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Utility CEO: Green energy plan DOA in northern Vermont

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Courtesy of VEC

Courtesy of VEC

MAXED OUT: Dave Hallquist, CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative, says the power lines are maxed out in the northern part of the state and can’t accept any more big solar or wind projects.

The Vermont Legislature this year passed Act 56 to establish a renewable portfolio standard and prod the state toward an ambitious goal of becoming 90 percent renewable by 2050.

In the following interview, Vermont Electric Cooperative CEO Dave Hallquist explains why Vermont’s green energy agenda appears to be dead on arrival in the northern part of the state.

Vermont Watchdog: Is it possible for Vermont to achieve a goal of being 90 percent renewable by 2050?

Dave Hallquist: It’s a nice goal, but physics of today say you can’t achieve it.

see below for entire article.

http://watchdog.org/246069/vermont-green-energy-plan-doa/?roi=echo3...

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Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 8, 2015 at 6:45pm

Of  course this will not happen in Maine , Iberdrola owns CMP ! 

Comment by Penny Gray on November 8, 2015 at 6:34pm

Wow.  Common sense.  How refreshing!

Comment by Long Islander on November 8, 2015 at 5:54pm

"VW: Does Vermont Electric Cooperative plan to build new transmission infrastructure?

Hallquist: We’re not going to make our ratepayers pay for that. Essentially that would mean our members would have to pay for other people to make money, and that’s not happening. We are not going to build additional transmission because all that’s going to do is drive up rates."

 

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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