Long Islander's Blog – October 2024 Archive (21)

Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512 million for transmission line through Maine

Three Massachusetts utilities and a transmission line developer have agreed to pass along $512 million in added costs to Massachusetts ratepayers for an electric transmission project in western Maine.

Posted Yesterday at 9:38 PM

Updated at 7:18 AM

DAVID SHARP

Associated Press

 

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Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power’s parent company have agreed…

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Added by Long Islander on October 31, 2024 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

Gulf of Maine wind power sale attracts lackluster interest

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published October 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM EDT

Two companies have won the rights to develop floating offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine.

Results from the federal government's first-ever wind energy lease sale netted about $22 million in lease payments for four parcels off the coast of Cape Cod and Maine.

Avangrid Renewables, based in Connecticut, submitted winning bids of $4.9 million and $6.2 million for two parcels about…

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Added by Long Islander on October 30, 2024 at 10:06am — 5 Comments

Two companies bid $22 million for right to develop wind energy in Gulf of Maine

Avangrid Renewables LLC and Invenergy NE Offshore Wind LLC have won the right to put floating turbines in the Gulf of Maine, bringing the state a big step closer to launching its own wind energy industry.

October 29, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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Two energy companies submitted winning bids Tuesday to build floating offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine, committing nearly $22 million for half the area available in the largest…

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Added by Long Islander on October 29, 2024 at 2:07pm — 1 Comment

John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: October 28, 2024

Please click on the link below to read the following stories and much, much more:

https://election-integrity.info/Newsletter/2024/Media_Balance_Newsletter-10-28-24.pdf

The Declining Life Expectancy of Wind Farms



Inflation Reduction Act’s costly green giveaways



The “green” scam of the century: “Renewables” increase fossil fuel demands…



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Added by Long Islander on October 28, 2024 at 11:54am — 1 Comment

8 offshore wind leases in Gulf of Maine up for auction next week

Established electricity purchasing systems, strong demand for clean energy, a supply chain being developed and strong winds are seen as advantages for the Gulf of Maine as a site for offshore wind turbines.

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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Maine will move closer to staking a claim in offshore wind development when the federal government seeks on Tuesday to auction off eight areas for commercial wind energy leases in the Gulf of…

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Added by Long Islander on October 26, 2024 at 11:00am — 4 Comments

Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island

Feds reject Maine’s request for $456 million to build proposed wind port at Sears Island

Sears Island is Maine's preferred site because the state owns a 100-acre property where a wind port would be built, avoiding lease payments at nearby Mack Point.

October 22, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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Federal officials have rejected Maine’s application for $456 million to build an offshore wind port at…

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Added by Long Islander on October 23, 2024 at 10:59am — 9 Comments

Maine gets $65 million to improve solar and wind power connections to the grid

October 18, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

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Maine is set to receive more than $65 million from Washington for “smart grid” technology to more quickly connect solar panels and wind turbines to the electricity systems of Central Maine Power Co. and Versant Power and boost renewable power generation.

The Governor’s Energy Office said the collaboration between Maine, CMP and Versant is the first of…

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Added by Long Islander on October 18, 2024 at 10:13am — 2 Comments

John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: October 14, 2024

Please click on the link below to read the following stories and much, much more:

https://election-integrity.info/Newsletter/2024/Media_Balance_Newsletter-10-14-24.pdf

*** The DOE Is Stonewalling on Residential Energy Costs and its Electrify Everything

Push

*** Electric grid operators warn U.S. Supreme Court that new EPA rules will cause

widespread blackouts…

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Added by Long Islander on October 14, 2024 at 10:37am — No Comments

How much money has been spent subsidizing heat pumps in Maine?

Over $135 million, and more is on the way. Gov. Janet Mills says the incentives are reducing the state's reliance on heating oil.



Updated October 12

Stephen Singer



Press Herald

Oil is still the dominant source of home heating in Maine, but it’s being chased by electric heat pumps in a race prodded by Gov. Janet Mills and financed by federal taxpayers, state ratepayers and other funding sources.

The governor has made electric heat pump installation…

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Added by Long Islander on October 13, 2024 at 12:53pm — 1 Comment

Geography anyone?

