ISO-NE Under the Direction of NESCOE is like Parents Taking Commands From Their 2 Year Old Toddlers

NESCOE, New England States Committee on Electricity, is an interesting and obscure group. It consists of a management group, effectively, one vote per state, appointed by governors and claims to be "a not‐for‐profit entity organized under state and federal laws to coordinate and advance the collective perspective of the New England states."  Five of the six New England States have democrat governors with a " collective perspective " that promotes intermittent resources like wind and solar. 
 
On the other hand, ISO-NE is self-described as "the independent, nonprofit corporation responsible for keeping electricity flowing across the six New England states and ensuring that the region has reliable, competitively priced wholesale electricity today and into the future."
 
So, how did NESCOE and ISO-NE form a relationship?  ISO-NE has many committees and sub-committees but NESCOE isn't listed as one, at least not on their website. 
 
How did NESCOE convince ISO-NE to solicit bids to rebuild a transmission line from Pittsfield, Maine to the Maine/New Hampshire border, a $2,4 billion dollar project. It is worth noting that both of these agencies have concealed their intentions and a firewall exists to keep the public questioning their plans at bay. ISO-NE states this project proceeded "At the direction of NESCOE, ISO issued a request for proposals (RFP) in March"   (ISO New England Update   Consumer Liaison Group Meeting   MARCH 25, 2026)
So, even though NESCOE is vacant from the normal ISO-NE management structure, it seems to be an authority "directing" their actions. 
But, now, the New England Governors have pledged to advance nuclear power projects in their respective states, an electricity generating resource, producing 24/7/365 which is  completely 180 degrees from wind, an intermittent producer. How can ISO-NE rationalize this? How do the Governors rationalize this masquerade? 
Are the ratepayers of New England expected to absorb the exorbitant expense of creating a $2.4 billion dollar path for frickle wind as well as prepare a path for nuclear?
ISO-NE needs to re-examine their relationship with NESCOE, and reject this bum steer. NESCOE has wiped out any semblance they may have had to relevance. 

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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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