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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PublishedMarch 20, 2017
Bills to expand solar incentives in Maine ready to launch
Two frontrunners intend to enhance solar incentives, and could supercede recent changes from the state’s utilities commission.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
Despite making it a priority, LePage remains stymied on lowering energy costs
Heading into his last full legislative session, it’s unlikely that the governor will have better success this year.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2017
New England power grid’s ample capacity proves dire predictions wrong
Upgrades at existing plants have the area’s grid operator pointing to ‘a market that works.’
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2017
Canadian company envisions Maine as site for biorefinery
Ensyn Corp., which makes heating oil from wood waste, already supplies Bates College and needs more customers before it can build a plant here.
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PublishedFebruary 19, 2017
This outspoken refrigeration technician is LePage’s go-to energy policy adviser
A ‘kindred spirit,’ James LaBrecque advises the governor to embrace heat pumps. Critics warn that vision’s too narrow.
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PublishedFebruary 7, 2017
Increase in Maine electricity delivery costs sends bills soaring for big businesses
With average bills rising 19 percent for complex reasons unrelated to generating electricity, and with more volatility ahead, the state may lose companies and their jobs.
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PublishedFebruary 6, 2017
Electricity price-change process attracts little attention from public
The PUC sets the rates in multi-year agreements that allow for annual adjustments.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2017
Vision for bioenergy parks offers lifeline to Maine’s forest products industry
A development group that has restarted two power plants hopes to transform Maine’s old paper mill and biomass assets into a new wood-based economy.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2017
Bioproduct successes in Europe hold lessons for Maine’s efforts
Aided by government funding, a former pulp and paper mill in Norway was turned into a biorefinery that makes several wood-based products.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
Maine regulators seek middle ground in residential solar incentives
Solar installers decry the new PUC rule, foreshadowing a fresh fight in the Legislature.
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