9. Nothing happened here last weekend - no brownouts, no blackouts.
Edited on Sun Dec-09-07 11:42 AM by jpak
Maine exports 40% of the electricity it produces to southern New England.
The two natural gas plants that were shut last weekend did not threaten Maine's supply of electricity - Maine's existing biomass and hydro powerplants produced all that was needed.
The shutdown threatened Massachusetts' and Connecticut's electricity supply - not Maine's.
Mass. better step up and build Cape Wind - and soon...
Oh yeah - there are >750 MW of wind power capacity under development in Maine and most of that will be on-line by 2011.
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