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A question asked about the Northern Maine, Troy Jackson proposal to build wind projects in the County and have the costs applied to Maine electric bills
Craig Nale
Government Affairs at EDP Renewables
Washington, District of Columbia, United States500+ connections
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Comment by Dan McKay on December 25, 2021 at 12:00pm
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Willem, federal subsidies are always in play. The utility agreement is the key. It locks a fixed or escalating price to the project in which the utility gambles with the ratepayer's money against the wholesale price, which, in turn, is escalating with the more renewables flooding the market. The utilities are always convinced the wholesale price will eventually exceed the contracted project prices. They are playing with fire as ISO-NE is warning of blackouts with the lack of available, reliable resources. This RFP could be Energy Armageddon or Maine's march to energy independence from the ISO-NE.
"The EDCs Electric Distribution Companies) said in testimony that, "Each of the Distribution Companies intends to sell the clean energy procured through the proposed PPA through the ISO-NE spot market. The difference between the spot market revenues and the contract costs will be credited to or charged to each Distribution Company’s distribution customers.
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Comment by Willem Post on December 25, 2021 at 11:18am
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Dan,
If they can, why are they not doing it?
They would need to sell their electricity at a higher price, which would be bad optics
Are they waiting for the government/taxpayer/ratepayer to pay for it, so they can sell at a lower price, and claim they are soooo competitive?
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They can Willem. It's called an Elective Transmission Upgrade. The renewable system owners can negotiate with any utility(s) to create an agreement. Maine customers do not have to be exposed to the Big Lie nor purchase any of the product.
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The owners of wind systems should get together and finance and build their own connections to the ISO-NE grid, instead of sucking off the PUBLIC PURSE.
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Oh GAWD.
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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