tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post4596277476532109351..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Thoughts on Money: Revenue Sharing and Decommissioning Costs Meredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-48265045551044653272013-02-16T16:40:51.520-05:002013-02-16T16:40:51.520-05:00Meredith,
You forgot to talk about the scale betw...Meredith,<br /><br />You forgot to talk about the scale between the NE ISO and what Hydro Québec supplies Vermont and New England...<br /><br />I get it, your so disparate, you will say anything to spin and support Vermont Yankee...<br /><br />We got a market based on the market players mostly sabotaging each other...<br /><br />We got the NYTs barely cracking open up the story....we need a federal emergency NE electric and the NG transmission investigation on what is going on here. <br /><br />We need a huge NG pipeline tapping into the mainline and running up the Connecticut River....<br /><br />But we are in a low population area and we just don't have enough power to dictate our standards of living...<br /><br />Especially Vermont and the NE market...we live in the most collusive and corrupt markets in the USA...<br />Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-68204286245758503212013-02-16T16:40:02.117-05:002013-02-16T16:40:02.117-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-89848416957685874832013-02-16T15:49:33.763-05:002013-02-16T15:49:33.763-05:00So the market isn't organizing the natural gas...So the market isn't organizing the natural gas transmission system except spiking prices...where are the regulators? Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-61691790335963367782013-02-16T13:27:53.271-05:002013-02-16T13:27:53.271-05:00Mike
New England is like the holder of a second m...Mike<br /><br />New England is like the holder of a second mortgage while Quebec holds the first mortgage. When things get tight, the first mortgage gets paid first. When supplies get tight, Quebec companies report to their own regulators, and use the supplies in Canada. Legally and morally, when things get tight, they do what they can for their own people. <br /><br />By doing SO much with Quebec companies, who are responsible first to their regulators, and second to ours, the Northeast has put ourselves in an unpleasant position.<br /><br />In other words..what regulators do you think will help us? The ones in Canada control the situation. They aren't being bad people: they are just doing what they need to do for their own constituents. We are their market, not their constituents.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-90309161898823826912013-02-16T10:40:45.002-05:002013-02-16T10:40:45.002-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-28227541255847749802013-02-16T09:46:31.054-05:002013-02-16T09:46:31.054-05:00Mike
Thank you for sharing this. I have had emai...Mike<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this. I have had email conversations with several people about this, but have not yet blogged about it. <br /><br />In my opinion, this is one of the effects of handing our infrastructure (Green Mountain Power) to a gas company from Canada. They WANT us to be dependent on natural gas, and they are trying hard to achieve it. Also, you note that HQ cut electricity shipments to U S in half during the cold snap..needed the electricity at home. I blogged about this in the winners and losers post, last month. This cut in supply also increased prices.<br /><br /> http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2013/01/cold-weather-winners-and-losers-on.html#.UR-bUo5fWec<br /><br />Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-89251650532190070592013-02-16T08:03:31.149-05:002013-02-16T08:03:31.149-05:00?
http://www.topix.com/forum/city/brattleboro-vt...<br />? <br /><br />http://www.topix.com/forum/city/brattleboro-vt/TIM7O7OH6PPITVR35<br /><br />In New England, a Natural Gas Trap<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/business/electricity-costs-up-in-gas-dependent-new-england.html?ref=us&_r=0<br /><br />Electricity prices in New England have been four to eight times higher than normal in the last few weeks, as the region’s extreme reliance on natural gas for power supplies has collided with a surge in demand for heating....<br /><br /><br />Mike Mulliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503388974475495672noreply@blogger.com