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1 October
5:51 pm

Five times as many solar fields were built under that [net energy billing] program as they were intended.

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (NEWS CENTER Maine)

5:51 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific quantitative claim about the scale of solar development under Maine's net energy billing program — verifiable against legislative records and program data.
What we foundMaine's NEB program did produce far more solar than intended, but the overrun was roughly double (1,600 MW vs. 750 MW), not five times as many.
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