Summary
Conserving energy is cheaper and easier than building new power plants to meet growing demand. With this in mind, a bill in the Legislature would increase funding for Efficiency Maine, the state's energy conservation program, and encourage more efficient use of electricity through building codes, furnace and boiler standards and special training for school facility managers. The bill, LD 1931, would save electricity customers money and should be passed.
Conserving electricity would save all electricity customers money, not just those who install more efficient machinery, light bulbs and appliances. The Public Utilities Commission solicits bids from electricity generators to meet Maine's power needs by filling the "bid stack" with the lowest-cost electricity. It adds in higher bids until Maine's demand is met.See the full content of this document
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Small Steps to Efficiency
The wrinkle is that all bidders are paid the price of the highest bidder needed to complete the bid stack. If the highest bidders, usuall...
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