THIS IS THE KIND OF BS THAT IS SENT TO THE PUC AND AUGUSTA LAWMAKERS TO INFLUENCE THEM INTO CONDONING THE RAPE OF THE RATEPAYERS BY ALLOWING INEFFICIENT WIND TO CORRUPT THE GRID!!

SEE BS STUDY FOLLOWING MY REBUTTAL 

     TO BE DISPATCHED INTO THE NEW ENGLAND GRID, A GENERATOR, NO MATTER THE RESOURCE PRODUCING IT, MUST OFFER IT"S OUTPUT (OR IN THE CASE OF WIND, THE ESTIMATED OUTPUT) AT A PRICE BELOW OTHER GENERATOR OFFERS. 

     AT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, WIND COULD NOT COMPETE BECAUSE IT IS TOO EXPENSIVE. IT MUST CONNIVE IT'S WAY ONTO THE GRID WITH THE HELP OF DUPED LEGISLATORS, MEDIA PUNDITS, ENVIRONMENTAL DENIERS AND A HUGE DOSE OF UNBRIDLED GREED.

     ENTER THE SUBSIDIES, PAID BY TAXPAYERS AND RATEPAYERS, THESE HANDOUTS ARE COMMON KNOWLEDGE NOW, BUT A DEEPER DIVE REVEALS THE TREACHERY BEHIND THE SMILING GREEN FACES.

     EVERY WIND PROJECT ADDED TO THE GRID DIMINISHES THE RELIABILITY OF THE GRID BY PLACING RELIABLE GENERATORS AT AN ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, OFTEN DRIVING THEM OFF THE GRID. THE VALUE OF THESE GENERATORS CAN NOT BE REPLACED BY UNCONTROLLABLE WIND. MAN WILL NEVER, EVER CONTROL THE WIND, IPSO FACTO, THE GRID BECOMES UNCONTROLLABLE, EXPENSIVE AND A RATIONED COMMODITY.

     THE STUDY BY DAYMARK, PAID BY PRO-WIND AND SOLAR GROUPIES IS UTTER PROPAGANDA. HOW DOES CAPACITY OF ANY GENERATION LOWER PRICES? CAPACITY IS ANOTHER WORD FOR POTENTIAL, OR A COULD BE SCENARIO. AGAIN, IF WIND IS AN UNCONTROLLABLE ENTITY, THEN POTENTIAL IS UNCONTROLLABLE AND PROMOTING CAPACITY AS COST SAVINGS IS UNDENIABLE PROPAGANDA. 

    THE WHOLESALE PRICE REDUCTION FROM ANY WIND PROJECT OPERATING ANYWHERE WITHIN THE ISO-NE MARKET REGION IS DOWNRIGHT FANTASY. THE PRICE REDUCTION IS DERIVED FROM THE ABILITY TO OFFER LOWER BIDS TO REAP THE SUBSIDIES AND IS REPEATEDLY DECLARED BY PROMOTERS USING THE OLD TRICK CALLED THE SHELL GAME OR TOLD ONLY ONE FACET TO COVER UP OTHER UNTOLD FACETS THAT CONTRADICT THE SOLE TOLD STATEMENT. WIND NOT ONLY REPLACES THE OUTPUT FROM RELIABLE GENERATORS, IT REPLACES ENTIRE RELIABLE GENERATION PLANTS.

HERE, ISO-NE GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYS THE PLANT RETIREMENTS IN NEW ENGLAND:

THE LOSS OF RELIABILITY COMES AT A DRASTIC COST. AN EMPLOYER WHO LOSES A RELIABLY PRODUCTIVE WORKER LOSES COMPANY VALUE WHICH CANNOT BE REPLACED BY UNDEPENDABLE REPLACEMENTS, LEADING TO INCREASED PRODUCT PRICES OR PRODUCT REDUCTIONS. GRID SCALE WIND MEANS HIGHER PRODUCT(ELECTRICITY) PRICES AND PRODUCT(ELECTRICITY) REDUCTIONS... LOSE-LOSE, NOT WIN-WIN.

