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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PublishedAugust 17, 2017
New CMP bills foreshadow increased consumer involvement
Starting in September, CMP customers will see a new format for their electricity usage that can be adapted for variable pricing.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2017
Maine company seeks to produce innovative wood-fiber insulating boards
GO Logic is trying to attract an overseas company to make the boards here, and it’s also developing a product of its own.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2017
No glasses yet for Monday’s eclipse? Could be a problem.
You probably won’t find the protective glasses at this late date, but there are other ways to watch this rare astronomical event.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2017
In Legislature, solar bill met a more powerful foe: Doubt
Blindsided by a late question of constitutionality, backers see an effort to preserve incentives undone by seeds of confusion.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2017
Parent company of CMP hires commissioner who resigned from Maine PUC
Carlisle McLean, one of the utility regulators criticized by Gov. LePage for approving rules to compensate solar energy producers, is now senior counsel at Avangrid.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2017
With incentives bill killed, PUC solar rules ready for enactment
But conservation groups are planning to challenge the reduced incentives set to take effect Jan. 1.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2017
Maine lawmakers pull plug on bill to maintain solar incentives
The governor’s veto is narrowly sustained amid warnings that L.D. 1504 would raise electricity prices, leaving a plan to phase out financial inducements for rooftop panels in effect.
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PublishedJuly 30, 2017
Flurry of lobbying blurs solar bill’s chances
What had been veto-proof support for a measure that preserves incentives suddenly seems less certain as backers and foes alike rally legislators preparing for this week’s override vote.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2017
CMP wants to build 145-mile transmission line through western Maine
It would carry hydropower from Quebec to Massachusetts under a plan that’s competing with others in New England for developing clean-energy projects.
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PublishedJuly 26, 2017
Impending eclipse underscores solar’s contribution to grid
Rooftop installations comprise growing percentage of the region’s power supply.
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