Comments on: Nova Scotia Picks Wind, Solar, Storage Over Atlantic Loop

By: Mitchell Beer

Mitchell Beer — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 02:55:26 +0000

Thanks for the call back to the Green Mountain Power plan, Ronald!

https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/10/11/vermont-utility-offers-storage-batteries-for-all-in-response-to-record-storms/

By: Ken Summers

Ken Summers — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:14:07 +0000

Nova Scotia has had nice goals for a long time and has added wind at a snails pace. No plan has been offered how that is supposed to speed up.

And nothing is mentioned about the fine print: with no real announcements about it, the government stands by while Nova Scotia says I guess to meet the 2030 off coal requirement we will be converting coal plants to burn fuel oil.

By: Ronald Scott

Ronald Scott — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:47:09 +0000

Green Mountain Power in Vermont is ahead of the curve with their plans for more efficient use of energy and lower customer power bills. Their approach may hold some interesting ideas for our rollout of wind, solar and storage here.

Green Mountain Power’s 2030 Zero Outages Initiative envisions each residential customer having battery storage. Its 270,000 customers will then have backup power when they need it. When it isn’t needed, it can be fed back into the grid during Green Mountain’s peak demand time. Green Mountain will repay their customers by netting the cost to keep their batteries charged against the energy they provide Green Mountain to meet their needs.

Everybody wins. Green Mountain will significantly reduce its expensive third party, GHG intensive, peak time energy costs. Customers benefit through increased reliability, overall lower cost, and a smaller carbon footprint.

greenmountainpower.com