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Throw Away, Part Time Producing, Expensive Wind Plants= JUNK
1/3 of wind turbines in Spain to be dismantled within five years
7,500 wind turbines in Spain to be dismantled within five years
Approximately 36% of energy-generating wind turbines in Spain will need to be decommissioned within the next five years as they become obsolete, predicts the Wind Energy Association (AEE). This translates to around 7,500 wind turbines and 20,000 blades turning into scrap that will have to be dismantled, transported, and processed, posing a…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on December 18, 2023 at 6:24am — 1 Comment
“Green” Energy Stocks Are Not Faring Well
Added by Dan McKay on December 17, 2023 at 8:47am — No Comments
Despathy: Town fights back against wind turbine developer – and wins
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CA. Group Pushing Maine PUC to Give in to a New York Group ( LS Power)
Clearway Energy Group
100 California St, Suite 650
San Francisco, CA 94111
clearwayenergygroup.com
December 12, 2023
The Honorable Philip L. Bartlett II, Chairman
The Honorable Patrick Scully, Commissioner
The Honorable Carolyn Gilbert, Commissioner
Office of the Commissioners
Maine Public Utilities Commission
18 State House Station
Augusta, ME…
Added by Dan McKay on December 15, 2023 at 6:00am — 1 Comment
Good Bye to Climate Change Hysteria
African Energy Chamber to COP28: We Want Fossil Fuels!
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 13, 2023
Ed note: As COP28 wound down, the African Energy Chamber issued this…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on December 13, 2023 at 5:24am — 4 Comments
55 Kilowatt-hours on your monthly electric bill before you even start using electricity that month
Stranded Costs make up a portion of electric delivery rates and are the costs associated with generating electricity, which in most cases Maine utilities no longer are allowed by law to do. ( Maine PUC 06/13/2023)
Stranded costs include the impacts of long-term contracts for renewable power( Generation) as well as the net energy billing (Generation) programs created by the Legislature to…
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Added by Dan McKay on December 9, 2023 at 6:49am — 1 Comment
A Tale of Two Projects
Should Maine propose to pay for the extra half billion dollars( a third of the project cost) it is going to take to build the New England Clean Energy Connect if Maine can receive ownership of an annual 3.15 MWH( megawatt hours) of hydro-electric power at Nearly 100% Capacity Factor? 3.15 MWH is about 30% of Maine's annual electricity consumption making NECEC a great way to supply reliable baseload power. The type of power that keeps the furnace or heat pump…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on December 9, 2023 at 5:43am — 1 Comment
COMMISSION INITIATED INQUIRY REGARDING UTILITY CONTROL OR OWNERSHIP OF ENERGY STORAGE
Case # 2023-00316
II. BACKGROUND
During the 2023 legislative session, the Legislature enacted L.D. 1850, An Act
Relating to Energy Storage and the State’s Energy Goals (Act). P.L. 2023, c. 374. The
Act directs the Commission to “solicit stakeholder input on whether and, if so, at what
cost and under what conditions, including Commission approval on a case-by-case
basis, an investor-owned transmission and distribution…
Added by Dan McKay on December 8, 2023 at 6:02am — No Comments
College Endowments Should be Taxed
This is a worthy movement
Arizona Republican Introducing Legislation to Tax College Endowments: ‘Enough is Enough’
Added by Dan McKay on December 8, 2023 at 5:44am — 1 Comment
Who Knew the Maine Legislators Are Certain That Solar Developers Struggle More Than Ratepayers
LIAP helps qualified low-income electricity consumers pay for electricity costs and eligibility can be determined by local Community Action Agencies or through means-testing for DHHS programs. Those who qualify will receive a credit on their electric bill based on income and electricity usage.
