PROPOSING A LAW: THE MAINE PUC SHALL DISCLOSE RATEPAYER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH "PROCURED GENERATION"
THE HISTORY OF LONG-TERM RENEWABLE CONTRACTS
In 1997 the Legislature directed the general divesture of generation assets by Maine’s investor-owned utilities, P.L. 1997, Chapter 316, “An Act to Restructure the State’s Electric Industry” (codified at 35-A M.R.S. § 3204). More recently, however, the Legislature has enacted various programs to support the development of renewable power which have required: (1) that the Commission procure generation; and (2) that the utilities enter into contracts for the purchase of generation facility output and then sell or otherwise dispose of that output as directed by the Commission. The Commission’s practice over the past several years has been to have the utilities sell this generation facility output into the wholesale energy market.
NOTE: 1) "that the Commission procure generation"
NOTE: 2) "that the utilities enter into contracts for the purchase of generation facility output and then sell or otherwise dispose of that output as directed by the Commission."
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Comment
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Comment by Dan McKay on February 26, 2023 at 8:14am
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The PUC Response:
Commission (Maine PUC)is currently evaluating additional proposals from renewable generation projects to contract with the utilities for the delivery of energy via a transmission line that will be constructed to link northern Maine with the ISO-NE system.
Finally, in P.L. 2021, ch. 327, the Legislature has required that the Commission order one of the utilities to enter into a long-term contract with an offshore wind project with up to 144 MW in generation capacity.As stated in the Notice of Proceeding and as detailed above, the portfolio of energy resources that are under contract with the utilities will be increasing significantly going forward.As had been noted previously, it is the utilities’ obligation to manage and sell the output of these resources in a manner that is consistent with their obligation to maximize the value of the facilities’ output to ratepayers. This obligation has been conveyed by the Commission repeatedly in the context of various programs and procurements, including Net Energy Billing and section 3210-G.8
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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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