Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine

"Confidentiality" and " Ambiguity"

President Reagan perceived the nature of government in his famous quote about the nine most terrifying words. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"

I offer a few words derived from the "Northern Maine Renewable Energy Development Program" that should terrify every electric customer in Maine: " Confidentiality" and " Ambiguity"

Last November in response to an order from the legislature, later to become law. and eerily similar to the passage of the Wind Act of 2008 when not one legislator voiced opposition as legislative votes were waived and the bill was sent to the Governor, LD 1710 " An Act to Require Prompt and Effective Use of the Renewable Energy Resources of Northern Maine" became a Request for Proposals to be received by the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Quietly and currently kept in secret (Under the need for "Confidentiality") these Proposals are in the hands of the PUC. The transmission proposals were received March 1,2022 and the generation proposals were received May 2, 2022. That's right, this project is so big, it requires new separate proposals, and we know not who, what or where in the large county of Aroostook any of these projects may happen, except for one participant proposing a transmission project.

Con-Ed of New York wants to build the transmission project, a project as large, if not larger than NECEC and the only reason we know of their interesting proposal is because of their stipulation that they want to be able to adjust the rates of service as they see fit, i.e., the kilowatt per hour price.

FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) had to intervene as to whether this adjustment to rates was in compliance with their rules. To which FERC replied " Based on the record before us, we find that the Northern Maine Renewables Act is ambiguous as to the obligations of the transmission and distribution utilities that would be taking service over the selected transmission project. " Oh, that terrifying word "Ambiguous"

Whenever a government process is kept in secrecy and is termed ambiguous, you know they ARE NOT here to help!!

Companies offering proposals under the conditions set forth for these projects have got to love it. No Public Scrutiny (Confidentiality) and NO Specifics of Proposals Necessary (Ambiguity) This is right up Hunter Biden's alley.

This is the most disastrous energy proposal since the Wind Act. Every legislator who sat in silence while this thing was "hammered" into passage needs to address their constituents who are wondering how in hell they are going to pay for heat and electricity this winter!

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U.S. Sen Angus King

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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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