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Have you heard of Demand Management?

Well, the Maine PUC and Efficiency Maine Trust (EMT) are talking about it.

Actually, EMT has conducted a Demand Management Program since 2022.

Important terms associated with "The Program" are:

           1. AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure). Smart Meters being an essential part of the                   …

• The New England Aqua Ventus Project hasn't gone away. New filings with the PUC, (Case # 2022-00100) now presented by Pine Tree Offshore Wind LLC (PTOW), includes a term sheet that the public cannot see because the PUC and PTOW have a confidentiality agreement. Nonetheless PTOW is preparing a final term sheet to be filed with the PUC for secret approval by March 2025.

• Have you heard of Time of Use rates? Case #…

ISO-NE TAKE ON PPAs:

ISO-NE and the Regressive Nature of PPAs…

Not Much Reduction in C02 from 2018 to 2024 from electric plants in New England

Maine Fossil Fueled Electric Generation Reduced C02 Emissions from 1990 to 2021 by 39%

Maine Fossil Fueled Electric Generation Increased C02 Emissions from 2021 to 2023 by 10%

 Much Increase in $ per ton

What's Next?    maine-pcap.pdf     State of Maine Priority Climate Action Plan

MAINE CAN NOT…

Residential Rates as Compiled by the Maine PUC

Impacts from Net Energy Billing and Long-Term Renewable Project Contracts are in Delivery Rates.

Impacts from RGGI and Renewable Portfolio Standards are in Standard Offer Rate

The Efficiency Maine Trust Charge is in Delivery Rates, although it is computed from the Total

Rate (Up to 4%)  …

ISO-NE Reports:

• "In sum, we believe that, for the clean energy transition to be successful, the region must continue to have reliable supplies of gas for home heating and electricity. Without adequate gas, the region may not be able to meet the demand for home heating and electricity – and, when reliability suffers, the clean energy transition suffers. We have seen that story play out in Europe, Australia and, closer to home,…

     The Destruction of Electricity Design…

ISO-NE-r3b.pdf

Is this the year of swing, meaning do the republicans have a chance to become a force in the Maine Legislature? If they focus hard on energy conditions in the state, the rapid deployment of ill- fated solar projects, the money spending of Efficiency Maine Trust and other issues that are crushing household budgets of their constituents, they are poised to bring sanity back to foster the consent of the governed.

The PUC selected the following 6 projects on behalf of the ratepayers. How do they save us money. It would cost more to pay them by Net Energy Billing

BTW, The Latest Quarterly Report from ISO-NE Reports the Summer of 2024 wholesale average price was $39/MWhr

        The Quarterly Report for the Spring of 2024…

Propaganda from RGGI (Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative):

When RGGI’s benefits are taken into account, independent reports indicate that RGGI is generating net bill savings for consumers. Independent reports from the Analysis Group studied RGGI’s first, second, third, and fourth three-year control periods, finding that RGGI…

These REC prices add to the prices suppliers use to figure the standard offer. The required amount of REC purchases, as set in Maine law, increases by 4.4% per year. The Class IA was introduced in 2020.

https://www.gbnews.com/news/renewable-energy-britain-paying-billion-wind-farms-power-surges-overwhelming-grid-high-winds

Here is a chart that shows how Efficiency Maine Trust (EMT) advantages itself by way of an ISO-NE program to receive $110 million dollars. They select people and businesses to give ratepayer and taxpayer money to, which enables the grantee to obtain electric savings on certain energy saving devices. EMT takes these energy savings (whether they occur is never verified with the grantees) and reinterprets these savings as a demand response item to secure a good chunk of change from the ISO…

Would you like to see wind projects pay a portion of the net energy metering costs by the same criteria residential customers are paying, i.e. by an increase on the delivery service charge which is currently charged by the meter. That is to say that the current service charge per meter is the same charge for everyone who is enrolled in CMP's small residential class and the amount of monthly kilowatt hour electricity use has no impact on this service charge, it is a homogenous charge…

Two fact sheets of Standard Offer power sources provided to serve the CMP territory (1st sheet) and the Versant territory (2nd sheet). Is CMP sending a message to NextEra?…