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 initial selections, no disclosure of where they are to be built or pricing offers.
The final selection of the proposals submitted in the DEEP procurement will be
made jointly with Connecticut and the other participating states. At this time the
Commission identifies the proposed generation projects for which contracting for all or a
portion of the output would be beneficial for Maine ratepayers. These projects are:
Project 38, up to a maximum of 15 megawatts (MW);
Project 42, up to a maximum of 5.5 MW;
Project 40, up to a maximum of 6 MW;
Project 24, up to a maximum of 15 MW;
Project 23, up to a maximum of 11 MW; and
Project 22, up to a maximum of 4 MW.
Commission Staff is directed to work with Connecticut and the other states
participating in this procurement to determine a final allocation for Maine of the output of
these projects, up to the specified maximum amounts.
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Comment by Dan McKay 2 hours ago
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Here the Efficiency Maine Trust provides an example of using "Spin" to get weary ratepayers to believe in them: The Trust is directed by the legislature to “Reduce the price of electricity over time for all consumers by reducing or shifting demand for electricity or balancing load, including by the
implementation of beneficial electrification and energy storage systems.”Sorry, EMT, your credibility went into the toilet with the heat pump and EV debacle.
EMT wants Portland to try out the electricity of last resort: batteries. They are so useless now. This bureaucracy should face elimination.They are funded through a direct tax on electricity bills (up to 4%). Of course they want everyone to heat and transport themselves via electricity; the more electricity used , the more it fills their coffers. Now that the Trump administration is ending subsidies, they are looking for more statewide income sources. EMT, also, gets all the RGGI money that raises electricity supply costs, like the rate hike coming Jan.1, 2026, up to 30%!
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
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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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