These are but a few of the manufacturers and industrial and commercial businesses the EMT has been granted ratepayer money.

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Free Rider: A program…

ISO-NE made a big deal when they instituted a rule that has wind and solar projects bidding into the day ahead market. This is all fine as long as they perform according to their load offer(s). Because they can also offer bids in the five minute market( real time market), one would think they would be conservative with their day ahead bids so as not to be caught unable to supply their bid offer.

Monthly Bill for Residential Customers Using 550 Kilowatt hours per month

Maine, Central Maine Power,   $149.76

Vermont, Green Mountain Power,  $127.66

New Brunswick, Canada   $105.69

The PUC is overwhelmed by wind orders from Janet Mills and the democrat legislators, so guess who pays for their own misery:

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January 8, 2025

FAQ: Demand response and the New England power grid

Referred To: Energy, Utilities and Technology, 1-6-25

§3209-F. Net energy billing requirement prohibited

 The commission may not by rule or order require a transmission and distribution utility

 to allow a customer to participate in net energy billing. For the purposes of this section,

 "net energy billing" means a billing…

Recognizing the critical need to ensure affordable, reliable energy for all Maine people and businesses, Governor Mills proposes elevating the Governor's Energy Office to a cabinet-level department in upcoming budget proposal

Governor Janet Mills today announced that she will propose elevating the Governor's Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her upcoming biennial budget proposal.

Establishing the Maine Department of…

ISO-NE Determines the following new transmission lines and substations would be required to bring 1200 megawatts of wind out of Aroostook County into the New England Grid.

ISO-NE is in the process of soliciting Requests for Proposals to construct these lines and substations. "The ISO expects to work on the RFP over the next several months, with proposals likely due later in 2025. The ISO will provide updates on the process, as appropriate, through the …

Here is a dramatic case of natural gas freely flowing to New York generation plants versus pipeline constrained natural gas entering New England.

Notice the difference in prices!! …

With C02 allowance prices hovering over $20 per ton and emitted C02 leveling off. why is Maine continuing to inflict these costs on Maine ratepayers?

Natural gas and oil plants (which save Maine from winter blackouts) are required for reliability and the more wind and solar injected into the grid, the more NG and Oil is needed. Driving out NG and oil plants with RGGI is…

 "Natural gas-fired generation sets the clearing price across broad areas of ISO-NE, NYISO, and MISO in at least 75 percent of pricing intervals"

Current energy price component for electricity in New England is $103.18 per megawatt hour. In New York, it is $67.21 per megawatt hour.

If natural gas-fired plants are setting the clearing price for New England and in the neighboring state of New York,…

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/01/02/curtailing-solar-photovoltaics-is-here-to-stay-overbuilding-pv-will-become-normal/

The last correspondence from NEAV, publicly posted on the PUC website: Dated 01-12-2024

All ten of the long-term contracts approved by the PUC cost the ratepayers. Doing the same thing over and over again is................................

But, be assured, the PUC has told us that these contracts will benefit the ratepayer in the long run, but, in the long run, you won't be able to pay for half of the electricity you use know.

          Happy New Year …

A sawmill, utilizing Maine's natural resource is not pleased with NEB. 

"The sawmill industry is actually the perfect case study for how these policies are affecting investment. It is a mature industry, that competes on a global scale, and has traditionally been power and labor intensive. The movement from the Pacific Northwest, BC and basically every where else to the South highlights that money goes where it is wanted. Companies can outsource…

Read this article from Valley News: https://www.vnews.com/Net-metering-in-limbo-58620159

          What the heck is this all about?

          OK, we dive into this a little further

As stated in Maine Law, 

§3210. Renewable resources