NRCM respectfully requests that the Commission deny CMP’s request for a CPCN for its proposed NECEC project.

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Comment by arthur qwenk on February 2, 2019 at 7:16pm

Never a day passes that the environmental elite screw the average Joe.

How else would the effete academic elite profit and make a living !

Build the NECEC hydro corridor. Its benefits far outweigh the costs.

Wind , Solar???

Low density feel good politics and Pseudo-science, unable to support modernity (but able to support the Swamp Dwelling Elitists and youthful non-scientific socialistic ignoramuses).

Comment by Penny Gray on February 2, 2019 at 5:51pm

Wow Dan.  I have to print this out somehow.

Comment by Dan McKay on February 2, 2019 at 5:04pm

NRCM. I am a ratepayer and this hurts !

Comment by Penny Gray on February 2, 2019 at 4:53pm

What's happening right now in Australia will soon be happening here if these so-called environmentalists get their way.  What a bunch of hypocrites.

Comment by Stephen Littlefield on February 2, 2019 at 4:45pm

All the fake environmentalists that are so against this transmission corridor, don't mention the cost that ratepayers will have to bear for the minimal return from wind and solar. Because of the many transmission lines required to tie all the windmills to the substations. These wind companies bear no responsibility to connect to the substations that is the responsibility of CMP which means that the ratepayers pay for that connection for very little in return, and the out of state owners take their millions and run. The CMP corridor is one trunk line that would if not lower rates but, at least stabilize rates in the future that's one thing that Big Wind will never do, ever! Big Wind is like owning a boat, you just keep throwing money at it with little return! 

Comment by Long Islander on February 2, 2019 at 10:49am

NRCM:

"Clean, renewable energy sources are helping Maine become more energy independent, improve air quality, and advance our economy—through new clean energy jobs and by reducing how much money we send out of state for fossil fuels."

https://www.nrcm.org/projects/climate/clean-energy/

QUESTION: Do the owners/shareholders of the wind companies live out of state? Are they not the ones getting most of the money? What about the higher costs of wind power borne by Maine ratepayers? Isn't most of that money going out of state? And how many of the wind turbine manufacturers are in Maine? (None). Aren't most of those manufacturers in foreign countries?

Comment by Long Islander on February 2, 2019 at 10:25am

"The line could also harm our in-state renewable energy industry, including wind and solar, by reducing demand, creating new congestion on our electricity transmission system, and increasing the cost for these projects to connect to the grid and make it impossible to determine the true climate impact from this project. However, we know the transmission line would harm wildlife, fisheries, recreational resources, and clean water."

https://www.nrcm.org/projects/climate/proposed-cmp-transmission-lin...

Comment by Dan McKay on February 2, 2019 at 8:45am

And from the other environmental groups and ratepayer haters :

Acadia Center :

"However, the Commission can and should require far more benefits directly for Maine, to meet the Maine-specific public need. The Commission should require commitments such as: a) ensuring that the NECEC line does not suppress the expansion of land-based renewable generation in Maine; b) enhancing the delivery of energy efficiency programs and their benefits to low-income ratepayers, the expansion of beneficial electrification through deployment of heat pumps and electric vehicles; and c) mitigation of the impact of the NECEC project on adjacent communities."

RENEW :

"Based on the conditions RENEW recommends the Commission impose on NECEC to help advance renewable energy development in Maine, NECEC could provide meaningful benefits to Maine ratepayers and attainment of the Maine’s economic development, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas reduction goals. Without them, RENEW opposes granting a CPCN

for NECEC."

Conservative Law Foundation :

"For all these reasons, CLF urges that the Commission require CMP to commit to a significantly more robust project benefits package that includes substantial financial, resource and planning commitments that will, among other things, advance Maine’s renewable energy goals, Maine’s economy and Maine’s public health."

OPA :

"The OPA urges the Commission to condition the grant of CMP’s petition for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity on the requirement that CMP transfer ownership and operation of the NECEC into an affiliate in accordance with Chapter 820 of the Commission’s Rules and on condition that it provide additional community benefits commensurate with those that would have been paid to New Hampshire citizens and entities in connection with the Northern Pass Project."