Comments - Electric rates fall for most Mainers, but total bill likely won’t change much - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T09:46:29Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A85104&xn_auth=noCompare that 6.3 cents per kw…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-11-30:4401701:Comment:847572016-11-30T03:38:09.953ZPaula D Kelsohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PaulaDKelso
<p>Compare that 6.3 cents per kwh to the 9.3 cents the PUC awarded to Pisgah Mountain LLC for the electricity generated and sold to EMERA. True that electricity is a drop in the bucket of the total electricity produced and paid for, but it is a hard fact reminder of the unreasonable cost of wind energy. To say nothing of the scam to call the facility a 'locally-owned' company to be eligible for that inflated price. People are waking up to the real costs of wind energy but we still need to keep…</p>
<p>Compare that 6.3 cents per kwh to the 9.3 cents the PUC awarded to Pisgah Mountain LLC for the electricity generated and sold to EMERA. True that electricity is a drop in the bucket of the total electricity produced and paid for, but it is a hard fact reminder of the unreasonable cost of wind energy. To say nothing of the scam to call the facility a 'locally-owned' company to be eligible for that inflated price. People are waking up to the real costs of wind energy but we still need to keep up the work of getting the truth out to the public. The headline may be lower electric rates, but there's no attempt to prevent that bare assertion being construed to imply that that is due to switching to more renewables. In spite of, not because of costlier wind energy.</p>