Another Maine Government Move to Crush Maine People Who Only Want to Stay Warm.

  • What is going on with RGGI and electric heat pumps?
  • RGGI CO2 allowance costs have gone up 500% in the last 6 Years. $5.27 per allowance to $26.73 per allowance.
  • RGGI costs add 2% to electric bills which, in turn, raise the cost of heating with heat pumps.
  • The New Model Rule being adopted by the ten States in RGGI are extremely aggressive and will increase allowance prices significantly.
  • OIl prices are receding in Maine:  $3.67 in early 2025 to $3.50 in early 2026.  
  • The trajectory of electric prices are trending up as RGGI allowance prices increase, while oil prices trends down.
  • As this happens, what is the Maine Government doing?
  • They are pushing RGGI to accelerate electricity prices by lowering allowable emissions from natural gas plants.
  • RGGI is a failure. Maine people will be switching back to oil heat and the grid operators will be burning oil to make electricity.
  • The Maine Government is failing to keep Maine affordable.

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Comment by Willem Post 1 hour ago

I have three heat pumps with 6 outlets, costing $24000, but I have not used them when the temps are 15 F or less, because then it is much less costly/kWh to use my three propane stoves that need no electrical connection.

My total energy savings have not exceeded $200 per year, for each of 5 years

If amortization costs are applied at 6% over 15 years, I lose $2000 per year

I will lose more, if there are maintenance costs

 

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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."

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