January 2018 Expensive Month 


 Energy market value for three weeks in January 2018 was about $1.1 billion**
 
  For the entire 2016 year the energy market value was just over $4 billion – three cold weeks in January 2018 was a quarter of 12-months of 2016) 
 
 Region experienced similar high winter pricing during polar vortex (winter 2013-14) 
 
     ** January 2018 Energy Market Value through January 24, 2018
                 Region Has Made Energy Efficiency a Priority 
 
 New England continues to be at the front of the curve with respect to state energy efficiency (EE) 
 
 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut hold four of top six spots in a national ranking 
 
 Energy efficiency has been incorporated into capacity market  States have reinvested 
RGGI, system benefits charges, and FCM money into EE 30 http://aceee.org/state-policy/scorecard
 
 ISO estimates the region invests $1 billion annually on EE 
                                The Winds of Change
 
  1,400 MW of wind has been connected to the regional power system over past decade
 
  In 2017 about 3% of regional generation was from wind 
 
 Almost 9,000 MW of wind is proposed to be built (both on and off-shore)
 
  Additional transmission needed to interconnect wind to regional system 
                 Sun Is A Bright Spot in Region’s Future 
 
 Solar growth has been significant and continued growth is forecasted
 
  Region can see upwards of 6 GW of solar by 2027
 
  Region will need quick-responding resources to complement intermittent nature of solar 

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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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