Empathy is understood, sympathy I don't have for these solar developers. They're all out to feather their own nests with taxpayer and ratepayer money. The real fault lies with the initial legislation that promoted NEB. Many of our politicians have no clue about how the grid functions and are so engrossed with being politically correct that they'll do anything to promote renewables, even if it means most Mainers have to pay more, a lot more, for their electricity. If solar and wind can't stand on their own without massive taxpayer subsidies, it's time to go with hydro from Canada, which is 24/7 dispatchable to the grid. When the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow...the world goes dark. That's why sun and wind are known as the "unreliables". And no, snow covered panels don't produce any electricity.
What I'm seeing as I try to understand the NEB situation is that it is HIGHLY likely that most people, in the beginning, did not understand this was a method of taking money from some people and giving it to others. Adding subsidies to a market masks how the market is actually working.
That's exactly the case, and when people's electricity bills started going up, that's when people started paying more attention. Hopefully common sense will prevail before we lose more Maine businesses.
Empathy is understood, sympathy I don't have for these solar developers. They're all out to feather their own nests with taxpayer and ratepayer money. The real fault lies with the initial legislation that promoted NEB. Many of our politicians have no clue about how the grid functions and are so engrossed with being politically correct that they'll do anything to promote renewables, even if it means most Mainers have to pay more, a lot more, for their electricity. If solar and wind can't stand on their own without massive taxpayer subsidies, it's time to go with hydro from Canada, which is 24/7 dispatchable to the grid. When the sun don't shine and the wind don't blow...the world goes dark. That's why sun and wind are known as the "unreliables". And no, snow covered panels don't produce any electricity.
What I'm seeing as I try to understand the NEB situation is that it is HIGHLY likely that most people, in the beginning, did not understand this was a method of taking money from some people and giving it to others. Adding subsidies to a market masks how the market is actually working.
That's exactly the case, and when people's electricity bills started going up, that's when people started paying more attention. Hopefully common sense will prevail before we lose more Maine businesses.