State Energy Plan

Comment

Comment by Dan McKay on December 14, 2017 at 9:47am

Augusta, Maine –  The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) is asking Mainers for their input as they develop an Energy Planning Roadmap that advances the state of Maine’s energy, economic development, and environmental goals. 

Stated Plainly :
Purchasing electricity( as in long term contracts) at above market prices as a hedge to future price increases is the very cause of future price increases. This is not easy to understand, but this is the current energy policy. 
   Overcharging customers and redistributing these overcharges to recipients for implementation of energy efficient devices under pretense that these overcharges lead to energy cost savings for everyone is the oldest ruse in the book. This is current energy policy. 
    Bringing about the shutdown of baseload electrical generation so that oversaturation of intermittent resources may replace them is sort of like hiring a drunk to replace your most dependable worker, but this is current energy policy.
     Charging a carbon tax on needed generation so that this needed generation will consider the option of plant closure is somehow counterproductive, especially when this tax burden is passed on to customers. Seems to say we really don't want your needed power. This is current energy policy.
     Thinking that expanding these policies as a policy itself is probably the saddest part of the current energy policy.
    A wool blanket given to every Mainer is a better energy policy than all these fandangled, special interest driven, good for nothing, rate increasing, current energy policies.

Comment by John F. Hussey on December 13, 2017 at 12:54pm

We need to be VERY CAREFUL, look at the board of E2Tech!

Here is a sample of board members who make their MONEY form BIG WIND: 

  (full board http://www.e2tech.org/about/board )

Chad Allen, Senior Project Engineer Cianbro Corporation

Chad’s responsibilities shifted to support the growth of wind energy in our region, including development, project construction, and maintenance.

Brooke Barnes, Stantec

He is actively engaged in the development and permitting of most of Maine’s wind projects.

John Carroll, Director, Communications AVANGRID

John Carroll has served as Director of Communications for Iberdrola USA since 2013 where he has responsibility for internal and external communications, brand, reputation and social responsibility. In 2002 he joined Central Maine Power; one of Iberdrola USA’s operating companies...

Phil Coupe, Co-owner ReVision Energy

managing partner and co-founder of ReVision Energy, a certified B Corp and the largest solar energy company in northern New England with more than 6,000 systems placed in service in ME, NH, and MA since 2003.

David Ertz, Director, Construction Management First Wind's

responsible for the engineering and construction activities associated with First Wind’s projects in the Eastern U.S.

William V. Ferdinand, Jr., Eaton Peabody

an attorney with Eaton Peabody who focuses his legal practice on environmental and land use law.

John M. Ferland, President and Chief Operating Officer Ocean Renewable Power Company

leads ORPC’s project development, environmental permitting and project licensing activities.

Elizabeth W. Swain, Director of Strategic Communications
Barton & Gingold, a Division of POWER Engineers

Her work has focused on permitting clean energy projects, including wind, hydro, and natural gas, and providing strategic consultation and community relations on electric transmission and pipeline projects, conservation easements, comprehensive planning, transportation projects, solid waste and Superfund.

Jeffrey Thaler, Esq. Professor/Asst. University Counsel

permitting counsel for on- and off-shore wind projects, hydro power and wood-to-biofuel facilities, as well as many other commercial development projects. He continues as the attorney for the only deepwater offshore wind power project in North America.