ISO-NE FINDS THAT MORE WIND MEANS FEWER EFFICIENT, DEPENDABLE PLANTS ARE AVAILABLE.THEY RETIRE AS THE GRID UNDERGOES A POLITICALLY MANUFACTURED TRANSITION TO WIND AND SOLAR. ISO-NE IS SCRAMBLING TO APPEASE THE RENEWABLE SURGE WITH FEWER AND FEWER BACKUP OPTIONS AND MOST OF THESE APPEASEMENTS MEANS MONKEYING WITH A COMPETITIVE MARKET BY USING THE SAME TACTICS USED BY WIND AND SOLAR DEVELOPERS, i.E. BY USING SUBSIDIES TO KEEP DEPENDABLE PLANTS FROM RETIRING. A CYCLIC DISASTER OCCURRING WITH EACH COMMISSIONED WIND AND SOLAR PROJECT.

MARKET PRICE VOLATILITY IS CREATED WHEN ASSURED DEPENDABILITY IS SOUGHT FROM FEWER AND FEWER DEPENDABLE PLANTS. SHORTAGES OF SUPPLY WHILE DEMAND REMAINS HIGH AND FLUCTUATING IS GUARANTEED TO SPIKE PRICES.

BELOW IS THE BS STUDY MOST OFTEN READ BY LAWMAKERS AND REGULATORS. IT DETAILS A SCENARIO WHERE RICHES ARE ABUNDANT AND PLEASANTLY ENTICING TO SOME, BUT NOT TO RATEPAYERS, BECAUSE ALL THE RICHES COME FROM YOU, THE RATEPAYER.

ACP Study Shows Clean Energy Benefits for New England Region

A new study commissioned by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) has found that additional renewable capacity will lower energy market prices and provide significant cost savings for consumers in New England states. Conducted by Daymark Energy Advisors, the study analyzed the market and environmental benefits of 1,200 MW of incremental land-based renewable capacity for the New England region.

The new study focused on clean energy resources sited in northern Maine, which is the location of most proposed large-scale, land-based renewable projects in the region. Although the modeled projects are located in Maine, the ISO New England (ISO-NE) market is operated and dispatched as an integrated system, and as a result, the wholesale price reduction benefits will accrue across the region.

“This study quantifies the customer savings and environmental benefits of using more clean energy in the Northeast region,” says Moira Cyphers, director of Eastern state affairs for ACP. “This is a win-win. Clean energy provides significant cost savings for customers, reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and will bring good jobs to Northern Maine – promoting a healthier and more prosperous future for all.”

The report detailed significant market benefits for consumers in Maine as well as in neighboring states. The analysis studied two cases: a “Wind Only” case with 1,200 MW of land-based wind, and a “Wind+Solar” case with 900 MW of land-based wind and 300 MW of new solar. The report utilized this methodology to assess the various benefits of northern Maine renewable energy and transmission development to Maine and Massachusetts ratepayers as well as the ISO-NE region.

As a large source of low-cost, non-emitting energy, the report found that the addition of the renewable projects will reduce the need for the ISO-NE to dispatch inefficient and expensive fuel-fired resources, lowering wholesale energy market prices and providing significant energy cost savings for consumers in New England states.

Long-term contracts for clean energy will protect Maine from the kind of price volatility that has led to recent price spikes in the cost of energy, according to the report. The analysis projected savings of $35 million per year in the “Wind Only” scenario and $25 million per year in the “Wind+Solar” scenario.

Even though the specific resources studied in this analysis are located in northern Maine, the benefits accrue throughout the region. Massachusetts is poised to be the largest beneficiary of these developments: the report projected $129 million per year in the “Wind Only” scenario and $99 million in the “Wind+Solar” scenario.

Overall, the analysis quantified the region’s total savings at $277 million per year in the “Wind Only” scenario and $210 million per year for the “Wind+Solar” scenario.

In addition to lowering costs of energy supply, the report found that addition of clean energy capacity reduces the total regional emissions from the power supply sector, providing significant environmental benefits delivered by the incremental renewable resources. The report projected that the addition of the 1,200 MW of new renewable capacity will result in a reduction of 1.9 million metric tons of carbon emissions every year in the “Wind Only” scenario, and 1.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions reduced in the “Wind+Solar” scenario.

As New England states pursue economy-wide electrification and decarbonization, the report underscores the role northern Maine is playing as a catalyst for progress towards achieving state policy goals, realizing renewable-driven economic growth, and laying the foundation for a clean energy future. Regional integration opportunities demonstrate the potential the Northeast has to unlock both near-term and long-term benefits for consumers.