Comments - Explanation of why Maine electric bills (CMP's) skyrocketing 13.7% next month - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T15:33:39Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A154382&xn_auth=noIncreased Renewables per Capi…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2018-12-30:4401701:Comment:1550432018-12-30T16:13:34.155ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p><strong>Increased Renewables per Capita Leads to Higher Household Electric Rates</strong></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources</a></span></p>
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<p>The below graph shows countries with high levels of wind, solar, etc., also have high levels of household electric rates.</p>
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<p>Politicians and…</p>
<p><strong>Increased Renewables per Capita Leads to Higher Household Electric Rates</strong></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources</a></span></p>
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<p>The below graph shows countries with high levels of wind, solar, etc., also have high levels of household electric rates.</p>
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<p>Politicians and bureaucrats find ways to place the cost burden of renewables (such as subsidies, grants, taxes, fees and surcharges) mostly on households, but give a free pass to the industrial and commercial sectors low for "competitive reasons"</p>
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<p>Industry and commerce are vastly better organized and have vastly more political clout, and are much less easily swayed/bamboozled/conned than households.<a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/578146664?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/578146664?profile=original" class="align-full"/></a></p> Increased Renewables per Capi…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2018-12-30:4401701:Comment:1549372018-12-30T16:07:56.204ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p><strong>Increased Renewables per Capita Leads to Higher Household Electric Rates</strong></p>
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<p>The below graph shows countries with high levels of wind, solar, etc., also have high levels of household electric rates. See URL for graph…</p>
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<p><strong>Increased Renewables per Capita Leads to Higher Household Electric Rates</strong></p>
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<p>The below graph shows countries with high levels of wind, solar, etc., also have high levels of household electric rates. See URL for graph</p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-various-energy-sources</a></span></p>
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<p>Politicians and bureaucrats find ways to place the cost burden of renewables (such as subsidies, grants, taxes, fees and surcharges) mostly on households, but give a free pass to the industrial and commercial sectors low for "competitive reasons"</p>
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<p>Industry and commerce are vastly better organized and have vastly more political clout, and are much less easily swayed/bamboozled/conned than households.</p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/578070199?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scatterplot-electricity-cost-vs-installed-renewable-capacity.png</a></p>
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<p></p> Maine can put an end to…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2018-12-29:4401701:Comment:1547212018-12-29T00:28:22.900ZDan McKayhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/DanMcKay
<p><span> Maine can put an end to in-state natural gas fueled electrical generation by simply allowing the Hydro Line to proceed. It is the same as having a 1040 megawatt generator built in Lewiston, Maine. Existing natural gas pipelines in Maine are more than adequate to supply fuel for heating only.</span></p>
<div> The pipeline constraints that skyrocket the New England price of electricity is a winter phenomenon that simply requires larger capacity pipes in Southern New England for…</div>
<p><span> Maine can put an end to in-state natural gas fueled electrical generation by simply allowing the Hydro Line to proceed. It is the same as having a 1040 megawatt generator built in Lewiston, Maine. Existing natural gas pipelines in Maine are more than adequate to supply fuel for heating only.</span></p>
<div> The pipeline constraints that skyrocket the New England price of electricity is a winter phenomenon that simply requires larger capacity pipes in Southern New England for plants in Southern New England. Electricity can easily flow from Southern New England to Northern New England.</div>
<div> Southern New England isn't about to commission any more natural gas combustion because of their self imposed emission caps. <br/> Maine needs to look North for reliable and low cost electricity, hold firm against any further in-state wind generation. Keep solar out of the distribution system. Advance our own hydro. Provide incentive to the academic study of nuclear power sources. </div>
<div> We must start considering how being a small element of the ISO-NE regional network can leave us at the mercy of the much larger elements of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Not only are we held hostage in the winter with their adverse stance on natural gas, but their considerable more use of air conditioning per megawatt during the summer than our proportional air conditioning requirement forces soaring summer costs upon us. </div>