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"Dudley, They are all from out of state. If you can get WVOM on your computer, go the the GHRT Rewinds and listen to Jim LaBrecque episode of 11-26-25. He nmames them all."
"Just who are the eleven companies?"
"The Office of the Public Advocate states that LD 1777 "reduces payments to large-scale community solar projects by approximately 20%."
So, here is the rub. Subscribers to Community Solar are required for the projects to receive the…"
"And I wish I could sue everytime the State raises income taxes or sales tax or fees for the multitude of licenses demanded we acquire. These unscrupulous, out of state shysters, who could have helped write the community solar laws are scam artisits,…"
"The 2025 MAGA Fracture and the Benefactors Behind It https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/11/22/the-2025-maga-fracture-and-the-benefactors-behind-it/"
"I'm going out to cut more firewood. It's going to be a cold winter."
"I'd like to think this announcement of Quebec hydropower flowing into Maine will stop the insanity of this solar and wind build-out, but it almost seems as if our governing entities are gleefully herding us over the edge of the cliff to satisfy…"
"Central Maine Power, as of October 31, 2025, estimates that 816,092,818 kilowatt-hours of electricity credits will be produced by projects utilizing Net Energy Billing subsidies.
A 2 cent per kilowatt-hour rate hike will subsidize NEB projects;…"
"CONGRESSWOMAN MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS! https://rumble.com/v722jvq-congresswoman-marjorie-taylor-greene-announces-resignation-from-congress.html"
"We are witnessing a hostile and destructive takeover of an essential core partnership that determines our individual, our family's and our societal welfare. The need for inexpensive electricity can not be overstated. Living without it because…"
"It's like New England is adding a nuke plant. High quality baseload power with minimal footprint. NECEC's low profile poles and wires will soon deliver the equivalent energy of 20 sprawling Bingham wind projects, on demand. We should…"
"It looks like, if current price trajectories hold, oil boiler heating costs will be below heat pump costs by January 1, 2026 with the new standard offer.Happy New Year and stay warm."
"Normally, in the competitive market, this reliable, baseload hydro power would wash away feeble power sources such as wind and solar. Massachusetts paid for the construction of NECEC and will pay HQ for every kilowatt hour that is produced. In a…"
"Sanborn would rather tell people they are suffering with higher electric costs than do anything about it. The worst public advocate of all time
Maine would be better off without a PA than having this Democrat solar bundler."
"No one with a reasonable amount of common sense believes in the climate hoax nonsense anymore, yet, even when on the verge of disastrous impacts to their health and welfare, they stay silent. The only way to stop it is to STOP IT.
It wouldn't…"
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Efficiency Maine boosts incentives for commercial electric vans ($14,000 per van giveaway)
November 25, 2025
Rebates on the purchase of some electric vehicles have been substantially increased for Maine businesses, government entities and nonprofits.
Rebates up to $14,000 are available through April 30, 2026, on the purchase of new — not used — commercial electric vans.
A short list of van models that are…
Posted on November 26, 2025 at 7:00am — 1 Comment
Maine community solar companies sue over changes to net energy billing laws
A group of 11 companies claim a monthly charge that could start in January violates their constitutional rights.
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11/24/25
Daniel Kool
Staff Writer
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Community solar companies across Maine sued the Public Utilities Commission Monday, attempting to block the implementation of a new law designed to reduce the impact of solar development subsidies on the state’s electricity…
Posted on November 25, 2025 at 4:48pm — 4 Comments
More Americans are getting their power shut off, as unpaid bills pile up
11/24/25
Story by Abha Bhattarai
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Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month.
Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another blow, delaying federal…
ContinuePosted on November 24, 2025 at 11:30pm
Consumer, business advocates urge focus on affordability as electric bills climb
Posted on November 20, 2025 at 9:46pm — 5 Comments
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- At 9:10pm on June 17, 2015,
Eskutassis said…
The arguments we have with those on the other side are really amazing. I saw yours on the PPH article. I posted one too.
- At 11:13am on July 17, 2013,
Peter Beckford said…
Yo Long Islander, can you do anything to give my blog post the widest audience, like emailing it on to everyone or something? Thanks a lot, Peter Beckford
We appreciate the steady diet of posts from you
- At 8:03pm on July 14, 2012,
Wind Scam said…
- Wind Scam Artists strategies to destroy "America the Beautiful".This is long, but it is worth scanning all of it. Be sure to download and search for your Reps. and Senators too. Don't forget to share with all.This shows the backroom dealings of these wind scam artists and our politicians ramming this "Rip Off" unreliable and unproductive wind energy crap down our thro@@t.Don't miss there campaign to save wind jobs that cost the American Taxpayer in excess of $8,000,000 each also, why because it come our of our wallets and purses.Be sure to check out all their propaganda goals to destroy the Beautiful United States and make each of us pay for this destruction from "Fake Renewable Energy".
- At 7:31am on February 29, 2012,
Ok lets update Americas status first there are millions of abandoned homes from foreclosure, there is less electricity for lights,furnaces,etc. being used today so we all can relax with the scare of congesting our grids. There is plenty of current being generated at the moment. So what steps do we take to rid our lands of the dinosaur turbines that this foreign company called first wind first and they are not from New England originally folks. The office in Boston is just a front to be what they thought was going to be action. Obama our fearless leader wants to keep this going,The wasteful spending, allowing the companies to change names as fast as the sun sets,how they do business,How they are awarded these funds I'll never understand because there is in my opinion no practical method in deciding who gets funding for these energy projects. I am disgusted at this administration, If you were working in my company I"d fire you for insubordination, you know your not suppose to use public money for your personal interests. It has to be personal because it surely is not a public interest Shame on you ----- Got Vision
- At 11:28am on November 25, 2010, freemont tibbetts gave Long Islander a gift…
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- At 8:08pm on March 27, 2010,
- HI, Ita a geodatabase I am building with two others as a project in intro GIS. Has to do with state and local ordinance rules affecting possible sites in a particular town. I enjoyed your picture gallery. Mary Ellen
- At 10:52pm on March 14, 2010,
Joanne Moore said…
- Thanks for the link to the report. Geeze, these guys say just what industry pays them to say. Wow! The Name Norm Famous reminds me of one of the Lounge Lizards wannabe types. Very interesting to know he is the husband of Marcia Spenser-Famous. I had a sneaking suspicion he was. The name is unusual, if not famous. Heh. Another conflict of interest, ya think?
- At 11:28am on January 24, 2010,
Art Brigades said…
- Investigative reporting.... We need to whip this beast a little better.
Interesting to read Tux Turkel's piece this morning. While his focus was narrowly on noise, and only at Vinalhaven, it surely helped puncture the huge bubble just a bit. More noteworthy than what he wrote was what he did not write.
How he could interview Hanna Pingree and NOT ask her why she withdrew her turbine noise bill is either abject stupidity or laziness. Legislators regularly rush to the statehouse with a new bill whenever a constituent says "there oughtta be a law..."
Could it be that he didn't ask the Speaker of the House (who can get anything she wants to a public hearing) why she doesn't think this is worthy of a bill, or why she isn't raising holy hell over getting a hearing???
It would be one thing if her district was Old Orchard Beach, but these are HER constituents who are under the bus!! Investigative reporting??? Please. One doesn't need to be a political veteran to know that the ties that bind among the Pingrees, Baldaccis, Adamses, and the wind mafia are very tight indeed. Turn a blind eye to a monumental calamity in your state, district, and town why? To repay political favors? Now that's a story that'll sell papers.
Turkel needs to pursue this angle. He also needs to expose the tragic economic realities of this trojan horse that has been wheeled into Maine.
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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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