The Maine PUC is No Longer a Legitimate Agency ! Where is the Legislative Oversite !

So far, the PUC has not disclosed the terms of this agreement that they made with LS Power and King Pine Wind Project Developers, NOT TO THE PUBLIC AND APPARENTLY NOT TO VERSANT EITHER:

May 09,2023

 "at this phase in the process; Versant has only just received access to one of the two relevant term sheets "

 On February 2,2023, The PUC Issued an Order to Versant and Central Maine Power:

3. In the event negotiations are successful, Maine’s T&D Utilities are directed
to submit final versions of the contracts that are consistent with the terms
set forth in the Term Sheets and with the November 1, 2022 Order and
this Order, to the Commission for approval prior to execution by the
parties on or before June 30, 2023.

On June 30,2023 Versant wants to know what happened to the negotiations

June 30,2023
"On May 9, 2023, Versant submitted a Request for Relief from Submission Requirement, asking the Commission to waive Order No. 3 in its February 3, 2023, because the T&D Utilities had neither been part of the negotiation process nor had access to the latest drafts contracts. The Commission has not yet responded to Versant’s Request for Relief."
AND On June 30,2023 CMP also asks what is going on
June 30,2023
 ." First, while CMP has assumed it would be a counterparty to those agreements, to date there has not been any formal direction on the record from the Director of Electric and Natural Gas Industries as to whether that is the case. In addition, CMP will not be in a position to agree to sign a PPA and TSA without first having time to review and negotiate the terms. Second, to date CMP has not been involved in negotiations of the draft agreements with Commission Staff as is contemplated by the Commission’s Order."

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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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