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Boothbay planning board eyes workshops for possible solar, wind power ordinances
Added by Long Islander on February 20, 2022 at 12:26pm — 1 Comment
NECEC lays out legal argument against power line ban in newly filed legal briefs
The developers of the 145-mile transmission line are appealing a lower court's ruling to the state supreme court, saying it is unconstitutionally retroactive.
By Edward D. Murphy Staff Writer
EXCERPTS
Lawyers representing developers of the stalled $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect corridor in Maine have filed new court documents alleging that a successful referendum blocking the project is an unconstitutionally retroactive law.
In briefs…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 17, 2022 at 6:00am — 1 Comment
John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: February 14, 2022
Please see these articles and much, much more:
The Sierra Club Loves Wind Turbines, Not Whales
Worthless Wind & Solar: Once Again Output Totally Collapses During Freezing Weather
Virginia Taking An Overdue Hard Look at Green Energy Scams
Ohio residents challenge first-of-its kind wind farm on Lake Erie
Upstate Economy at Risk Under NYC Renewable Energy Plan
High Electricity Prices Are Unavoidable with Solar and Wind!
Arnold…
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Where does one even begin to take apart these arguments from this UMaine professor on Unicornworld?
Added by Long Islander on February 5, 2022 at 2:39pm — 22 Comments
Maine regulator warns community solar projects might not be as ‘clean’ as they suggest
Maine Public | By Fred Bever
Published February 1, 2022 at 9:15 PM EST
So you signed up to participate in one of the new "community solar" projects that are popping up around the state, and feeling pretty good about using renewable energy. Not so fast, though. One state official says the program's structure can result in customers consuming more fossil-fuel energy than before, potentially…
Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2022 at 12:00am — 3 Comments
Hydro-Quebec stops work on Canadian section of NECEC power line
The provincial utility said it hopes to resume work, and expressed confidence that NECEC would win its legal challenges.
By Tux TurkelStaff Writer
Provincial utility Hydro-Quebec has stopped construction on the Canadian section of a transmission corridor that would hook up to the now-stalled $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect project in Maine.
The utility had started work on the 60-mile Appalaches-Maine interconnection from a substation near…
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How unmitigated wind development threatens the environment and human livelihoods
VIDEO
The growing wind industry is increasingly looking to offshore to capture ample wind resources, especially in the Northeast U.S. However, the impact of this development on commercial fishermen, endangered species, and grid reliability is being ignored. Hear from a group of Rhode Island fishermen who are suing the federal government to properly enforce its laws and how Texas could be impacted by the outcome.
Speakers:
Bonnie Brady - Exec. Director,…
Added by Long Islander on January 22, 2022 at 7:30am — 2 Comments
An Act To Review Strategies for Improving Utility Rate Affordability and To Provide Utility Relief
A CTFWP member alerted me to the following with a note saying "tacit acknowledgement that we’re not gonna like paying the bill..."
................B. If convened, the stakeholder group shall:
30 (1) Identify different methods to ensure that residents of the State are able to afford
31 electricity as the State seeks to meet the renewable resources goal under section
32 3210, subsection 1-A, paragraph B, including modernized or new rate designs…
Added by Long Islander on January 14, 2022 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
Aroostook farming leaders fear solar projects will steal prime potato land
by Paula Brewer January 7, 2022
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Aroostook County’s farmers aren’t sacrificing soil for solar yet, but the potato industry and farm preservationists are keeping close tabs on Maine’s largest tracts of prime growing land.
Alternative energy developers have targeted some of Maine’s farmland as ideal sites to set up power arrays, because they favor large pieces of land that are easy to access, flat and located close to power transmission…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 9, 2022 at 4:43pm — 9 Comments
New England’s electricity rates expected to keep rising over next few years (BDN /AP)
Son: "When I grow up, I don't want to be a capitalist, I want to be a cronyist" and make so much money that I don't have to worry about how much things cost".
Parents: "You can do anything you want Angus".
by Lori Valigra
1/6/22
The commission said it is “critical” that Maine accelerate its electric grid infrastructure modernization so it is compatible with new technology and that it improve its capacity to transmit electricity bidirectionally,…
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Roxbury: RoxWind reaches commercial operation
Deep roots in the community because of John Richardson? Did he live in Roxbury? I thought it was Brunswick or somewhere in that area.
