Long Islander's Blog – July 2026 Archive (8)

ALERT: New CMP power line selected as 'preferred' solution to improve regional power flows

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published July 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM EDT

Electric grid operator ISO-New England is recommending the region select a $2.2 billion transmission line proposed by Central Maine Power to improve power flows in the region.

ISO-NE presented its "preliminary preferred solution" to a planning advisory committee Tuesday. The project is a response to a request for proposals issued by New England states as part of a regional long-term transmission…

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Added by Long Islander on July 29, 2026 at 9:37am — 2 Comments

Online Public Survey: LUPC Seeking Input on Comprehensive Land Use Plan Update

Get involved with the CLUP Update by taking the CLUP Pre-Process Survey! Available from July to September 2026.

The survey should take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete and contains questions in the form of multiple choice, ranking, short answer, and other formats.…

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Added by Long Islander on July 29, 2026 at 9:14am — No Comments

Seeking lower prices, Maine PUC changes electric purchase process

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published July 27, 2026 at 7:12 AM EDT

The Maine Public Utilities Commission is changing the way it procures electricity for Maine's largest electric utilities in an effort to hedge against price spikes in volatile energy markets.

For years, the commission has taken one day late in the year to select an electricity supplier to provide annual "standard offer" fixed price power through a competitive bidding process.

But this…

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Added by Long Islander on July 27, 2026 at 12:39pm — 1 Comment

Les Otten: Energy affordability should be at the center of Maine political debates

July 24, 2026





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Les Otten of Bethel began his work on wood pellet heating after retiring as vice chairman of the Boston Red Sox in 2007.



While the media and many of us are immersed in Maine’s current political contests, we…

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Added by Long Islander on July 24, 2026 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Maine plans major energy storage buildout

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published July 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM EDT

The Maine Department of Energy Resources is seeking regulators' approval for a major buildout of energy storage on the state's electric grid.

The department filed a petition with the Maine Public Utilities Commission this week to start competitive bidding to develop up to 360 megawatts of large-scale batteries.

Acting energy commissioner Celina Cunningham said that batteries can store…

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Added by Long Islander on July 21, 2026 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

For Solar "Farms", etc. FCC approves space mirror to steer sunlight back toward the earth's surface after dark

What could possibly go wrong with that?

7/16/26

That satellite, called Eärendil-1 is targeted to fly later this year. And it could be the first of many: Reflect Orbital aims to operate 50,000 or more such mirror-craft in low Earth orbit by 2035, beaming reflected sunlight down to a variety of customers on the…

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Added by Long Islander on July 16, 2026 at 7:49pm — 3 Comments

When having only one wind pusher U.S. Senator from Maine is just not enough

Troy Jackson files paperwork to explore replacing Graham Platner…

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Added by Long Islander on July 7, 2026 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

What does a changing climate mean for central Maine? We asked an expert

A seer has pronounced worst case climate scenarios off the table! If only more of us were born with the gene for seeing into the future and predicting climatological disasters from hot days!
ABOUT THE INTERVIEWEE: https://web.colby.edu/gcarlson/
 
What…
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Added by Long Islander on July 7, 2026 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

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Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

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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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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