Three Republican-sponsored bills that would trim or roll back incentive programs for solar energy installations face a public hearing next week.
Tux Turkel
Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets.
When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat.
A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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Portland-based aquatic energy company awarded $3.6 million grant
Ocean Renewable Power Co. will use the funds to help refine a technology that converts a river’s kinetic energy into electricity.
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Giant batteries coming to Maine to soak up, send out excess energy
Maine policymakers want to encourage such projects as another tool to help meet the state’s ambitious climate goals.
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Bowing to opposition, Summit Natural Gas withdraws midcoast pipeline plan
The utility announced plans for the $90 million project less than a month ago, but said it failed to reach a consensus of community support in the region.
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Undersea cable survey marks milestone in Maine’s offshore wind quest
The survey work is the latest indication that a 12-year-old effort to test floating offshore wind generation in Maine is advancing.
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Costly power grid upgrade to boost renewables will test Maine’s commitment
It’s becoming clear that achieving Maine’s climate goals is going to require a makeover of its electric grid on a scale that hasn’t happened since the 1970s.
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Former CMP executive among Texas power grid board members who resigned
Maine resident Raymond Hepper is 1 of 5 board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas who resigned Wednesday following a week of massive power outages.
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State validates more than 80,000 signatures for new CMP corridor referendum
The Secretary of State’s Office finds 80,506 valid signatures, more than enough to put the issue on the November ballot.
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Solar installer Insource Renewables joins ReVision Energy
The two Maine-based, employee-owned companies said the deal will help them tackle the regulatory and workforce challenges in Maine’s rapidly expanding solar market.
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Under pressure, CMP says it can do faster, cheaper solar hookups
The change in direction comes a day after the governor called for an investigation into the utility’s revised grid upgrade charges to developers.