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Depends on Who Supplies the Power

LIST OF RESOURCES USED IN STANDARD OFFER ELECTRICITY SUPPLY BY DELIVERY ARREA

CENTRAL MAINE POWER, STANDARD OFFER SUPPLIED IN 2021: 

NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC (34%)

New Brunswick Energy Marketing Corporation (33%)

Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC (33%)

VERSANT, MAINE PUBLIC…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 23, 2023 at 6:45am — 3 Comments

Natural Gas Prices on the Decline

SPOT PRICES FOR NATURAL GAS TRENDING DOWN. CRICKETS FROM AUGUSTA

Added by Dan McKay on January 23, 2023 at 6:21am — No Comments

Electric Standard Offer Supply Rates in New England

NOTE: MAINE RATES (LOWEST in NEW ENGLAND) ARE INFLUENCED BY GENERATION PLANTS of NEW BRUNSWICK

Added by Dan McKay on January 22, 2023 at 6:48am — No Comments

Lobbyists to descend on EUT Committee

Interested Party List for EUT Committee Meetings. Could there be lobbyists on this list?…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 21, 2023 at 10:01am — 2 Comments

“China’s Global Mega-Projects Are Falling Apart”

Shocker. “China’s Global Mega-Projects Are Falling Apart” Many…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 21, 2023 at 8:20am — No Comments

Something is Broken in Maine's Renewable Cartel.

Something is broken in Maine's Renewable Cartel. Promises have become lies. Lower emissions of C02 have become higher levels of C02. Lower prices from renewables have become higher prices due to renewables. And reliability of grid scale electricity is now balanced on a knife's edge, as oil has become the last of saving graces to keep the lights glowing.

        Even the NRCM has walked back its massive fight to block NECEC. The PUC is still questioning the ratepayer…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 7, 2023 at 11:04am — No Comments

The New England State Energy Wars Begin

In Connecticut, frustration grows over lack of access to Canadian hydropower

Stalled and contested transmission line projects have prevented New England from tapping into greater amounts of hydropower. Some officials and advocates say better collaboration among states is critical.…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 6, 2023 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

Massachusetts Puts the Spin on the Northern Maine Wind Project- A Sale's Pitch

HERE IS THE MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY STATEMENT OF FAKE FACTS WHICH ARE IN SMALL PRINT IN QUOTES

MY REBUTTALS ARE IN LARGE PRINT.

"Findings of Fact Based on review and analysis of the Projects’ confidential bid materials, inclusive of the Term Sheets with MPUC and the Projects’ responses to DOER questions, with support from the Evaluation Consultant, Levitan and Associates, and in consultation with the AGO, DOER makes the following findings in…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 6, 2023 at 7:53am — 2 Comments

ISO-NE president outlines progress, next steps in clean energy transition

NEW TRANSMISSION =$$$$$$$$$$

RETAIN EXISTING POWER PLANTS =$$$$$$$$$$$$

UNDERSTAND, ISO-NE MARKET ACTIONS = 83% OF ELECTRIC BILLS.

Part of The President's Statement:…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 4, 2023 at 7:56am — No Comments

Massachusetts' sets up a sting against Maine ratepayers, punishment for NECEC vote

Anytime the phrase " ratepayers would be on the hook" comes from government, there is good reason to think Maine's 60 percent share of this boondoggle is a stab in the back.

"Massachusetts will direct the Massachusetts [electric distribution companies] to enter into long-term contracts for up to 40 percent of the Generation Project’s electric generation and [renewable energy credit]…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 4, 2023 at 7:20am — No Comments

Northern Maine clean energy project gets key commitment from Massachusetts

"The Maine PUC must still determine whether the costs to Maine electric customers are "reasonable and in the public interest," and if a partnership with Massachusetts could offset the costs. Commissioners have asked the agency's staff to complete a report on the regional partnership's potential by Jan. 15."

     Most of the wind projects in Maine sign contracts with out of state…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 31, 2022 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Maine's Great Electric Future is as Close as it Has Ever Been

Forget the referendum for a hostile, expensive, ill-fated takeover of CMP and Versant, and give Maine people a referendum to dissolve participation in ISO-NE, purchase the oil-fired plant in Yarmouth and negotiate a deal to share grid operations with New Brunswick.

    All…

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Added by Dan McKay on December 30, 2022 at 5:31am — No Comments

New England or New Brunswick?

Would Maine be better off sharing grid scale electrical operations with The New Brunswick System Operator than ISO-NE?

   A Number of Facts Say Yes.

  •   1. The Maine PUC selects New Brunswick as the standard offer provider for most of Maine, 67 % for CMP Residential & Commercial Accounts, 100% for Versant Residential and…
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Added by Dan McKay on December 29, 2022 at 5:12am — No Comments

Indict Fauci

Added by Dan McKay on December 28, 2022 at 5:39am — No Comments

ISO-NE and the Last Stand

Oil is all that is left to keep the electricity flowing in New England. According to the Office of the Public Advocate ISO-NE is burning oil because " There is no pipeline gas available"

 
SO, oil replaced natural gas,…
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Added by Dan McKay on December 27, 2022 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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Added by Dan McKay on December 27, 2022 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

The Electric Bill Mostly Originates from ISO-NE Actions

  

Components of a Maine Electric Bill Over the Years: 

The Green Bar Is the …

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Added by Dan McKay on December 27, 2022 at 6:20am — No Comments

A Few RGGI Facts and Maine Fossil Fuel Plants

RGGI, a carbon tax scheme, charges each plant at a per ton of C02 emitted during operating times.

  • RGGI has been in effect since 2008 when the price for emitting C02 was $3.30 per ton
  • RGGI prices for 2022 are $13.46 per ton, a 307% increase
  • Maine has 5 natural gas-fired plants and one oil-fired plant that…
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Added by Dan McKay on December 26, 2022 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

There Are Other Avenues to Inexpensive, Reliable Power

                                            The Solution to Maine's ISO-NE Problem

Added by Dan McKay on December 26, 2022 at 5:37am — No 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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