Long Islander's Blog – November 2023 Archive (20)

November 29, 2023

The documents released by the Maine ethics commission detail the energy company's funding of the Stop the Corridor group and how a Virginia consultant working for NextEra funneled money to the Maine Democratic Party.

BY RACHEL OHM STAFF WRITER

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NextEra Energy concealed its identity as a large donor to Democrats in the days before the 2018 election and funded a group that should…

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli

November 28, 2023

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New York-based LS Power’s contract negotiations with the state over a 345-kilovolt transmission line connecting a wind turbine project in Aroostook County to the New England power grid have stalled despite months of discussions and negotiations, according to regulators.

Significant differences among various parties — Maine Public Utilities Commission staff, LS Power, Versant Power, Central…

A new report finds that blue state residents pay far more for electricity than their red state counterparts due to aggressive climate policies.

By Tom Ozimek

11/24/2023

Blue state residents, whose governments have adopted aggressive climate policies, are paying much more for electricity and fuel than their counterparts who live in red states that lack such policies, according to a new report from America's largest membership organization of state…

November 27, 2023

by Lori Valigra

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High interest rates related to inflation in the nascent offshore wind market were one of the factors that caused Danish wind developer Orsted to cancel two projects under development off New Jersey in late October.

In early November, U.K. lawmakers said they are considering raising subsidies for new offshore wind developments to meet climate goals because…

Legislative malpractice the level of which has not seen since the passage without debate of the 2008 Expedited Wind Law. FOLLOW THE MONEY and put an end to this broad daylight robbery of Mainers. There is no way these gangsters won't be repelled if the fighters keep fighting. LS Power is just now realizing what they have walked into. Send them packing along with the gang from First Wind that is Long Road.

By Tux Turkel

November 26, 2023

Tux Turkel is a former…

If your pipes freeze and your home floods, be sure to thank an "environmentalist" and the dunderheads in charge, for making sure that no new gas pipelines will be coming into Maine anytime soon. This despite Maine's proximity to Pennsylvania and what is likely the largest recoverable supply of natural gas in the nation. (Marcellus). It is way past time to put the adults back in charge. These uneducated and ill equipped arrogant fools are going to get people killed.

November…

November 21, 2023

John “Jack” E. Ducharme, III, R-Madison, serves District 71 in the Maine House of Representatives. He is the House Republican lead on the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee.

With the defeat of Pine Tree Power, a plan to apparently lower costs by spending as much as $13.5 billion to have elected bureaucrats run what is now Central Maine Power and Versant Power, it’s time to start looking at what is driving electricity costs. I could…

By Seamus Othot

November 20, 2023Updated:November 20, 2023

The State of Maine intends to develop the untouched Sears Island in Searsport to build and ship offshore wind turbines, according to Downeast lawmakers who oppose the controversial project.

“It is the largest undeveloped uninhabited causeway accessible island on the eastern coast of the United States,” said Rep. Lynne Williams (D-Bar Harbor) in her letter defending Rep. Reagan Paul’s (R-Winterport)…

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

https://election-integrity.info/Newsletter/2023/Media_Balance_Newsletter-11-20-23.pdf

*** Wind and Solar Subsidies in Perspective

*** Collapse of projects shows again that wind power is not affordable

*** A Precipitous Dash to a Power Grid Reliability Crisis

*** The 7…

Ban the damn thing outright with an ordinance. It's all for a useless BS wind project that is built on pure lies, designed solely to enrich the same crew who ran First Wind and destroyed many a Maine resident's paradise.

Forget about arguing for a different route. Stop it cold altogether. Study "green energy" and you will soon understand that it is the largest crock of total Bsh_t that has come along in our lifetimes. Those in favor of renewable energy need to take a…

by Billy Kobin

November 16, 2023

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AUGUSTA, Maine — Top Maine lawmakers agreed Thursday to advance a bill to the 2024 session that would prohibit the use of eminent domain to build a controversial transmission line between Aroostook County and the Augusta area.

The 10-member Legislative Council initially did not approve the proposal from Sen. Chip Curry, D-Belfast, while voting last week on 283 bill requests for 2024. However, the…

by Zara Norman

November 11, 2023

Updated November 13, 2023

Maine’s ratepayer advocate has angered the fossil-fuel sector by floating a ban on new natural gas pipelines, a move that will lead to charged conversations about the state’s energy future.

The bill from Public Advocate William Harwood is backed by environmental groups and would ban any new natural gas pipelines from being constructed outside existing service areas. It…

Perhaps not since Governor Baldacci's 2008 rotten and corruptly passed special interest legislation known as Maine's "Expedited Wind Law", has there been such a rotten, totalitarian and sweeping insult brought upon Maine by its government as the power corridor that would run from Aroostook County through central Maine. Aside from trampling the lives and rights of central Maine residents, this power line would open up Aroostook and Penobscot counties for a massive new wave of bullsh_t wind…

November 8, 2023

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joshua Abram Kercsmar is an early American historian and associate professor of Environmental Humanities at Unity Environmental University. He also serves as vice president of Preserve Rural Maine.

BY JOSHUA ABRAM KERCSMAR

If LS Power’s “Aroostook Renewable Gateway” project is truly Maine’s “gateway to progress,” we should expect it to innovate in ways that speed the state toward meeting its climate…

With the clarity of this day after the referendum, and with the sanity of Maine voters revealed, (despite incessant propaganda efforts to paint us as supporters of green idiocy), here's a reminder of just how out of touch NRCM is with the average Mainer:

NRCM statement on Question…

Nick Pope on November 5, 2023

The past week has been marked by worrying developments for the state of the green energy industry, suggesting that President Joe Biden’s sweeping climate agenda could be imperiled.

Offshore wind companies are cancelling projects and executives are sounding the alarm on the state of the industry, while solar companies and…

John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: November 6, 2023

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

https://election-integrity.info/Newsletter/2023/Media_Balance_Newsletter-11-6-23.pdf

*** Wind industry confirms Great Green Lie

*** Collapse of…

Dan Grote , Michelle Brunetti Post , Eric Conklin

Nov 1, 2023

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Michael Donohue, who represents Cape May County in offshore wind litigation, said he believes the county’s legal challenges played a role in the company’s decision to abandon the project.

"We're not standing here saying we singlehandedly took down Ørsted Ocean Wind 1 and 2, but there can be no doubt…

As George Carlin said, "It's a big club, and you ain't in it it."

(CAUTION: Language Alert)

Wind companies losing billions, prompting fears a federal bailout could be coming

By Kevin Killough

Published: October 28, 2023…