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State environmental board postpones meeting to consider electric vehicle mandates

The massive storm that tore through the state has forced a Maine environmental board to postpone a Thursday meeting that was to consider electric vehicle sales mandates.

 

A state environmental board has postponed a meeting scheduled for Thursday to consider electric vehicle sales mandates for Maine.

 

The Board of Environmental Protection did not set a new date. It called off the meeting because of the statewide storm Monday that left hundreds of thousands of…

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Added by Long Islander on December 21, 2023 at 11:43am — 3 Comments

Relying on an EV in a Maine power outage mustn't be good

Somewhere in Maine is a Tesla owner who had to go somewhere this morning but couldn't when the power outage prevented charging.

Perhaps he was fortunate and was able to use a gas powered generator to get a home charge. I wonder if a PORTABLE generator would have worked. I doubt it. So perhaps another possible expense entailed in EV ownership is having the right kind of permanent generator (maybe $15,000 or so???) installed in one's home.

The good news is that if…

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Added by Long Islander on December 19, 2023 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: December 18, 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-12-18-23.pdf

*** X-Raying the Reality and Origin of a Hollow Phrase: 'Energy Transition'

*** The Black Lie at the Heart of Net Zero Energy Fantasies

*** The Crippling…

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Added by Long Islander on December 18, 2023 at 10:30am — No Comments

Opinion: Aroostook Renewable Gateway suffers from a lack of planning

When will people wake up to the absurdity of Maine's carbon goals and recognize such is simply green-speak for pick pocketing? When one starts from a position that such bogus goals are needed and should be attained, they are setting themselves up for disaster.

Opinion: Aroostook Renewable Gateway suffers from a lack of planning

Maine shouldn't fall into the trap of above-ground high-impact transmission…

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Added by Long Islander on December 17, 2023 at 11:30pm — 4 Comments

The Epic Bullshit of Catastrophic Climate Change

COP 28 is the Codification of Elite Hate, and Lies all the Way Down.

elizabeth nickson

Dec 16, 2023

I am on RFKJr’s campaign mailing list, probably through Children’s Health Defence and they asked me for money, and I said sure, just as soon as he fixes the catastrophe he caused in the province where I live. 

Got a message back!

It read, “Elizabeth, I am sure Robert would fix whatever harm he caused, can you explain?”

No problem, I said.

1.…

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Added by Long Islander on December 17, 2023 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

What????? - Unelected seven person Maine board can take away our gas vehicles and make us buy moronic EV's

Seriously, who do these people think they are?

Letter to the editor: EV agenda driven by a few

A seven-member board shouldn't have the power to dictate our vehicle choices

 

I am writing because it has come to my attention that the seven-person Maine Board of Environmental Protection has the power to dictate the number of future electric vehicles…

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Added by Long Islander on December 16, 2023 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Maine’s upcoming vote on phasing out gas car sales, explained (NRCM again attacks our way of life)

by Billy Kobin

December 11, 2023

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Board of Environmental Protection is set to vote just before Christmas on a controversial rule aimed at phasing out new sales of gas-powered cars and boosting electric vehicle adoption.

The Dec. 21 vote will come after months of passionate debate and feedback on the plan the Natural Resources Council of Maine and several allies proposed this summer through a little-known provision in…

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Added by Long Islander on December 11, 2023 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments

LS Power Opinion: Aroostook Renewable Gateway benefits Maine in many ways.

December 7, 2023

BY DOUG MULVEY

SPECIAL TO THE PRESS HERALD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Doug Mulvey is a vice president with Missouri-based LS Power Development. He has more than 27 years of project development experience across the U.S. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and master’s degree in environmental engineering from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He also holds a master’s in business administration from the University…

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Added by Long Islander on December 7, 2023 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Wind energy has hit economic headwinds in the U.S.

The actual headline is below. Perhaps it's correct to characterize offshore wind as young (in the U.S.) but not the wind industry. The Production Tax Credit (PTC), which constitutes a sizable part of the corporate welfare upon which the wind industry is built, came about in the early 1990's. Based on that, wind is anything but a young industry. The PTC when introduced, was defined as a TEMPORARY giveaway. However, whenever it has been set to expire, the wind developers have gotten down…

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Added by Long Islander on December 7, 2023 at 7:37pm — 1 Comment

Versant Power raps Aroostook wind transmission line it says adds costs, not benefits, for many customers

December 4, 2023

The proposed Aroostook Renewable Gateway would connect power from a wind farm to the New England grid, but the project has faced many obstacles as its seeks regulatory approval.

BY STEPHEN SINGER STAFF WRITER

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Versant Power customers in northern Maine will not benefit from a transmission line connecting wind power generated there to the New England…

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Added by Long Islander on December 4, 2023 at 10:39pm — 3 Comments

Moscow residents approve ban on commercial solar farms

December 1, 2023

BY JAKE FREUDBERG MORNING SENTINEL

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MOSCOW — Residents at a special town meeting Thursday voted to prohibit commercial solar farms, opting to go a step further than many other towns in central Maine when it comes to restricting the development of large solar projects.

Moscow joins a growing list of Maine municipalities that have passed measures limiting or temporarily prohibiting solar farms. But it is unclear if…

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Added by Long Islander on December 4, 2023 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Maine PUC didn't get the memo on the public's rejection of EV's

December 3, 2023

Commentary: PUC will do a rigorous job with the public’s help



BY PHILIP L. BARTLETT, PATRICK SCULLY AND CAROLYN GILBERT

EXCERPTS

.......To help reach Maine’s climate goals, we conducted two large-scale renewable energy procurements for more than 950 megawatts of power; approved new electric rate designs to support…

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Added by Long Islander on December 3, 2023 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments

Wind developer to start erecting turbines in western Washington County

December 1, 2023

by Bill Trotter

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..........Downeast Wind, a project of Virginia-based Apex Clean Energy, has hired Woolwich-based Reed & Reed as the general contractor of the wind power project, which will include 30 turbine sites spread out among various locations in the town of Columbia and in townships 18 and 24 in the state’s Unorganized Territory.

Twenty of the turbines, each…

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Added by Long Islander on December 1, 2023 at 11:07am — 2 Comments

Aroostook Transmission Line - Freedom Planning Board Chair: "I HOPE THIS PROJECT SUCCEEDS"

When the powerful agree on massive big $$$$$$  projects behind closed doors and begin their efforts to ram these projects down the public's throat, it is our experience from wind projects that most barriers to final approval somehow are eventually overcome by the developer.

However, along the way, the developer and his…

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Added by Long Islander on December 1, 2023 at 5:00am — 3 Comments

Documents reveal NextEra’s hidden efforts to oppose NECEC transmission line corridor

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 30, 2023 at 11:52am — 3 Comments

Maine regulators try to resolve stalled transmission line talks

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 28, 2023 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Residents in Blue States Pay Much More for Electricity Than in Red States: Study

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 27, 2023 at 10:00am — No Comments

The 5 biggest hurdles to offshore wind in Maine

November 27, 2023

by Lori Valigra

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Construction costs

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 27, 2023 at 9:44am — 2 Comments

Aroostook power corridor faces opposition from landowners

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 26, 2023 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

NERC Warns of Potential Power Shortages This Winter amid Limited Natural Gas Infrastructure - New England High Risk

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…

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Added by Long Islander on November 24, 2023 at 10:30pm — 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

******** 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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