Illinois Mayors Concerned Over Possible Exelon Plant Closures

The possibility of Exelon closing three of its six nuclear facilities in the state due to financial reasons has six Illinois mayors worried.…

SunEdison, Shares Fizzling, Promises a New Strategy

Alternative-energy firm to stop selling solar and wind farms to its own affiliates, to lay off 1,000

The company, based in Maryland Heights, Mo., will layoff 1,000 employees, or 15% of its workforce, and stop selling solar and wind farms to…

SunEdison's Plan to Reduce Costs May Not Be Enough, Analyst Says

SunEdison Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Chatila has some explaining to do, after announcing a plan to fire 15 percent of his workforce. It’s his latest move to reverse anindustry-worst 70 percent plunge in…

Accolades for a Joke? How many actually work there day in and day out. Make it safe for few to No actual workers is an easy task, not a commendable one.

http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/22405-maine-wind-energy-farm-recognized-for-workplace-safety.html

Try a 50 person crew, doing some of the most dangerous jobs in…

Others behind Wind and Solar

in the land acquisition and destruction of Maine…

Even though there is little fundamental linkage between oil prices and the competitiveness of solar or wind power across the developed world, newly risk-averse investors in renewable energy Yieldcos are dumping investments they suddenly consider overvalued.…

On August 3, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the final version of the long-awaited Clean Power Plan.

So Guess what! Is Maine to do both the requirements for CT & MA once again for the next 15 years with wind, biomass, gas to electric (an increase for Maine) while reducing our overall by the indicate color…

Milton Friedman:…

From an Andi Parkinson Video 

Governor LePage holds a town hall meeting at UM Farmington

(Sept 21st 2015)

Expensive Playground Toys?

Hard to believe these, per the submitted plan, are sited 4 to 4.79 miles away, so that the children can not play with these new toys.…

President Obama recently announced the final version of his…

Governor of Maine Implores Legislature to Help Trim Power Prices

.....On the federal level, in May, Governor LePage testified before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy and Power in support of a bill to speed the permitting process and lower energy costs across our nation. The draft legislation aims to improve the permitting of interstate natural gas pipelines,…

Bigger Cities Aren't Always Greener, Data Show

By Amber Williams | Aug 18, 2015

Dixfield Planning Board table discussion on wind ordinance until Sept. 3

....“I hoped that Mr. Carroll would be here so that he and the town could maybe find a number between 35 decibels and 42 decibels that would work for everyone involved,” Whittemore said.

....Jamison said he agrees that Patriot Renewables and the town should find something…

"The total cost of 1-kilowatt wind turbine is around $9,000, excluding batteries. With an average wind speed of 9 mph, the estimated annual output is about 1,800 kwh. For a system large enough to provide all of your own energy, say close to 960 kwh per month for the average U.S. home, the costs can be significantly higher."…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Central Maine Power is urging customers to be wary of door-to-door energy sales people who may be misrepresenting themselves as CMP employees.

According to CMP,  the company has been receiving many customer complaints about the supplier’s salespeople misrepresenting themselves as working for, or on behalf of CMP, demanding to see copies of customers’ CMP bills, and for providing false and misleading information about energy prices.

“CMP is not…

Maine's Initial Federal Requirement, 313MWh per 1,138 GWh use

Notice below how Connecticut has managed to stay White in this Progression over time yet they have the highest requirement to produce. Maine Exceeded its Federal obligations in 2011.

Does Connecticut actually Own New England?…

Mild summer helps cut electricity costs

in New England

An abundance of natural gas and more efficient power plants have helped reduce the wholesale price of energy,.......

No mention of how Wind saved us a crapload of money...... Wonder why?

Ahhhhh!

Connecticut regulators approved a nearly 20 percent cut, or an average $31 a month, for residential customers of…

I find this strange, that if wind is so green, that Hawaii emits 1.9lb of CO² per kWh delivered to their customers, with Texas at 1.8lb. The two highest wind producers/users yet they burn a lower percentage of fossil fuels. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yz2BdmzJgFRGsZmPngbMMn6Z-u10B28D3MgjlXL3nE0/pubhtml

Seems these people beat me to it, though I was more kind to the…