Constellation Energy plans to retire a Massachusetts gas power plant at the end of May, which will eliminate the biggest user of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) that is imported through the company’s Everett Marine Terminal. Constellation is trying to line up new…

The New England electricity market operated with  nuclear plant generation reduced by 1200 megawatts from January 8,2023 to January 19, 2023. Since Tuesday, January 16th when a significant snowfall event occurred all over New England with a simultaneous cold snap, all generators have been called upon at different times of the day. Hydro peaked out during the morning and evening peak demand periods. Solar was non-existence during these peak periods.Natural gas-fired generation soared to 9500…

Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: 'A bunch of dead robots out here' (foxbusiness.com)

As more solar and wind projects impact electricity generation and natural gas production decreases, oil becomes a must have backups for all other resources.

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In 2014, when Maine had 894-megawatt nameplate capacity wind development of the state's current 1013 megawatt nameplate capacity wind development operating, 57% had power purchase agreements with Massachusetts' utilities.

Maine NEB and Tariff Rate solar development sells 64% of their RECs to Massachusetts' utilities.

The charts following discloses the origin of RECs purchased to comply with Maine's Class 1, Class 1A and Class 2 renewable portfolio…

1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory

2 U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Wind Energy Technologies Office

Just as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative peaks the price per ton of C02 ( $14.88 per ton), Maine C02 eclipses the 2019 C02 totals by 1,239,880 tons in 2022. Keep sending that wind and solar energy to Massachusetts and they will keep sending natural gas our way, but Maine might want to get out of the RGGI program first.

The people of the EUT Committee had a face to face discussion with the PUC and concerns over stranded costs paid by electricity ratepayers came up.  Seems the PUC estimates that future stranded costs  could be somewhere between 1 cent per kilowatt hour to 4 cents per kilowatt hour. In other words, a good portion of the decrease in 2024 electricity supply prices could be eaten up by increases in electric delivery prices driven by legislative policies. i.e. stranded costs associated…

Staff of Natural Resources Council of Maine Look to Unionize Over Toxic Company Culture

BY STEVE ROBINSONDECEMBER 19, 2023UPDATED:DECEMBER 19,…

CMP would like you to know:    AMP participants’ electricity usage is significantly higher than the average customer

The Maine PUC would like you to Know: "A T&D Utility may recover in rates all costs of its AMP, including incremental costs, reconnection fees and administrative and marketing costs....."

SATARTIA, Miss. – On Feb. 22, 2020, a clear Saturday after weeks of rain, Deemmeris Debra'e Burns, his brother and cousin decided to go fishing. They were headed home in a red Cadillac when they heard a boom and saw a big white cloud shooting into the evening…

 "The Millstone Nuclear Power Station in Connecticut has been operating at 40% capacity since October 20^th, which has led to increased natural gas consumption for power generation in New England."