Another recently adopted change to ISO-NE energy market pricing rules will (pending FERC final approval) affect wind power projects. Today, intermittent generators like wind projects participating in ISO's energy markets can simply bid zero ($0 per MWh) and be assured of being selected and getting paid the real-time market clearing price, a practice referred to as being a "price taker." There are times, however, when the output of all projects acting as price takers would exceed the load. In…
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In 2003, the hands of Government enter the deregulated electric market:
NOTE THE DIRECTIVE " to consult with entities with expertise or substantial interest in the promotion of renewable resources "
In Dixfield, that means consulting the wind developer on the proper writing of an ordinance .…
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The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to explore opportunities for and encourage the development, where appropriate, of wind energy production in the State in a manner that is consistent with all state and federal environmental standards and that achieves reliable, cost-effective, sustainable energy production on those sites in the State that will attract investment and permit the development of viable wind energy projects. The Legislature finds that the development of the…
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Feb. 20, 2009 ISO-NE question to CMP about MPRP :
Q. What percentage of this Project, if any, can be attributed solely for generation
integration?
March 16,2009 CMP answer :
A. None. 100% of the project was developed and designed solely to address reliability
issues in the Maine transmission system. At ISO's request, CMP evaluated the ability
of MPRP to accommodate the addition of wind generation resources, but no portion of
the project was modified as a…
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Webpage to the Maine's PUC report to the EUT committee.......http://www.maine.gov/mpuc/legislative/documents/Economics%20of%20Renewable%20Energy%20Policy.pdf
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Maine may be even “ Greener “ than anyone realized. From the EIA website……………………………,
“Trade is highest in regions with large amounts of hydropower. Canadian hydroelectric generators are concentrated in the Pacific Northwest; in Northern Manitoba, which exports electricity via transmission lines running south through Minnesota and North Dakota; in Ontario bordering New York and Michigan; and in Quebec north of New England. Certain states rely heavily on imported electricity:…
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Maine and Massachusetts have the greatest potential to grow their renewable capacity while Connecticut has the least.
To be “Green” in New England is a matter of law, not individual choice. With the exception of Vermont, every other New England State has a Renewable Portfolio Standard which mandates a certain percentage of electricity sold within the State will be derived from renewable sources. Each year, this percentage increases at 1% for all States, except Connecticut, which…
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"Through its Maine Power Reliability Program, CMP is upgrading a swath of power lines through central Maine to connect to lines from Canada." Excerpt from Sun Journal story : http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2012/12/20/cmp-powers-larrabee-road-substation/1295931
This is the first I've heard of the connection to Canadian lines…
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" The PUC agrees that wind projects tend to reduce prices in the wholesale markets and contribute to energy diversity and price stability. "
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A wind developer contemplating a project in New York laments that the project must be put on hold due to electrical power prices currently at an all-time low because of oversupply of natural gas. See www.windaction.org “Galloo Island Wind Farm "on hold" for at least six months; low price of electricity cited “
At some point, the electricity produced from wind has to enter the market and is subject to the current market price. Sometimes, the…
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When I came across this quote, I couldn't help but think of Stantec, Sewall Co. Kleinschmidt and all the engineers hired by CMP trying to make a transmission fit for wind :
“No engineer could, or would, join [a government funded bound rubber band electricity generation plant].” Would that this were true, Mr. Hails. Given what I’ve seen, engineers would join with economists in a New York minute, putting grand make work on display with their shoulders to the wheel of making the…
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The Maine Public Utilities Commission ( Overseers of electric rates in Maine ) must be having one of those “ If we only knew then what we know now “ moments . In 2009, the PUC mandated a contract between a wind turbine project owner in Lincoln, Maine and Central Maine Power and Bangor-Hydro. An article from the Lewiston Sun Journal appearing in April 2010 states “The 20-year contract between Rollins’ owner, First Wind, and CMP and Bangor Hydro Electric Co. was hammered out by the Maine…
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"In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2011, wind’s generation in 2030 is projected to be 159 billion kilowatt hours, about 70 percent higher than wind generation in 2010, but still a mere 3.2 percent share of generation. In EIA’s recent analysis evaluating an 80 percent clean energy standard by 2050, wind generation nearly doubles from the agency’s prediction in the Annual Energy Outlook by 2035. But an almost doubling in wind generation only provides a 6.3 percent share. EIA’s analysis of a 25…
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In a move toward energy efficiency, the Board of Selectmen, working as the town’s light commissioners, voted on Tuesday, May 25, to buy 17 percent of Spruce Mountain Wind Project’s electricity output.
“It’s a good move for the town to buy into the ‘green’ (energy) at a reasonable cost,” Selectman Bill Plasko said.
The electricity from Maine-based Spruce Mountain Wind Project makes up about 3 percent of the Norwood Light…
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One of the problems of installing wind turbines in remote locations such as Maine is having a highway for energy shipment. First Wind, Bangor Hydro and National Grid have an answer :
WALTHAM, Mass., Jul 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- National Grid and Emera Inc. subsidiary, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, have taken a major step in…
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(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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"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."
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