In a first, New England governors plot transmission boost to bring wind, hydro power through Maine
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In a first, New England governors push transmission boost to bring wind, hydro power through Maine
The region's electric grid operator will oversee a more than $1 billion transmission upgrade along the Maine-New Hampshire line.
March 6, 2025
Stephen Singer Portland Press Herald
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The more populous southern New England states need electricity and northern Maine offers abundant opportunities to deliver wind energy from Aroostook County and hydropower from Canada.
Tie the two together with a more than $1 billion transmission upgrade, and zero-carbon energy will flow without impediments to the rest of the region. And with the cost split among the six states, Mainers will reap tremendous benefits at a bargain.
That’s the first-of-its-kind pitch made by New England’s governors to the region’s grid operator. Together, the states want to solicit bids for transmission projects close to the Maine-New Hampshire line and Portland.
One approach could involve building two lines — one from Pownal to Hampton, New Hampshire, and another from there to Haverhill, Massachusetts — but ideas about how to increase transmission capacity could vary and do not need to follow that specific route...........................................
........................ISO-New England, the grid operator, is on board with the idea..........................
GREENHOUSE GAS POLICIES DRIVE CHANGES
More efficient transmission will be needed to carry electricity generated by wind and hydropower as Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont develop stricter rules to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Relieving future transmission bottlenecks — when demand for electricity outstrips capacity of the transmission system — between northern and southern New England and accommodating more clean energy in Maine are the two main objectives of the regional solicitation, said a spokesperson for ISO-New England.......................
.............The upgrades are needed to avoid overloading transmission lines and transformers as residents increasingly rely on electricity to heat buildings and power vehicles and as offshore wind and other renewable energy sources far from homes and businesses produce more of the region’s power.
.............Dan Schwarting, manager of transmission planning at ISO, said it will issue a request for proposals in March or April and give transmission developers six months to respond. Twenty-seven qualified companies have been vetted financially and for their expertise to apply, he said.........................
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Comment by Dan McKay on March 7, 2025 at 5:15am
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Hard core renewable zealots explain that an overbuild of wind and solar will be necessary to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions. Common Sense: this as illogical and an overbuild of electricity costs and will lead to collapse of the grid.
Now, the overbuild is starting to show up as wind and solar fight over space on the grid.
This chart depicts the result of overbuild as solar blocks wind from the grid.
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Comment by Penny Gray on March 6, 2025 at 12:41pm
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Twilight Zone, 2025. Hopefully Maine residents will stomp the governors down.
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Why should Maine destroy our landscape and raise our electric rates for Massachusetts Clean Energy Standards?
Maine as Third World Country:
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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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