"The governor and her team left Sunday and had meetings in Norway, Denmark and Copenhagen all week............."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PRhidi6c4s

Added by Long Islander on October 13, 2024 at 11:00am — No Comments

Jon Reisman: Climate Policy, Polls, and Polarization

The climate action plan’s public ownership goal is a rare transparent moment of anti-capitalist sentiment. Climate commies is probably a bit strong because there is a lot of pursuit of green currency in the climate hustle.

Is your electric bill too high? The climate alarmists are to blame, and it is likely to get worse before it gets better.

September brought a super full moon,…

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Added by Long Islander on October 13, 2024 at 10:00am — No Comments

Jon Reisman: Greenhouse Gas Lighting

Freedom Studies - Greenhouse Gas Lighting

Jon Reisman

Maine’s Climate Council, co-chaired by Office of Policy Innovation and the Future Director Hannah Pingree and Department…

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Added by Long Islander on October 13, 2024 at 10:00am — No Comments

Power Shock: Maine’s Power Users Being Smashed By Massive Solar Subsidy Cost

Posted on October 10, 2024

In a – they didn’t really think solar is free moment – power users in Maine are being belted with crushing power bills and told by the powers that be to expect much more of the same.

Where numerous businesses are being driven to the wall, thousands of householders are being hit especially hard, with punitive rates designed to prop up the state’s grand solar scam.

And the article below, Billy Kobin reports on one inevitable consequence…

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Added by Long Islander on October 13, 2024 at 9:55am — No Comments

Maine delegation concludes offshore wind mission in Denmark, Norway

Updated October 11

Daniel Kool

Press Herald

Gov. Janet Mills and a handful of state officials are headed back to Maine after a trip to Scandinavia to discuss the growth of offshore wind with government and industry officials in Norway and Denmark.

Following two days in Norway, Mills and a team of state officials traveled to Denmark on…

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Added by Long Islander on October 12, 2024 at 11:25pm — 1 Comment

Maine Public - a bit of a shill for offshore wind it seems

We hopped on a boat off Massachusetts to see what Maine’s offshore wind future could look like

Maine Public | By Molly Enking, Peter McGuire

Published October 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM EDT

Maine Public’s climate desk, along with colleagues from the New England News…

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Added by Long Islander on October 12, 2024 at 10:46pm — No Comments

NEFSA Petition Urging Janet Mills to Halt Development of Offshore Wind in Gulf of Maine Receives Over 2,500 Signatures

By Libby Palanza

October 9, 2024

The New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association (NEFSA) will be sending Gov. Janet Mills a petition with over 2,500 signatures urging her to halt the development of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Maine, according to a source close to the matter.

NEFSA is a bipartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to helping save the region’s commercial…

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Added by Long Islander on October 12, 2024 at 10:45pm — 1 Comment

CMP gets $425 million for Northern Maine power corridor contingent on state contract to build transmission

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published October 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM EDT

Central Maine Power’s parent company is in line to receive nearly half a billion dollars from the federal government to build a 111-mile power line in Northern Maine.

The U.S. Department of Energy award is contingent on Avangrid…

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Added by Long Islander on October 4, 2024 at 11:53am — 1 Comment

Feds plans to use your tax dollars to build former First Wind its shipping system at no cost to them

I guess it's not enough to receive the PTC (Production Tax Credit), REC's and other government welfare for an essentially useless wind project. Just to make it all the more profitable for the wind developers, almost half a billion dollars of federal backing (your tax dollars) will be thrown in by the federal government to build the transmission. That's the same federal government that wonders why the national debt is forecast to reach …

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Added by Long Islander on October 4, 2024 at 11:52am — 5 Comments

New solar development rules show tensions in Maine climate goals

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published September 30, 2024 at 4:41 PM EDT

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Some landowners ask only that the farmers hay the fields or cover the cost of property taxes.

But solar companies are competing with farmers for land. And developers are reportedly willing to pay annual leases of $1,000 per acre.

Nate and Katie had recently planned to take over a retiring farmer's 15 acre field. Solar panels went up instead.

"To give up…

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Added by Long Islander on October 3, 2024 at 7:15am — 2 Comments

The citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement

The offshore wind plan calls for development of 3,000 MW of generating capacity, an amount that is roughly double Maine’s average electricity usage. The viability of Maine’s offshore wind plan depends entirely on the massive transformation of the state’s grid from fossil fuel use to electrification. It is clear that the citizens of Maine have not been informed of this vast transformation requirement. They have certainly not approved it.…

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Added by Long Islander on October 1, 2024 at 7:45am — 6 Comments

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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

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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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