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Mainers Not Allowed to See the Details of Aroostook Wind Proposal, But Massachusetts Is

Memorandum of Understanding Maine Clean Energy Procurement 
 This Memorandum of Understanding (this MOU), effective as of October 21, 2022 (the Effective Date), establishes a framework for the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to share information with the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO) that MPUC has obtained through a certain procurement it initiated, and is by and…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 4, 2022 at 6:39am — 4 Comments

Maine PUC, Collection Agency or Socialist Agency

CMP is not permitted to turn customers’ power off between Nov. 15 and April 15 without express permission from the Public Utilities Commission.

Added by Dan McKay on November 2, 2022 at 6:21am — 2 Comments

Now, Some Comic Relief

Natural Gas Power Plants Begin Their Inevitable Decline

Maxx Chatsko 

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Gas-fired power plants have likely reached their peak share of the U.S. power mix. High prices and renewables are to blame.…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 1, 2022 at 6:12pm — 2 Comments

Silence is the 1.8 Billion Dollar Golden Egg for Long Roads County Wind Project

Due to the silence the media and the political candidates have given to the PUC disclosure that Mainers are potentially on the hook for 1.8 billion dollars if the Aroostook County Wind Project is not rejected, my media subscriptions will be canceled as well as my votes for the nowhere to be heard legislative candidates.

Added by Dan McKay on November 1, 2022 at 4:40am — 1 Comment

The Dangers of Low Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations

By  -- November 1, 2022

Thus, CO2 literally is the “food” that sustains essentially all plants (and animals who consume plants, including humans) on the face of the Earth. And when that food supply is diminished, nature begins to diminish.

In…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 1, 2022 at 4:31am — No Comments

If Natural Gas is Prioritized for Heating Before Electricity Production, What About Oil

"Because New England’s energy markets select the lowest-priced resources to produce the electricity needed to meet consumer demand, oil-fired generators were dispatched more frequently during stretches of cold weather this winter as global LNG prices and high firm natural gas demand made natural-gas-fired generators more expensive to run."

"New England power plants burned about 80 million gallons of oil from December through…

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Added by Dan McKay on October 31, 2022 at 5:44am — 2 Comments

New England Secretly Subsidizes Nuclear, Coal, Oil , Hydro and Biomass

  • How does a reliable electrical generation plant get a boost in value and consequently pass this value in increased prices to the ratepayer?
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    Putting all of the ghastly natural gas prices aside as they are a reflection of the worldwide solar and wind insurgency.

    But, in New England:

  • In Connecticut, it is having the ratepayers paying a premium to their Millstone Nuclear Plant to keep it from closing down.
  • In Massachusetts, it is…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 30, 2022 at 10:05am — 3 Comments

Germany Tears Down Wind Farm to Make Way for Coal Mine Expansion

The nation is scrambling for energy alternatives, including coal, due to a previous reliance on Russian oil

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Added by Dan McKay on October 30, 2022 at 5:09am — 2 Comments

Basically, Wind Plants Are Stupid

  • Have you ever watched a wind plant's movement, when they do move?



  • They don't go from zero to sixty MPH and maintain 60 MPH
  • They fluctuate between zero and 60 Mph.
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  • It's like when you press the gas pedal in your car. 
  • The smoother the acceleration operation, the car performs better 
  • The thing is operating the gas pedal of a car…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 29, 2022 at 7:18am — No Comments

I Sold My Soul For $850.

  We knew it at the time. When the Governor of Maine reappropriated taxpayer money (Or federally printed money) to buy votes from Maine citizens at $850 a person, there was a catch coming. The big I (INFLATION) was on its way to the grocery stores, the electric bills, the heating bill, rent, car payments, house payments, insurance and on and on...

     
     
     It would…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 29, 2022 at 6:50am — No Comments

Big Climate Brother Coming Your Way (voluntary now, mandatory later)

Big Climate Brother Coming Your Way (voluntary now, mandatory later)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- October 27, 2022

“If alive today, F. A. Hayek would recognize and warn against the climate ‘road to serfdom.’ It is an evil that comes in steps, never in the whole. But the warning signs are increasing. It is time to expose and resist, politely but firmly.”

The climate…

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Added by Dan McKay on October 27, 2022 at 5:23pm — 1 Comment

Current Circumstance of Sky-high Electric Bills Making People Rethink NECEC

Governor Janet Mills signaled her approval for the NECEC project. 

"Mills stands by CMP corridor project, despite losing hometown support"   Mills stands by CMP corridor project, despite losing hometown support | newscentermaine.com…

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Added by Dan McKay on October 23, 2022 at 10:00am — No Comments

FERC Issues Proposal to Overhaul Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation

Transmission rates for CMP customers also increased on August 1. Transmission rates are determined by rates set by formula and approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). A major driver of CMP's transmission rates is Maines share of regional…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 23, 2022 at 6:30am — No Comments

Calpine Wins Big

$142,269,464.00 dollars ($142+ Million Dollars) That is what the natural gas-fired plant called Westbrook Energy Center owned by Calpine Corporation received for the 6 months from January 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022, from the ISO-NE market.   Report Viewer (ferc.gov)

  
     Calpine fought ferociously against NECEC approval during…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 22, 2022 at 8:04am — 1 Comment

5 trends shaping the future of energy

I’m an energy expert with a 15-year track record of correctly predicting major trends.

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Added by Dan McKay on October 21, 2022 at 5:29am — No Comments

Record LNG shipments to Europe running into supply bottlenecks Oct.18,2022

Three countries provided almost 70% of LNG received in Europe in 2021

(EIA) — In 2021, a large share of Europe’s supply of LNG originated in the U.S., Qatar and Russia. Combined, these three countries accounted for almost 70% of Europe’s total …

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Added by Dan McKay on October 19, 2022 at 6:25am — 3 Comments

The Convoluted Logic of the Renewable Energy Group Thinkers

This is quite a statement from a group that represents energy sources that are more often than not, unable to run!
  • "ISO New England (ISO-NE) gives some natural gas-fired power plants an unfair advantage in its capacity and operating reserves markets by failing to account for the possibility they may be unable to run at times because of a lack of fuel…

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Added by Dan McKay on October 18, 2022 at 6:53pm — No Comments

New England Is Facing Blackouts This Winter: Grid Operator

New England Is Facing Blackouts This Winter: Grid Operator

 

A major New England grid operator stated that it’s preparing for a possible strain on the power grid amid a surge in demand for natural gas that threatens to reduce supplies.

ISO New England, the power grid operator in the northeastern United…

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Added by Dan McKay on October 18, 2022 at 5:54am — 2 Comments

COMMISSION ISSUES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS

Commission Decision Regarding Procurement Results, No Later than November 1, 2022

  •      The wholesale electric pricing market, the key guide in comparing pricing offers from wind, solar, battery and transmission developments, is in chaos, completely…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 16, 2022 at 7:19am — 3 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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