ISO-NE’s CEO stresses energy adequacy in letter to US energy secretary

by Seton Motley

on August 23, 2022

One of the very many inflation-increasing aspects of the woefully misnamed “Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)” - is the approximately $100 billion thrown at allegedly “green energy.”

Let us set aside the fact that government spending $100 billion on anything - is antithetical to reducing inflation. 

Let us also set aside the fact that the entirety of the “green energy” industry - isn’t actually an…

    Last year's vote on the Canadian/Maine/Massachusetts shared powerline project was a case of an aroused fraction versus trust in a system dedicated by law to uphold the interests of the electric customers, the protection of the environment and the cooperation of States and Countries to improve business standings. 

    30% of registered Maine voters cast their wishes for this project. 60% of this 30% voted to reject the project. This results was a mere 18% of Maine voters…

     I am just going to offer a big "What the Hell is This All About" and leave it at that until I have a chance to wade through this PUC mess.

• Jennifer Sor 
• Electricity generated from natural gas hit an all-time high in the US last month despite soaring prices.
• High usage is expected to exacerbate energy shortages, as natural gas inventories run low.
• The EU has been particularly impacted, and plans on cutting its…

‘There is No Climate Emergency’ (1,107 signatories and counting)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 24, 2022

In the next few emails, we're going to be talking about energy policy.



In previous emails, we concluded that fossil fuels are a moral form of energy that should be expanded, not restricted. But, there's one qualifier. We can say there are moral forms of energy, but it’s only moral to use them if they are being used the right way.



Minimizing misuse



Like any technology, fossil fuels can be misused. Part of ensuring the proper use of fossil…

 Ships that pass in the night. Now that President Biden has promised Europe that American natural gas is on its way, could we see American ships heading for Germany passing Russian ships headed for New England next winter?

The root of our global energy crisis is Green Energy Fascism—the idea that government should have total control over the energy industry (fascism) used for the “green” goal of rapidly eliminating fossil fuels and nuclear.

The solution is Energy Freedom—the idea that individuals should be free to produce and consume energy how they judge best,…

Welcome to the Maine Department of the Secretary of State

Absentee Voting Guide

Voting is one of the fundamental rights we have as citizens of this state and country. Everyone should make an effort to cast a ballot at each election.



Maine law makes it easy to cast an absentee ballot. You don't have to be out-of-town or have any other reason to take advantage of this easy way to vote at a time that is most convenient…

All-Electric Forcing in the “Inflation Reduction Act” (up to $14,000 per home)

By Mark Krebs -- August 9, 2022

  Intuitively speaking, one might think 1200 megawatts of solid hydro-powered electricity could help reduce wholesale electric prices, especially when natural gas-fired plants are stretched to the max.