Stop the Madness, Reparate the Victims of NEB
The rocket growth of solar sited in Maine means a charge of an additional $100 per participating account would mean an additional $0 charge on non-participating accounts.
14% participate
86% non-participate
You want to use up space on the grid, pay for it!
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Comment by Dan McKay on February 22, 2025 at 9:50am
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Contracts to solar projects that are willing to switch from NEB to a long-term contract:
From PUC case no.2023-00335:
1. – twenty-year contract with energy priced at $135/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.25%.2. – twenty-year contract with energy priced at $135/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.25%.3. – twenty-year contract with energy priced at $135/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.25%.4. – twenty-year contract with energy priced at $135/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.25%.5. - twenty-year contract with energy priced at $145/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.50%.6. - twenty-year contract with energy and RECs at a combined price of $157/MWh and an annual escalator of 2.50%.If actually constructed, add this cost to ratepayer reparations. Even when the legislature devises a plan to reduce NEB costs, they don't. Repeal NEB in entirety.
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The PUC 2022 "Report on new renewables" States:
"Based on data from NEPOOL-GIS Regulator Reports, 64% of the NEW (since 1/1/2019) solar generation physically located in Maine that registered with NEPOOL GIS only registered their RECs for sale outside the State of Maine."
Part of this 64% is" Behind the Meter (BTM) Solar" which if registered in Maine's RPS would be $0 cost to Maine ratepayers as BTM services load at generation point and must be retired, not sold to CEPs.
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On April 22, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected Maine’s proposal for a $62 million grant award to provide financial and technical assistance enabling low-income and disadvantaged households across the state to access solar and energy storage. This program is forthcoming, but not yet available.
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
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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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