Energy Archives - Page 19 of 25

Renewable Portfolio Standards Are Bad For Your Future

June 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Have you ever wondered why we need Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)? You pay extra for it in your electric bill every month. RPS is regulation with the force of law. It requires the increased production of energy from renewable energy sources. RPS is what subsidizes wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal. It accomplishes this by placing … Read more

Summer Lovin’ Happened so Fa-ast – Oil Prices Dropping, But Can it La-ah-ast?

June 12, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Last summer the price of oil did something it does around Memorial Day. It spiked. Democrats declared doom for the economy, and it was President Trump’s fault.

So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (06/06/19)?

June 10, 2019 Judy Aron

We learned that it can take a very long time to get everyone greeted and seated when our friends from the Senate Chamber next door come over for a joint session in the House. We spent a good portion of the morning on 200th State House Anniversary “Old Home Day” festivities punctuated by a lovely … Read more

Net Metering: Connected Cronies Want to Rob You and Profit From Your Electric Bill

June 5, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Net Metering (HB365) is a crony scam that will transfer tens of millions annually from the pockets of small business (job creators) and working families to a select few connected individuals and organizations that can afford to profit from it. And too many Republicans support it.

So kids, what did we learn from Wednesday’s House Session (5/8/19)?

May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 Judy Aron

For one thing, we learned that the Canadian Consul General lacks any kind of manners since he came to OUR House and criticized our President’s trade policies in his speech to the House. I mean really…. do you go to someone’s house and complain about how things are run at their house? No, you don’t. … Read more

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New Hampshire Democrats Raise Your Electric Bill Again To Fund their Personal Priorities

May 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Back around 2006 New Hampshire Democrats happily abrogated taxing authority to an out-of-state commission. This body, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), was granted the power to tax you through your electric bill and then pass it off to Concord after taking a handling fee.

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Bradley’s Bipartisan Biomass Bailout 2.0 – Rape Ratepayers or Die

May 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Concord Cronyism is reaching new heights as a new effort emerges to use government to force ratepayers to pay more for electricity.

California Has the Nation’s Highest Gas Prices – Democrat Governor Has No Idea Why?

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

California has the highest gasoline prices in the nation. Higher than Hawaii. And Governor Gavin Newsom wants an investigation into why? Let me help. High Taxes. Excessive Regulations. Dwindling Infrastructure. Put another way; Democrat Policy is to blame.

NH Biomass Plants Ask State Supreme Court to Force You To Pay More for Electricity

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Late last week Biomass energy plants asked the New Hampshire State Supreme Court for a solid. Please force New Hampshire ratepayers to pay 54% above market rates for electricity. If you don’t, we’ll have to shut down.

The “Connection” Between Abortion and Climate Change

April 4, 2019 Steve MacDonald

In 2018 abortion was the number one global killer. Estimates suggest at least 42 million defenseless people died as a result of abortion. It got me thinking about climate change.

New Hampshire Democrats: You Are Not Paying Enough for Electricity

January 18, 2025March 17, 2019 Steve MacDonald

By nearly unanimous rubber-stamp consent 99% of New Hampshire Democrats, including all four from Merrimack, are convinced your electric rates are too low. You are just not paying enough. So, last week they voted on at least three separate occasions to “fix” that problem. House Bill 447 would have corrected a more-than-decade-old money-laundering scheme. Democrats added a carbon … Read more

So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s NH House Session (3/14)?

March 15, 2019 Judy Aron

We learned that the Democrats (the majority party) are fine with expanding dental coverage for Medicaid recipients (HB692-FN) while our State’s veterans, both able body and disabled, go without such coverage. We learned that the Majority party is only interested in studying assisted suicide instead of enlarging the scope to include palliative and hospice alternatives … Read more

With Socialism ‘New Green Deal’ Comes Standard: Venezuela has Massive Power Outages

March 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Here’s an excellent example of how corruption and incompetence can advance stated progressive policy, even accidentally. Take the environment. ~~Democrat~~ Socialists in America want you to use less electricity. What better way than unplanned nation-wide blackouts?

All Aboard the Unicorn Express

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 Steve MacDonald

So, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez finally unveiled the plan she’s been working on since the 5th grade. Jill Stein and Bernie Sanders couldn’t get it done, so the Leftists are using their new ace-in-the-hole to ride it. Oh, and with some help from old uncle-knucklehead, Senator Ed Markey from Massachusetts. The Green New Deal is the … Read more

Seacoast Luddites Consider Blocking Powerline Project – Must Like it Cold and Dark

February 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

When Granite State Enviro-wackos are not blocking paths to more affordable energy they are taxing the crap out of it. Making us pay more for it. Or, in the case of a powerline project in the seacoast, considering if and how best to block it.

Without Fossil Fuels Millions of Americans Could Freeze to Death

November 26, 2021January 31, 2019 Steve MacDonald

It’s weeks like this when you learn what ‘cold’ really means. The midwest has seen new record lows all across the region. The kind of cold that only fossil fuels can hold at bay. Assuming you’ve got them in adequate quantities. Which it appears they do not.

NH Democrats Propose New Carbon Tax on Gasoline, Heating Oil, Gas, Coal, and Wood

March 13, 2019January 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats are proposing a tax that would hike the price you pay for gasoline, heating oil, propane, and electricity produced by coal, oil, gas, or wood. All of that. And, everything else. The bill calls for a fee based on the per-ton emission of carbon dioxide, starting at $20 per ton in 2020 … Read more

Eversource Decides The State of NH Can’t Force It To Make You Pay More For Electricity

January 29, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Utilities, like governments, are monolithic edifices upon which waves of populist “outrage” love to crash. These sinister cabals exist to better themselves at our expense. They live to serve only themselves. And while that is always true of governments and perhaps Comcast, Eversource has done something to if not break then at least fissure the perception … Read more

Off-Shore Wind Boondoggles- NH Says Deal Me In

August 16, 2021January 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire has expressed an interest in “milking” the sacred cow of offshore wind. To that end Governor Sununu recently asked the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to establish an intergovernmental offshore renewable energy task force for New Hampshire. The move is the first step in a multiyear process whose goal is to screw taxpayers for … Read more

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Why Wind Will NEVER be the Answer to Anyone’s Power Needs

January 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

If you look at the complete manifold of global energy needs Wind power’s contribution is too small to measure. In 2014 (the last year for which there is data) the nearest whole number for wind’s contribution is zero percent. From the International Energy Agency’s 2016 Key Renewables Trends, we can see that wind provided 0.46 … Read more