CMP and Versant Firewall Maine Ratepayers from the RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS PURSUANT TO THE NORTHERN MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
| No. | Date Filed | Description Of Filing | Filing Party | Filed By | No of Attachments | |
| 163 | 6/30/2023 |  CMP Request for Waiver |
CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY |
Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills |
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- This entry above is the last entry in the Maine PUC docket regarding: "REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS PURSUANT TO THE NORTHERN MAINE RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM"
- The PUC determined in the case entry dated February 3,2023 that " The term sheets for the selected
projects will undoubtedly advance Maine’s renewable energy and climate goals while
providing important economic benefits to northern Maine."
- The PUC also stated in that entry; "According to calculations based on currently available market forecasts, the
projected net ratepayer cost of the Northern Maine Renewable Development Program is
approximately $1.28 billion over a 30-year period.7"
" 7 The November 1, 2022, Order estimated the net cost to be $1.78 billion, which was
based on market forecasts available at that time. (Nov. 1, 2022, Order at 10.)"
- The PUC thus ordered on February 3, 2023 :
O R D E R S
1. The Term Sheets identified in Appendix A in the November 1, 2022,
Order, are approved subject to the conditions and provisions of the
November 1, 2022, Order, as well as this Order;
2. Commission Staff are directed to work with the owners/developers of the
resources whose Term Sheets have been selected, and with all other
parties in Maine and Massachusetts, including but not limited to Central
Maine Power and Versant Power (as delegated by the Director of Electric
and Natural Gas Industries), the Massachusetts EDCs, as well as the
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources and Attorney General to
enter into negotiations for a Transmission Services Agreement and
Purchase Power Agreement; and
3. In the event negotiations are successful, Maine’s T&D Utilities are directed
to submit final versions of the contracts that are consistent with the terms
set forth in the Term Sheets and with the November 1, 2022 Order and
this Order, to the Commission for approval prior to execution by the
parties on or before June 30, 2023.
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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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