"Not only does this increase the number of customers eligible to receive assistance, but it will…
Added by Dan McKay on December 7, 2023 at 6:18am — 1 Comment
ISO-NE outlines power grid preparedness for winter season
Added by Dan McKay on December 5, 2023 at 6:37am — 1 Comment
We're from the government and are here to help
If you are having difficulty paying for utilities, please know that you are not alone. Your first step should be to contact your utility as soon as possible. When you call, you can expect help with:
- Payment arrangement options
- Financial assistance programs you may qualify for
- Understanding your bill, household energy usage, and tips for improving efficiency
- Signing up for usage and billing monitoring alerts…
Added by Dan McKay on December 5, 2023 at 6:20am — 1 Comment
An Iresponsible Future New England Grid
This is the list of generator requests by fuel type for the New England Cooperative, aka ISO-NE
SUN = Chinese Solar Dvelopments
BAT = Battery Storage Devices- Don't know how they classify them as generators
WND = Wind Developments
This the definition of an intermittent, low available…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on December 3, 2023 at 7:40am — No Comments
CMP ratepayers pay $34 million for Solar NEB and $83 million for Solar Tariff Rates (Per Year)
Added by Dan McKay on December 2, 2023 at 5:30pm — No Comments
THE WOKENESS OF THE COOPERATIVE WILL DESTORY MAINE
WOULD YOU GIVE UP YOUR HOUSE TO A COOPERATIVE WHICH WOULD ALLOW YOU TO STAY IN YOUR HOME BUT WOULD ASK YOU TO BE 'WOKE'. THEY WOULDN'T" TELL YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES AND INSURANCE COSTS WILL GO UP, BUT THEY WILL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST AMAZON HOUSEHOLD GADGETS.AND TIK TOK POSTINGS
THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO WHAT THE NORTHERN MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM IS TO MAINE"S ENERGY FUTURE IN CERTAIN WAYS. TO BE WOKE, MAINE HAS…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 26, 2023 at 9:23am — 1 Comment
Augusta Decides to Mess with Maine's Most Steadfast Generators (Hydro & Biomass)
Below is an August 7th, 2023, statement about the evolving trends of the REC markets from CES, an electricity service company with extensive experience in the REC market.
'Compliance REC markets affect end users in two ways. The costs that suppliers incur to procure compliance RECs to meet their obligations under RPS laws, are included in the electricity supply rates charged to…
Added by Dan McKay on November 26, 2023 at 8:10am — No Comments
A Massachusetts' Shakedown of Maine
THE NEW ENGLAND GRID IS BECOMING UNSTABLE
The six-state New England regional generation and transmission system operator warns every winter that shortfalls in electricity to feed every outlet in New England could be questionable if certain scenarios challenge the…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 24, 2023 at 8:07am — 6 Comments
LS Power Submission to CMP and Versant Remains a PUC Secret
The fact that the PUC will not disclose to the public details of these 2.8 billion dollars., land grabbing, rate soaring, grid destroying program speaks loudly about how bad it really is
CMP, Versant Just Say No!
Maine PUC Order to CMP and Versant November 20,2023
"On November 15, 2023, Central Maine…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on November 21, 2023 at 4:59am — 2 Comments
The States Assault the "Independent" System Operator With "The Law"
Backed by Groups like the Sierra Club, CLF, NRCM and the Many Salivating Piggies Filling the Bumbleheaded Deep State Politicians with Methods Aimed at Destroying the Working Class Citizens of New England.
A Vision Statement for the Take over of the Operations of the Grid Entrusted to the Independent System Operator.
The 3 Pillars of Their Mission Will Reduce the ISO-NE Engineers Responsible for a Reliable Grid into Puppets of Wind and…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on November 19, 2023 at 5:56am — 1 Comment
We are headed to a place we have never been.
The combined peak load of CMP and Versant in 2023 is 2014 Megawatts. At that given hour, the entire state of Maine was using 2014 Megawatts of electricity covered by generators throughout New England with Imports from Canada and New York. These generators were also supplying power to the rest of New England.
The peak load for New England was about 24,000 Megawatts, 12 times Maine's peak load.
Peak Loads…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 18, 2023 at 1:01pm — 5 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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