All New England States to Pay for Wind in Aroostook County That Will Never Overcome Line Losses and Congestion to Reach Massachusetts
Pay up, you suckers, this power will never be delivered to Southern New England
At the direction of the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE), ISO New England has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to address longer-term transmission needs. Although the schedule is subject to change, proposals are due in September 2025. After evaluation by the ISO, a preferred solution may be selected by NESCOE as early as September 2026.
The goal of the RFP is to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where land-based wind generation is expected to increase, and more populous regions of southern New England, where demand for electricity is highest.
NESCOE’s request includes a list of needs that all proposals must address. These include increasing the amount of power that can flow across the Maine–New Hampshire and Surowiec–South transmission interfaces, and developing new infrastructure around Pittsfield, Maine, that could accommodate the interconnection of 1,200 megawatts of land-based wind.
The request is in accordance with Phase 2 of the longer-term transmission planning (LTTP) process. LTTP was initiated in response to the New England States’ Vision for a Clean, Affordable, and Reliable 21st Century Regional Electric Grid, a document issued in 2020 that called on the ISO to incorporate longer-term transmission planning in its regional system planning process. Much of the framework of the RFP is drawn from the ISO’s 2050 Transmission Study, part of Phase 1 of the LTTP. The landmark study identified high-likelihood concerns and associated transmission system upgrade costs that may be driven by the states’ pursuit of policy goals to reduce carbon emissions.
The ISO will assess proposals based on various factors, including cost benefit to the region and additional evaluation priorities identified by NESCOE. The ISO will provide updates on the process, as appropriate, through the Planning Advisory Committee.
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Comment by Penny Gray on April 15, 2025 at 6:30pm
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I moved to the crown of Maine to escape the horrors of wind power in my beloved western Maine mountains. And now, here it is again, the recurring nightmare that is Green $$$$$$ Power.
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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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