Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate
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Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate
May 1, 2013
Governor's Office
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 1
Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531
AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today congratulated Timothy Schneider of Portland to serve as the Public Advocate. On Wednesday, the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee voted unanimously to approve Schneider’s nomination.
Maine’s Public Advocate represents the interests of Maine ratepayers in proceedings before the Maine Public Utilities Commission, including issues regarding electricity and natural gas prices. The Office of the Public Advocate also supports Mainers mattes related to telecommunications, including accessibility to broadband internet. Schneider now goes before the Senate for a confirmation vote. A date has not yet been set.
One of Schneider’s first involvements with electricity and telecommunications issues was while working for the Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society in Cherryfield, Maine. He saw a lack of internet-based infrastructure in rural areas, which affected Maine students and their educational opportunities. The experience led to his interest in telecommunications and regulatory policy.
Since 2008, Schneider has specialized in electricity and natural gas utilities as an attorney at Pierce Atwood LLP. He has worked with the Maine Public Utilities Commission and has been involved in some of the most complex issues before the Commission in recent years, including the inquiry into Maine’s continued participation in ISO-NE, consideration of the largest transmission upgrade in Maine history, as well as the Commission’s investigation into its electric utilities’ transmission planning standards and many issues relating to Northern Utilities’ arrival in Maine.
Schneider earned a B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University and was awarded the Stride Rite Senior Recognition Award for his contribution to public service. He earned his Juris Doctor in 2008 from New York University School of Law.
Richard Davies is the current Public Advocate. Davies’s term expired Feb. 1, 2013.
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Comment by Martha thacker on May 3, 2013 at 6:53am
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Lyle
It is like Elizabeth Warren said at the democratic national convention, the system is rigged. And it is rigged against the citizens of the US. See Promise Land with Matt Dameon ..He co wrote the screen play about fracking. He started to write about wind farms but changed to fracking because there was so little interest in electrical power. Game plan is the same. Go into town, bribe the elected representatives..give gifts to the undecided or to those who have influence. Lie lie lie
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Comment by Lyle on May 2, 2013 at 12:55pm
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Not a word about the folk that opposed Schneider's appointment on the basis there was an appearance of a conflict of interest in that the firm he worked for had an exclusive contract working for Central Maine Power. People need to listen to the hearing. I know Shneider from twitter where he was frequently combatative with me without disclosing that he worked as a lawyer representing the electricity industry. Eventually he realized I knew to much about the game that is electricity and unfollowed me. Lo and behold LePage nominated this man with little integritry. Bad May Day when his client announces a rice in the price of electricity while he gets appointed Public Advocate!
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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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