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The combined peak load of CMP and Versant in 2023 is 2014 Megawatts. At that given hour, the entire state of Maine was using 2014 Megawatts of electricity covered by generators throughout New England with Imports from Canada and New York. These generators were also supplying power to the rest of New England.
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Comment by Dan McKay on November 19, 2023 at 6:09am
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Unfortunately, Penny, Maine is assaulted by a double whammy. Our electricity consumption rises during the 4 months of winter and Southern New England's consumption peaks during the summer months. Weather wise, Maine does not align well with Southern New England. Policy wise, we are at the mercy of Southern NE renewable energy laws.
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Comment by Penny Gray on November 18, 2023 at 5:50pm
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People froze to death in Texas when industrial wind renewables froze to death in an ice storm. This is life and death stuff. If our "experts" screw up, I hope they attend the funerals and learn something.
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Richard, my analysis comparing wind and solar to Maine electricity consumption numbers, Texas and Germany production numbers accounted for wind at 30% capacity factor and solar at 14% CP
My analysis comparing wind and solar to peak loads was nameplate as the PUC has set milestones using that data.
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on November 18, 2023 at 3:19pm
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Trying not to offend the average, often well-intentioned Democrat voter, but please recognize that party leadership is these days doing one thing after the other to eviscerate America. It is very clear to me that they are compromised and working for globalists and Communists. Do you want to keep going down the road to serfdom? Do you think totalitarianism is good for you? You haven't seen anything yet. Please use your vote responsibly and evict these criminal betrayers from power.
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Dan;
When you factor actual output not bogus nameplate stats, MW numbers are reduced by roughly 70% and that's without a factual accounting of the lackluster perfomance of Maine's renewable fleet - both wind and solar. So, the max we should expect from full-throttle wind and solar (which never occurs) would be +/- 630MW. Do you disagree? Maybe I missed something in your analysis.v Not sure why using nameplate is relevant.
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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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