Comments - State of Massachusetts: Maine Ratepayers Should Help Us Pay For Our Green Energy Mandates - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T15:06:42Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A52610&xn_auth=noWhen will this lunacy end? Ou…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-11-17:4401701:Comment:526292013-11-17T22:29:29.150ZHart Daleyhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/HartDaley
<p>When will this lunacy end? Our rates will double every two years for the foreseeable future? Insane!</p>
<p>When will this lunacy end? Our rates will double every two years for the foreseeable future? Insane!</p> One of the justifications for…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-11-14:4401701:Comment:525802013-11-14T18:35:19.325ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p>One of the justifications for the CMP upgrade was population growth. But as can be seen at the following link, population growth for both Maine and New England is a non-factor. Population growth is just a smokescreen to conceal the fact that the CMP upgrade was built for one thing and one thing only - moving industrial wind electrons to Mass and Ct. The wind industry would have been dead without the new mega transmission as is the case wherever wind projects are built the world over. But…</p>
<p>One of the justifications for the CMP upgrade was population growth. But as can be seen at the following link, population growth for both Maine and New England is a non-factor. Population growth is just a smokescreen to conceal the fact that the CMP upgrade was built for one thing and one thing only - moving industrial wind electrons to Mass and Ct. The wind industry would have been dead without the new mega transmission as is the case wherever wind projects are built the world over. But enter into the picture PUC Chair <a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-ratepayers-being-robbed-citizens-ignored-their-rights" target="_blank">Kurt Adams</a> and the PUC commissioners (despite PUC staff reservations) and like magic, the ratepayer buys the transmission for the wind industry. This must have felt very satisfying for Mr. Adams when he left the PUC to become Director of Transmission for First Wind.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/what-s-all-the-fuss-about-population-growth-in-the-northeast">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/what-s-all-the-fuss-abo...</a></p> MPUC members object to 1.4 bi…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-11-14:4401701:Comment:525792013-11-14T17:56:34.926ZMartha Thackerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MarthaThacker
<p>MPUC members object to 1.4 billion dollar upgrades.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.themainewire.com/2012/08/wind-power-agenda-fuels-cmp-increases/">http://www.themainewire.com/2012/08/wind-power-agenda-fuels-cmp-increases/</a></p>
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<p>With so many objections, one wonders why we have the 19% upgrade in rates.</p>
<p>I found these links by googling CMP and Bangor Hydro cost sharing for transmission lines.sorry for the typo below , I hate when that happens.</p>
<p>MPUC members object to 1.4 billion dollar upgrades.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.themainewire.com/2012/08/wind-power-agenda-fuels-cmp-increases/">http://www.themainewire.com/2012/08/wind-power-agenda-fuels-cmp-increases/</a></p>
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<p>With so many objections, one wonders why we have the 19% upgrade in rates.</p>
<p>I found these links by googling CMP and Bangor Hydro cost sharing for transmission lines.sorry for the typo below , I hate when that happens.</p> Back in 2010 the Sierra Club…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-11-14:4401701:Comment:524932013-11-14T17:41:36.265ZMartha Thackerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MarthaThacker
<p>Back in 2010 the Sierra Club did not approve of new transmission line upgrades if there were an alternative. reason being wetlands..ME has strict wetland laws. Wonder if they applies for Stetson I and II which is built on wetlands.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/sierra-club-fights-cmp-project_2010-03-24.html">http://www.pressherald.com/news/sierra-club-fights-cmp-project_2010-03-24.html</a></p>
<p>Back in 2010 the Sierra Club did not approve of new transmission line upgrades if there were an alternative. reason being wetlands..ME has strict wetland laws. Wonder if they applies for Stetson I and II which is built on wetlands.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/news/sierra-club-fights-cmp-project_2010-03-24.html">http://www.pressherald.com/news/sierra-club-fights-cmp-project_2010-03-24.html</a></p> So the cat is out of the bag…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-11-14:4401701:Comment:524002013-11-14T17:23:53.290ZMartha Thackerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MarthaThacker
<p> So the cat is out of the bag that wind farms were built without room for the power. Considering that the life of turbines is 20 years , conservative estimate,this article says that not only have we had a 19% increase, but more increases are on the way. </p>
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<p>"He argues staying in ISO will mean electricity rates for consumers will double every two years for the foreseeable future because of the ISO's penchant for approving transmission upgrades he says usually aren't necessary.…</p>
<p> So the cat is out of the bag that wind farms were built without room for the power. Considering that the life of turbines is 20 years , conservative estimate,this article says that not only have we had a 19% increase, but more increases are on the way. </p>
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<p>"He argues staying in ISO will mean electricity rates for consumers will double every two years for the foreseeable future because of the ISO's penchant for approving transmission upgrades he says usually aren't necessary. That includes the CMP proposals, which he says stand to make the company's primary stakeholder billions. Iberdrola, the Spanish firm that is expected to complete its purchase of CMP's parent company, Energy East, this year, will be allowed to shelter the $2 billion in cost of the upgrades from taxes according to a tax loophole related to out-of-state construction, Buxton says.</p>
<p>"I don't blame CMP for being excited," he says. "It's not illegal, it's not immoral, but it's not logical to have this financial scheme to invest in lines we don't need."</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20080908/CURRENTEDITION/309089990/high-energy-%7C-depending-on-who-you-ask-quitting-iso-new-england-will-either-save-us-plenty-or-cost-us-eve">http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20080908/CURRENTEDITION/309089990/high-energy-%7C-depending-on-who-you-ask-quitting-iso-new-england-will-either-save-us-plenty-or-cost-us-eve</a></p>