Installing the moveable array of panels along a well-traveled road on the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School campus will teach students about renewable energy and generate a higher profile.
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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PUC commissioner’s resignation gives LePage another shot at energy priorities
He can try to replace Carlisle McLean with someone who is more in tune with his efforts to lower power costs and resist renewable energy incentives.
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Buying into a low-energy subdivision may be too costly for some
Visions of an energy-efficient development shift as buyers balk at the price tag.
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LePage bill, intended to create jobs, would have given special deal to Irving
Intent on jobs, the governor sought to provide incentives to biomass operators, but his plan would have increased electric rates for others.
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Barry Woods is all charged up about electric vehicles in Maine
ReVision Energy’s Barry Woods sees the future – and it’s battery-driven. But in a largely rural state with long distances between work and home, ‘range anxiety’ remains a high hurdle.
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Rooftop solar bill advances, but Republican opposition foreshadows fight
The measure endorsed by the Legislature’s energy committee calls for a cost-benefit analysis of how utilities pay homeowners and small businesses for the electricity they generate.
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Maine lawmakers push question of biomass power incentives to next session
Legislators are looking for ways to help the struggling industry, but proposed solutions are complex and controversial and time is limited.
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Lawmakers vote against moving UMaine wind project farther from Monhegan
Energy committee members unanimously vote against a bill that would have moved the test site at least 7 miles farther out to sea.
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What is the public advocate?
The Office of Public Advocate represents Maine utility customers in matters under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission, which oversees local telephone service, electric, gas and water utilities. The public advocate is appointed to a four-year term by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. In the fiscal year ending last June 30, the […]
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Customers’ bills at center of fierce debate over incentives for Maine rooftop solar
Dozens of people crowd a hearing on new rules that the Legislature is considering to encourage homeowner use of solar power.