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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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Audit fails to quell anger over CMP bills
A third-party audit answered some questions, but many customers remain unsatisfied. Regulators will decide this week what to do next.
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Solar power achieved a New England milestone on chilly Thanksgiving
Sun-generated electricity reached a level that actually shifted peak energy demand away from the usual midmorning, showing solar’s growing role on the region’s electric grid.
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Large Maine solar producers win exemption from costly meter installations
Regulators saw little benefit to ratepayers from a requirement that companies with large solar arrays pay to have expensive meters installed.
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Maine electricity customers across the state can expect $6 monthly increase come Jan. 1
Reflecting regional trends, the supply side of home electricity bills will rise 14 percent, from 7.9 cents per kilowatt hour to a 10-year high of 9 cents.
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CMP neglected to charge 3,400 new accounts for months. The rest of its customers may get the bill.
The company blamed the billing snafu on a rash of retirements which left it shorthanded.
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Energy priorities shift as a new administration takes hold
After eight years of what some call obstructionist policies, renewables advocates look forward to Janet Mills in the Blaine House.
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CMP warned of ‘working off the same playbook’ that stymied New Hampshire energy project
The kind of public resistance that sank the Northern Pass effort now has CMP reworking its transmission line blueprint.
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Market forces buffeting future of wind power in Maine
Despite aggressive policy goals, the industry’s at a crossroads as transmission capacity expenses undercut its potential.
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Heat pumps in Maine: Set it and forget it? Or turn it off for the winter?
The state’s energy-efficiency experts promote the latest versions for winter heat, if they’re installed and used correctly, to reduce fossil-fuel emissions. But some installers say it’s best to use them any time but winter.