green pledges” — including electric vehicle batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and industrial-grade storage batteries — require minerals that are produced with significant human rights violations.

Overall, about 45% of the world’s solar panel polysilicon supply is produced in the Uyghur region of China, according to a Sheffield…

***Wind Energy companies accused of bid rigging and racketeering in US lawsuit

Public should know true costs of state's push for carbon-free grid

Energy poverty in Europe is linked to expensive renewables

Fine Video: Wind Turbines: Salvation or Ruin? Part 1: Wind Energy & Humans

Offshore wind grid woes may be worse than previously thought

Biden’s offshore wind goal is a waste of energy

Power Brief: China Flexes…

I am not surprised at the lack of public trust in Washington, DC, and elsewhere. The games of smoke and mirrors played in Washington are off-the-charts outrageous.

Never, ever, has there been such a level of deceit, as Democrats have inflicted on the US People, since January 2021, using a controversial election in 2020 (see Appendix), to obtain government power, to relentlessly implement:

- An increased size and intrusiveness of the federal government

-…

With the rejection of NECEC, Maine could become the black sheep of the regional New England electric network. 

According to the Maine PUC, the renewable portfolio standard in 2019 was satisfied as follows:

Greek green follies fail…a U-turn back to coal

This article is By P Gosselin on 8. December 2021

Greece Puts Coal Power Plants Shut Down in 2019 Back Into Operation…To Avert Winter Blackouts!

Until recently, Greece was one of the largest operators of…

By J.D. Rucker • Dec. 8, 2021

Anyone who thinks the Biden regime’s incompetence is to blame for skyrocketing gas prices, inflation, and the supply chain crisis needs to take a closer look at what they’re doing. They’re not failing miserably. They’re accomplishing EXACTLY what they set to accomplish.

The latest example of the shift from sound policies to the formation of their Neo-Marxist agenda came during a speech Joe Biden delivered today in which he proudly said something that…

"As a bedrock principle of state energy policy, Vermont law requires the Public Utility Commission to specify “strategies for reducing electric rates to the greatest extent possible in Vermont over the most immediate six-year period, for the next succeeding six-year…

Lawsuits anyone?

With natural gas supplies disrupted, Mainers may need to reduce energy use this winter

Maine Public | By Fred Bever

Published December 6, 2021 at 5:34 PM EST

PUC to give a boost to renewable projects in northern Maine

Updated 12/7/21

State regulators have begun the process of collecting proposals for a high-voltage transmission line to serve as a conduit for renewable energy projects in Aroostook and Washington counties.

HALLOWELL — Despite criticism of the New England Clean Energy Connect…

By Fred Bever | Maine Public | December 3, 2021 | www.mainepublic.org ~~

Wind & Solar Energy:

A green paradox: Deforesting the Amazon for wind energy in the Global North

Quantifying the hurricane risk to offshore wind turbines

Green Technologies Have A Glaring Problem Of Scale

NY Utility Bills to Rise 10± Percent due to Green NYC

Lake Erie wind turbine project subject of upcoming Ohio Supreme Court hearing

Pennsylvania Bill Solar and Wind Decommissioning Introduced

Fire fears over huge battery…

What I would add to this article is that apart from the UMPI wind turbine's fatal fire, it was a complete disaster in terms of electricity production, never getting anywhere near its going in goals. An unmitigated disaster, as thoroughly documented on this website..

“Our experience with wind was not successful,” said UMPI Chief Business officer Betsy Sawhill Espe. “We found out that the fire was not totally unusual for wind turbines, so we…

The single greatest fear of the left, in all of this, is that Americans are awakening and increasingly willing to challenge its illegitimate acquisition of power, from Washington D.C. to the local government schools. That is…

Texas Tribune: Not enough done to prevent another winter blackout

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

According to the Texas Tribune, the state government has not done enough to secure the supply of gas against another winter deep freeze.…