Regulators approve Versant 23% rate hike
Note that Phil Bartlett, the Maine PUC chair quoted below, was a member of the original commission that paved the way for the free ride given to wind developers' recklessly savaging Maine's ridgelines and Mainers' bank accounts:
https://www.windtaskforce.org/page/the-expedited-wind-law
Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published March 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM EDT
Versant Power customers are in for even more expensive electric bills after Maine regulators on Tuesday approved a rate hike to help the company with system upgrades.
It's the latest in years of price increases for consumers in northern and eastern Maine. Versant serves about 159,000 customers.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a 23% increase in Versant's distribution revenue. The company said it needs extra funding to modernize its system and to cover storm recovery, higher payroll and the effects of inflation.
The increase translates to an added $11.15 to the average residential customer's monthly bill, according to the agency.
Commission chair Phil Bartlett said consumers have voiced concerns about the price of electricity after years of increases in distribution, supply and transmission costs. The commission said Versant's next distribution rate proposal should cover multiple years, as a way to to ease price increases.
"While Versant clearly needs to make responsible investments in its system to improve reliability, it will be important to manage the pace of investments recognizing there are limits on the ability to pay," Bartlett said.
New rates take effect April 1.
Full article can be read at https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2025-03-11/regulat...
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on March 12, 2025 at 11:47am
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Arthur, that is the question of the day. Hopefully rebellion will happen and do so before it is too late. Keep in mind, the mainstream media, both nationally and in Maine have the capability to either hasten or deter the awakening it will take. So far, almost all their efforts have been propaganda to deter awakening. I am watching their coverage, both quantity, quality and slant, as the Trump admistration via DOGE dries up sources of federal funding for a myriad of recipients. At least indirectly, I would say that much of the media have been recipients. That means they have been taking the money from the average citizen to use it against the average citizen, and almost always under a noble cause veneer. As these funds dry up, I'm watching carefully. I believe I already see fewer and fewer new articles in the Maine newspapers. Notice how they fill out their home pages with old articles and sometimes duplicate listings of the same articles. Why? I would say to prevent their shelves from looking bare. There are of course numerous "NGO's" who will hopefully find any direct or indirect federal support drying up and if I am right, we should see some signs of this. Electing a MAGA governor, not some fraudulent RINO would perhaps allow a Maine DOGE to work some magic.
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Comment by arthur qwenk on March 12, 2025 at 9:53am
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Enjoy "Green" Wind and Solar!
When will Mainers rebel?
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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