New England States RFI Asks Stakeholders for Ocean Cable Funding

Example of Correct Method Using Ocean Wind Submarine Cables No need for offshore wind cables through residential locations

New England States RFI Asks Stakeholders for Ocean Cable Funding 
Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
 
Federal Funding Avoids Onshore Wind Cables Through Residential Locations
Originally a Boston company proposed placing an offshore submarine cable from the offshore wind sites directly to Boston. This would have eliminated the need for cables for example through the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts to the grid locations.
The need for cables through the Falmouth is not a climate emergency. The cable route is a cost saving to offshore wind companies as the cost of submarine cables is enormous.
 
The bottom line is that offshore wind companies should run their cables using submarine cables to the large cities that will use thousands of megawatts of power rather than the cost-saving method of going to the closest oceanfront residential community. The residential community is then used as a cost-saving way to get to the electric grid and power distribution systems. 
 
Do it right the first time. 
Massachusetts and other states are asking to leverage funds for offshore wind cables 
A stakeholder is either an individual, group or organization that’s impacted by the outcome of a project or a business venture. Stakeholders have an interest in the success of the project and can be within or outside the organization that’s sponsoring the project. 
Details :
On September 1, 2022, 5 New England States (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island) announced a joint initiative to explore investment in electric transmission infrastructure needed to better integrate clean energy resources such as, but not limited to, offshore wind, while improving the reliability, resilience, and affordability of the grid for the regions’ electricity customers.
The States are releasing a joint Request for Information seeking comment on an initiative to integrate offshore wind and other resources in a cost-effective, reliable and efficient manner—including opportunities to leverage federal funding for New England transmission investments under the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

This Notice (Notice) of Request for Information (RFI) is being issued by the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island (Participating States)1 to solicit comment from interested stakeholders, electric transmission industry representatives, offshore wind developers, and others regarding changes and upgrades to the regional electric transmission system needed to integrate renewable energy resources, including but not limited to offshore wind resources, as well as significant other new renewable resources developed in areas of the region requiring new transmission to integrate into the New England bulk electric system. 
To submit your comments or questions, please email: transmission@newenglandenergyvision.com
The States will hold a Technical Meeting on October 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Please view the Notice of Technical Meeting for more information.

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Comment by Willem Post on October 3, 2022 at 9:03pm

ISO-NE should tell wind system owners where to land their underwater cables for connecting to the NE grid.

Wind system owners would include such cabling in their bids.

ISO-NE would redesign the on-land high voltage grid to accommodate the future electricity inflows

 

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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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