IS CHEAPER ELECTRICITY AND DOOM TO WIND FARMS IN MAINE NORTH OF THE BORDER ?
“ Immediately after the acquisition was unveiled, Angie O’Connor, president of the New England Power Generators Association, warned that the deal could harm smaller American utilities looking to develop renewable energy projects.”
III. COMMENTS OF EPSA AND NEPGA
The Report of Roy J. Shanker, Ph.D that is being offered by EPSA/NEPGA in cooperation with a consortium of energy generators and suppliers highlights the economic, reliability and environmental benefits to Maine’s continued participation in ISO-NE.4 Mr. Shanker advances four conclusions in support of his findings. First, Maine would be exposed to increased costs and risks associated with Maine utilities leaving ISO-NE for a Maine only or Maine/New Brunswick transmission structure; Second, Maine would not continue to experience the same level of benefits from the pro-competitive market responses of wholesale and retail suppliers should Maine leave ISO-NE; Third, Maine’s withdrawal from ISO-NE will create serious impediments to wind development within Maine; Fourth, the best resolution of the current question in front of the Maine Commission is to remain in ISO-NE, and attempt to modify relevant rules and tariff provisions to address their specific concerns. The Shanker Report is generally consistent with the position of the Maine utilities who reached similar conclusions regarding the increased costs and risks associated with Maine utilities withdrawing from ISO-NE, as articulated by their respective expert witnesses, Michael Schnitzer for CMP and Robert Stoddard for BHE.5
The drive for new wind energy nationally is largely being facilitated by organized wholesale electricity markets and the investment by competitive suppliers, who are responsible for over 85% of the new wind capacity in the nation.19 Maine’s withdrawal from ISO-NE will have negative impacts on market operations of large wind developments and, accordingly, create increased risk to future wind development in Maine. Alternatively, Maine can benefit from the larger existing energy supply structures as well as the existing and planned transmission infrastructure of ISO-NE to achieve its targeted goals of increasing installed capacity of renewable energy resources.
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Comment by Mike DiCenso on January 8, 2010 at 10:50am
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HydroQuebec would benefit Mainers by lowering our electric bills. No PHD needed to understand that. Of course BH and CMP will scream and try to block anything resembling competition. The best news is the savings by eliminating the windsprawl being pushed hard by the wind industry. Wind is OBSOLETE and expensive. HydroQuebec means Maine's mountains are saved. Trees are not cut for powerlines to the turbines(cleaner air). We may enjoy the lakes and scenery without turbines sprawling across the horizon. We could listen to the sounds of nature and not the whooshing and thumping of turbine blades. People's health would not be sacrificed so the Mass. developers could run with millions in their pockets. If HQ has fishways that really work I see no problems.
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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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