February 12th EUT video recordings

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 16, 2015 at 3:47pm

The PA was a youngster, by the sounds of him, his first presentation. Two others (older with experience) were at the back of the room as his support team.

With 60% exported power, this has become a GAME: to much power generations, build bigger lines, then fill them with more, then build more, and so on. Maine does NOT need the power. Maine does NOT need more Gas. 50% of Maine's imported Gas goes to electrical generation. Maine does NOT need Wind. This is a Federal Mandate to make this nation appear Green. It is not based on Best Use practices, which starts with Reduction. Though if we reduce consumption the rates will again go up. We tried this once. 

Comment by Dan McKay on February 16, 2015 at 3:24pm

Thanks, Eric. Have a few questions for the presenters and hope to get face to face with them or legislators for answers..............

The PUC needs to be questioned about their approval to force CMP and Emera to buy the output from the Rollins Wind project and the RECs from the Verso biomass project which are both net negatives to the ratepayer's pocketbook.

  ISO-NE should be questioned on the plan to integrate another 800 megawatts of wind energy concentrated in Northern Maine. What is to happen when existing biomass and hydro plant output runs into wind output at critical transmission nodes in Maine and there isn't room for it all ?. What is the reason for the new market rule allowing negative pricing and why does it favor wind ? What will the costs of expanding load following ramping up and down be ?

   The Public Advocate needs to better explain why net metering in conjunction with on site electrical production is good economics for other ratepayers ?

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 16, 2015 at 9:11am

The TransCanada employment of 500 is probably only the New England segment of the company. It probably only includes non-subcontract workers. Liken it to the fact that Cianbro states it is employee owned. Truth be known, those employees are the engineers, not the in-the-trench workers. 

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 16, 2015 at 9:06am

I Believe all but Northern Maine is part of ISO-NE, however, there are bi-directional interconnections should they become needed. All power, with the possible exception of a few independent private utility generators, and northern Maine seem to be part of the ISO-NE. (Actual identification should be available from the PUC)  Kibby Comes south into the Wyman Dam Pen.  I have mapped this and is available at https://maps.google.com/maps?q=docs://0B4KW-VmaJQhZdlVyd3NheXEycGc&...

Comment by Penny Gray on February 16, 2015 at 8:50am

Excellent videos, thank you for posting. Listening to this TransCanada speaker, it's doubtful we'd survive as a country without this company, and they only employ 500 ppl?  Also, is it true that the Kibby project feeds its power inti ISO?  I thought it went to Canada.