To Democrats on the EUT Committee, Start Listening
So, yesterday, March 20, at the EUT Committee Room, we saw the difference between the people who are paid to provide testimony and those that are not.
The Public Hearing was scheduled for 1 pm, but because of work taken up in the House and Senate, the Public Hearing did not start until 5:15 pm.
Although the bill being heard wasn't a rally-busting topic, whether to allow the 100-megawatt limit on hydro power to be removed in the renewable portfolio standard, a couple people not paid to be there sat patiently until it was obvious no hearing was going to happen for hours. They had things to do and left.
It is a fact that I have observed that most of the people providing testimony to most of the bills heard at the EUT Committee are Government Agency Reps., i.e. PUC OPA, GEO, Chamber of Commerce or NGOs: NRCM, Sierra Club, Natural Conservatory, Maine Renewable Energy Association and are receiving pay even if it is just standing around for hours awaiting the start of the hearing. That's fine, but I wonder if the Committee considers the public even when they are not there.
It's not easy going to Augusta for faceoffs with the Democrats on the EUT Committee knowing they have already made up their minds on how they are going to vote. If the bill is against solar or wind incentives, it gets a Democrat NO vote. If the bill is for the ratepayers, it gets a Democrat NO vote.
I admire the people from the public who do attend. You get to hear stories of courage and commitment, like the man who refused a $300,000 offer from a solar developer for use of his land, and the business owners that worry that paying for Net Energy Billing will sink their business, and when James LaBrecque unloads on their political leanings that ignore reality, by the numbers. Great job, Mr. LaBrecque!
The people of Maine deserve better than what the Democrats are deciding to do with electricity. They are naive and persuaded by propaganda with little awareness of the real Maine.
For better or worse, we are stuck with Democratic Ideology until voters throw them out, but we will keep fighting.
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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."
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