Maine Utility Wants to End 'Net Metering' Policy

As Solar Power Hits Milestone,

Maine Utility Wants to End 'Net Metering' Policy

“Utilities around the country are trying to kill rooftop solar and net metering because utilities are monopolies, and it’s the only form of competition they’ve faced in over 100 years,”

One hot day last summer — Aug. 19, to be exact ........ some 1,900 residential solar arrays — and 200 institutional installations — were soaking up enough sunshine to power their own needs and to put 16 megawatts of energy back on the grid.


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Net Metering is a key element in preventing the need for more Industrial Wind and Solar facilities, along with future Storage facilities. Independent systems that "FIRST" supply the owner, and then provide their excess to Business or Industry as part of the Grid mix is a part of the solution.

“MAINE  should fight to keep Net Metering "PERMANENTLY "
and  "DEMAND" that other ISO NE grid tied states to the same!

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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 11, 2016 at 9:37am
This is Maine’s chance for the right solar power reboot

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Where there’s far less agreement is on a future for net metering — the three-decade-old policy that allows utility customers with solar installations to collect bill credits for any excess power they produce and send back to the grid. (That’s the policy that, under state rules, is now due for revision because the capacity of net metering customers now accounts for 1 percent of peak electric demand in the area served by Central Maine Power Co.)

Solar installers have largely built a business on net metering. It’s a straightforward way for customers who install solar panels to eventually recoup the cost of their investment. But utilities say net metering customers can end up paying less than what it costs per customer to maintain the electric grid.

 

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

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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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