Excerpts:
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (“GREC” or “Greenbacker”), a leading owner and operator of sustainable infrastructure and energy efficiency projects, announced today that RoxWind, a 15.3-MWdc wind farm, entered commercial operation on November 30. When it was acquired in 2020, the to-be-constructed project in…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 5, 2022 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments
John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: January 3, 2022
Greed Energy Economics:
Green energy firms the biggest corporate welfare recipients ever
Thank you Senator Manchin — as he Says No on Build Back Better Green New Deal
Here's how much energy prices rose in 2021
Europeans Face a $395 Billion Hike in Energy Bills Next Year
NYS Playing a Climate Shell Game with NY Ratepayers
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Texas Public Policy Foundation brings fishermen’s lawsuit against…
Added by Long Islander on January 3, 2022 at 12:30pm — 8 Comments
Maine Voices: As need for electricity grows, nuclear power should play larger role
Small and safe reactors can be built close to where the demand is greatest, thus eliminating lengthy, wide transmission lines, dams and fossil fuels.
By Richard Bedard Special to the Press Herald
EXCERPTS:
The former Republican in me says it is OK to cut a tree, because our need for electricity is so great. Oh, how I miss Dick Hill, longtime University of Maine mechanical engineering professor, at a time like this.
His mind would have done the…
Added by Long Islander on December 28, 2021 at 11:16am — 2 Comments
Maine’s electric vehicle transition a costly proposition, report says
12/22/21
By Peter McGuire Staff Writer
Public funding for new vehicle incentives and charging stations to meet Maine's climate goals is projected to fall short by more than $100 million, according to the state-commissioned report.
EXCERPTS
Rapidly electrifying cars and trucks in Maine is the fastest way to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and meet the state’s climate change goals, but getting there will be an uphill ride, a new report commissioned by the state…
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Dudley Gray: Sides are drawn in North Woods debate
Letter to the editor | The Ellsworth American | December 17, 2021
Piscataquis, Somerset and Aroostook counties are in danger of becoming the new Clean Energy Connect for solar and wind development. Irrespective of the developments themselves just how many miles of transmission lines, clear cuts, wildlife habitat will be destroyed, but more importantly the entire unique character of the North Maine Woods will be forever altered and lost for future…
Added by Long Islander on December 22, 2021 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment
Heating Industry Letter To NE Governors RE Power Outages
Dear Governor: On December 6, New England’s electric grid operator warned that your state is at “heightened risk” of power outages this winter. According to ISO New England President Gordon van Welie, “controlled power outages” would most likely occur during an extended period of extreme cold, when, for millions of local residents and…
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Will Public Advocate nominee Harwood please analyze Sen. Troy Jackson's Aroostook boondogle?
The attached file was compiled by a Citizens Task Force member and sent to me.
There are two worksheets. Sheet A is select EIA data for Generation and Sheet B is the EIA data converted to Capacity Factors. I believe that the topmost section of data on each sheet is 2020 and the bottom section 2018.
Notable: …
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Added by Long Islander on December 21, 2021 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments
John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: December 20, 2021
Industrial Wind Turbines Once Again are Up to Their Old Tricks
California To Slash Rooftop Solar Subsidies, Add New Fees
Green Energy Push Is Contributing To Forced Labor, Slavery
Offshore wind project go-ahead ‘will be disastrous’ for already-struggling seabirds
Is nuclear energy green? France and Germany lead opposing camps.
*** Report: Fossil fuels for China, Decarbonization for everyone else
Biden's New "Regressive" Methane Tax Will Raise Average…
Added by Long Islander on December 20, 2021 at 11:10am — 6 Comments
CMP corridor foes worry about new law increasing federal role in big utility upgrades
by Lori Valigra
December 16, 2021
EXCERPTS
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…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on December 16, 2021 at 11:49am — 4 Comments
John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: December 13, 2021
***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…
Added by Long Islander on December 13, 2021 at 12:33pm — 4 Comments
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Maine as Third World Country:
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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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