An attempt to screw up CMP, Emera and ISO-NE

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 28, 2017 at 12:01pm

Also a potential for more LLC startups, with seed money from the likes of the former First Wind types to promote these smaller possible single wind turbine projects, right in the middle of community squares or individual farm fields or forest lots.  Maine, occupied by Wind with Landfills being topped for attractive useful purposed Solar Caps. A true industrialized farm of the future. 20 million acres of Crap to serve the cities and communities to the south.  Once they get control over the rights to utilize the land, we remain only at their pleasure as servant tenants. 

Comment by Dan McKay on January 28, 2017 at 11:58am

The Ponzi Scheme going on steroids.

Comment by Penny Gray on January 28, 2017 at 11:47am

I see more community wars on the horizon...

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 28, 2017 at 11:39am

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

CONCEPT DRAFT

SUMMARY

      This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

      This bill proposes to establish measures to allow municipalities, working cooperatively with electrical utilities, to create microgrids, which are electricity distribution systems consisting of distributed energy sources, including demand management, storage and generation and loads capable of operating in parallel with, or independently from, the main power grid. This bill would address the following requirements:

1. The generation of electricity from renewable sources into the microgrid;

2. Methods for adding capacity for storage and managing or enabling a utility to

manage the charging of the microgrid and the use of the stored power;

3. An appropriate rate for power generation and stored power usage;

4. A credit applicable toward municipal electricity utilization or assignable to

organizations or households according to municipal public service decisions; and

5. Contracts with utilities to receive compensation for scheduling or shedding of

electrical load in order to lower peak demand and consequently ratepayer prices.

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This seems to me to be a method for communities or others to generate their own wind or solar power or by other means, and be able to attach to the grid for a fee to sell any excess power. Net Metering but on a larger scale and to promote encouragement of community owned Wind Turbines or Solar systems. A lot of investment for communities or individuals with little return unless locked in on a PPA.  Skirting the outcry from the public with a new approach ? Maybe. Last I knew community government could not own a business of profit but then someone may have figured out that detail.  With the new Rules being developed for General Wind Turbine placements, this may be the carrot that goes to further the greed of community leaders and like minded persons to sell our future rights with more occupation of Maine for the wasteful of Southern New England.