The statement, combined with a new recording of stakeholder phone calls, raises further questions about the process used in awarding negotiating rights for a multimillion-dollar energy contract.
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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Secret recordings prompt calls to investigate fairness of bidding for UMaine energy contract
The university system is likely to examine revelations in a Press Herald report that suggest a university official improperly influenced the competition for a deal potentially worth more than $100 million.
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Secret recordings point to improper influence by top UMaine official in lucrative power contract
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Shuttered Old Town mill sold, to be redeveloped for forest-products tenants
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$1 billion CMP proposal fails to win Bay State energy competition
The Bay State opts for the Northern Pass transmission line through New Hampshire to deliver renewable energy from hydroelectric dams in Quebec.
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Regulators delay power contract essential to UMaine floating wind farm
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Maine PUC opens inquiry into storm response by CMP, Emera
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CMP touts its bid to build transmission line through Maine
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