Governor Mills Statement on 2023 Standard Offer Electricity Supply Rates

November 16, 2022

Governor Janet Mills issued the following statement today on the new standard offer electricity supply rates for 2023:

The standard offer prices accepted by the PUC are the direct result of Maine’s overreliance on fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, and the unprecedented volatility in global energy markets since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all of which are now costing Maine people and businesses far too much to fill their tanks and power their homes as we head into the winter months.

“I have directed my Administration to examine every solution possible to this crisis, and we will be preparing a proposal for the Legislature’s consideration next month to help Maine people with the significant hardship caused by high energy prices this winter. We must ensure that Maine people have support and security to heat their homes and keep themselves and their families safe.”

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Comment by Robert Powers on November 22, 2022 at 2:30pm

A couple of years ago, I happened to meet an engineer from a major oil company.  He had just moved to eastern MA from Saudi Arabia.  I was curious and asked him why the move?   He told me that there is more oil under the Gulf of Maine than in all of the Middleast countries!  It is shallower and could be extracted by new directional drilling techniques without any possible harm claimed by the anti fossil fuel crowd and no problems like have been faced in the Gulf of Mexico.  At the time, there was NOT one NEW England willing discuss it and the U.S. Department of Energy killed further discussion of the possibiity of Gulf of Maine Drilling.   He said that It would also need a pipeline and or a refinery in New England.  BTW, Obama was POTUS at the time.  His company has been doing the geologic studies of this oil source for many years but politically "hog tied".

Comment by Steve Thurston on November 17, 2022 at 4:06pm

In 2015 the legislature had the opportunity to give Hydro Quebec the same tax benefit that in-state wind and solar received.  That would have guaranteed Maine the electricity it needed.  Instead the legislature limited HQ to less than 100 megawatts, ignoring the testimony of the Public Advocate.  This limitation still exists.  Eliminate it and solve the problem once and for all.  https://legislature.maine.gov/bills/getTestimonyDoc.asp?id=21677

Comment by Dan McKay on November 17, 2022 at 3:17pm

No, Governor, Maine has an overreliance on reliable power and heat that fossil fuels offer when there isn't a bunch of wind and solar screwing up everything.

Comment by Long Islander on November 16, 2022 at 11:46pm

CMP customers to see $29 hike in average monthly rates
Most Central Maine Power residential customers will see their electricity bill rise by $29 per month starting in January, the Maine Public Utilities Commission said Wednesday.

The rise is for the standard offer electricity supply, which represents about 60 percent of a residential utility bill. Customers can choose their own electricity supplier or use the standard offer price, which the commission chooses after a competitive bidding process.

The commission attributed the rate rise to escalating prices for natural gas, which is used to produce electricity. Half of the electricity produced in New England is from natural gas, a percentage the commission said needs to be reduced to assure a sustainable electricity supply.

“Over the long run, supply prices should decrease as we bring on more renewables,” commission Chair Philip Bartlett said, “and utilities will be making significant investments in distribution in the years ahead.”

Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat who has opposed rate hike requests, said the standard offer prices accepted by the commission are the result of Maine’s overreliance on fossil fuels and the unprecedented volatility in global energy markets since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“I have directed my administration to examine every solution possible to this crisis, and we will be preparing a proposal for the Legislature’s consideration next month to help Maine people with the significant hardship caused by high energy prices this winter,” she said.

The new supply rate for CMP customers, effective Jan. 1 through 2023, is 49 percent higher and means a customer using 550 kilowatt hours of electricity per month would see their total bill rise 26 percent to $154.58. About 88 percent of CMP customers take the standard offer price for electricity, a company spokesperson said................................
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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."

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