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A Chart Explains How State Energy Policies Are Failing

Here we have the chart from ISO-NE showing production from generators for 12-09-2025

The scale on the left side of the chart shows the actual production in megawatt hours ( 7.5 k = 7500 megawatts)

The scale on the bottom shows the time of day(01=1am, 02=2am, etc.)…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 10, 2025 at 6:13am — 1 Comment

The Perpetual Money-Making Program in Action

HEADLINE ALERT!

Maine natural gas and oil electricity generation plants were tagged with a $48,184,071 bill in 2025 as the per ton of C02 emissions prices set records in the RGGI program.

This penalty which is applied to fossil fuel plants is passed on to ratepayers through the wholesale market.

The six New England states and the state of New York…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 9, 2025 at 9:02am — 1 Comment

ISO-NE and Philip Bartlett Have a Plan for Us.

Through an agreement between NESCOE and ISO-NE a study to what is needed to develop a new transmission system in New England to accomodate the proposed renewable policies established by the New England States was conducted by ISO-NE. " 2050 Transmission Study"

First, who is NESCOE?  All you need to know as far as Maine is concerned, our representitive in NESCOE is Philip Bartlett II., current Commision Chair of the Maine PUC. and servant to the democrat…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 8, 2025 at 7:49am — 2 Comments

The many parts that make up electricity bills with a focus on RGGI costs

The cost of electricity to Maine customers may be billed on CMP and Versant invoices, but a variety of hands determine what we pay. 

Supply costs develop from a regional wholesale market known as ISO-NE and from Maine state policies, some of which incorporate cooperation with the other ISO-NE states ( Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New Hampshire) and some Maine state policies are standalone policies solely affecting Maine customers.

What's going…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 7, 2025 at 7:39am — No Comments

26.80 cents per kilowatt hour electricity supply as oil dominates renewables this cold morning

Added by Dan McKay on December 5, 2025 at 8:29am — No Comments

The Maine PUC is Still on Their" Screw the Ratepayer" Mission

The question is how will the PUC spin these offers so that "the likely benefits will exceed the likely costs. "

Historically they have based their estimates on higher prices for market electricity in the latter years of the contract will exceed the contracted prices. Of course they will, the multitude of all these contracts made through the PUC is what is causing market electricity prices to spiral upward. 

These are the PUC's…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 4, 2025 at 5:04am — 1 Comment

Germany ‘in Free Fall’ as Industry Warns of Worst Crisis Since WWII

 

Ina FASSBENDER / AFP

 

"Germany’s leading industry group has warned that the country is facing its “deepest crisis” since the post-war years, urging Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government to act faster to revive the struggling economy.

Peter…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 3, 2025 at 2:35pm — 3 Comments

Not in My Backyard

Not in My Backyard

https://theconversation.com/when-the-worlds-largest-battery-power-plant-caught-fire-toxic-metals-rained-down-wetlands-captured-the-fallout-268848

Added by Dan McKay on December 1, 2025 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

Higher Carbon Taxes and Similar Natural Gas Costs = Higher Electricity Costs

ISO-NE Reports:

Higher energy costs (2024 costs versus 2023 costs) were largely attributed to increased production costs and changes in the regional supply mix. Specifically, higher CO₂ emissions costs under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) program and lower imports from Quebec were two key contributors. By

contrast, natural gas prices—the primary driver of electricity prices in New England—remained

relatively stable, averaging $3.06/MMBtu in 2024,…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 30, 2025 at 9:14am — No Comments

Community Solar files a lawsuit against the people of Maine and threatens subscribers wth yanking their 15% savings

Upon further examination, this lawsuit  filed by Community Solar hits people not subscribing to community solar as well as people who have subscribed into community solar.

They want the courts to decide that their money is more important than the money that belongs to the people of Maine.

They threaten their own subscribers to eliminate the 15% sign up savings. 

This is outrageous! Suing the citizens of Maine while removing the only reason some…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 28, 2025 at 8:57am — 2 Comments

Net Energy Billing and Associated Ratepayer Costs is on the Line

LD 32 An Act to Repeal the Laws Regarding Net Energy Billing looms large in the upcoming Maine Legislative session this year. Originally debated in a public hearing February 6, 2025, it has survived several work sessions and is being carried over to the next session intact with no amendments.

 

It should be given another Public Hearing as…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 25, 2025 at 7:13am — No Comments

putting both existing projects and the future of clean-energy development in Maine at risk

Community Solar Owners File Lawsuit in Maine

Nov 24 2025

LD 1777 imposed retroactive changes on community solar ​projects​, jeopardizing ​​savings and​​​ clean energy jobs

AUGUSTA, ME — Today, 11 companies representing 111 community solar projects filed a lawsuit in Maine,…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 25, 2025 at 4:47am — No Comments

Another NECEC, but Maine Ratepayers Will Pay Millions This Time

"The goal of the RFP is to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where land-based wind generation is expected to increase, and more populous regions of southern New England, where demand for electricity is highest."     ISO-NE  November 21,2025

This Transmission Line is to deliver 1200 megawatts of intermittent wind from Northern Maine to…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 24, 2025 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

A Dastardly Deed Stripping Maine People of Their Say on the Aroostook County Power Lines.

Two actions taken by the Democrats in Maine Government that means the 1200 megawatt wind project in Aroostook County will be rammed through and the people can do nothing to stop it.

1. In 2021 the mission statement for the PUC was amended to add the duty of "reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet the greenhouse gas emissions reduction levels set forth in Title 38, section…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 23, 2025 at 11:36am — 1 Comment

Destruction of Central Maine Power by a Thousand Rate Hikes

The January 1,2026 rate increase will be the third increase since July 1,2025 for CMP customers

Electricity Rates…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 22, 2025 at 6:04am — 1 Comment

The price of electricity in Maine coincides with the growth of solar

The price of electricity in Maine coincides with the growth of solar

The statement that the amount of solar generated annually in Maine has increased nearly tenfold since 2015 is accurate, according to data and reports from the Maine Governor's Energy Office (GEO) and other sources.…
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Added by Dan McKay on November 14, 2025 at 8:43am — 1 Comment

The Maine Democrats and Efficiency Maine Trust combine to destroy the livelihoods of Maine people

Efficiency Maine Trust (EMT) in cahoots with the Democrat ruled legislature and executive branches of Maine government have designed a path to destruction of Maine, one citizen at a time.

EMT's heat pump program commandeered the removal of an existing heating system with an enticement enabled by money all ratepayers pay through their monthly electric bills. This is nothing short of…

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Added by Dan McKay on November 8, 2025 at 6:20am — 5 Comments

ISO-NE Tracking NECEC

1200 Megawatts of 24/7/365 power. Is there a data center coming to Lewiston?

Added by Dan McKay on November 5, 2025 at 8:34am — 1 Comment

2025 Regional System Plan identifies future needs of New England grid

ISO-NE presents a study that shows how 50 cents per kilowatt hour electricity can be a reality by 2050 or sooner if states continue to pursue wind, solar and battery storage and neglect natural gas and nuclear.

The chart shows where New England wind, solar and storage is presently and what will be to be overbuilt to meet the demand in 2050.  …

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Added by Dan McKay on October 30, 2025 at 9:32am — 4 Comments

This Chart Should Make You Feel "Warm and Fuzzy"

Ponder on this latest chart from ISO-NE. This is the expected new generation entering the New England Fleet by year. Are you ready for electricity rationing?

Added by Dan McKay on October 2, 2025 at 7:50am — 7 Comments

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U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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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