AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s public advocate is joining the New England Power Pool as part of ongoing efforts to lower the cost of electricity for homes and businesses.
Membership gives the public advocate greater involvement in the decisions made by ISO-New England, the operator of the New England power grid.
Richard Davies, Maine’s public advocate, says he’ll seek to build alliances to work on behalf of Maine consumers.
The New England Power Pool is a voluntary association of 450 entities, including utilities, energy producers, power marketers and consumer advocates, which serves as an advisory body to ISO-New England.
I’d advocate (1) more cheap hydropower, (2) more cheap natural gas, and (3) less expensive/unreliable/subsidy-dependent wind power. But, then I’m just a taxpayer/ratepayer, not someone who really counts in these matters, such as: greedy wind power executives, politicians who receive major campaign contributions from them, or landowners who are willing to exchange the distruction of high-elevation habitat and Maine’s natural beauty for fat leasing fees.
These fat cats like Angus King and Stacey Fitts need to be stopped.
And this guy lowers the cost of electricity by promoting wind farms, foreign control and vertical integration of production and transmission ?????
How do we fire him, and hire a true public advocate?