The applicant is required to provide evidence of a power purchase agreement or other evidence demonstrating the intended sale of the project’s output to a third party. The DEP has not previously required evidence of a power purchase agreement and does not generally evaluate the economics of projects it reviews or require a showing that the output (whether an energy project or non-energy development) will be sold to a third party.

"The new provisions on decommissioning do not allow consideration of salvage value when estimating costs and establishing the required decommissioning fund. The decommissioning fund must be fully funded and in place prior to commencement of construction and must be re-evaluated every two years during the life of the project. This change would substantially increase the costs associated with the required decommissioning fund."

https://stopthesethings.com/2017/12/09/australian-court-finds-wind-turbine-noise-exposure-a-pathway-to-disease-waubra-foundation-vindicated/

For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Contact:  Steve McGrath, Director  (207) 441-0359  

Public Meetings Rescheduled on State Energy Plan 

Augusta, Maine –  The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) is asking Mainers for their input as they develop an Energy Planning Roadmap that advances the state of Maine’s energy, economic development, and environmental goals. 

The roadmap, which uses the 2015 state comprehensive energy plan update as a starting point …

NextEra wants LUPC to expand the expedited siting area so they may install approximately 500 megawatts of wind power to be deliverable to the ISO-NE grid. They have a bid proposal in response to the Massachusetts renewable energy RFP.

MAINE LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION

Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

22 State House Station - Augusta, Maine 04333-0022

TEL (207) 287-2631 FAX (207) 287-7439

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Meeting Date:

December 13,…

LD 257, HP0190An Act To Enable Municipalities Working with Utilities To Establish Microgrids

LD 259, HP0192An Act To Limit Rates Charged by Competitive Electricity Providers

LD 260, HP0193An Act To Create the Maine Energy Office

Site Law Development Projects of Interest

Number Nine Wind Farm

Number Nine Wind Farm, LLC proposes to construct a 119 turbine utility scale wind energy facility with an installed capacity of 250 megawatts in Aroostook County. The turbines are primarily located in T10 R3 WELS; E Township; T9 R3 WELS; T8 R3 WELS; and Saint Croix Township.  The applicant is proposing 4 permanent and 4 temporary meteorogical towers, a collector substation in T9 R3 WELS; an Operations and…

Hello-

Given your past involvement in wind energy issues in Maine, I wanted to ensure that you have seen the pre-rulemaking draft of new rules related to wind energy development in Maine that DEP has just released.  You can find the link to the draft rules on our website at:

http://www.maine.gov/dep/comment/comment.html?id=696084

Please note that comments are…

Can anyone explain why a rapid drop in wind power output into the ISO-NE real time market coincides with a rapid drop in prices( often going negative) ? It is usually followed by a rebound in output and prices. This has been occurring almost everyday lately during the early morning hours. 

Should a wind project owner enter into a good faith sales contract for it's output by power purchase agreement with another entity and also be able to set a negative price into the wholesale real-time market ?  Isn't the power purchaser compelled to pay the wind project owner by terms of the PPA and also pay the market in this circumstance ?

   If Maine had a real Attorney General, she would challenge the legality of the Alternative Compliance Payment rules in the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards of Maine. The ACP is the cap price applied to electricity costs associated with the development of renewable forms of electrical production.

http://topshelfgripe.bangordailynews.com/2016/05/03/politics/ags-united-for-clean-power-fail-to-fulfill-their-mission/

As you read the following statement from an ISO-NE official, think about how wind gets it's revenues.