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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PublishedApril 27, 2016
Natural gas pipeline riddle nears final answer in Maine
With public hearings starting and markets volatile, it’s still unclear whether expansion is worth the price for ratepayers.
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PublishedApril 13, 2016
Biomass plant closures likely, despite proposed state bailout
A subsidy under consideration in the Legislature probably won’t keep all six plants open, putting the jobs of loggers and truckers at risk
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PublishedApril 10, 2016
Jobs at risk in Legislature’s decision on solar energy bill
In Pittsfield, a solar installer who has hired 10 local residents braces for the impact on his business, and maybe on his home town
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PublishedMarch 30, 2016
Legislative committee torn on whether to prop up biomass power plants
Some members say they want assurances that the plants will remain open if electricity customers are forced to pay higher rates in a bid to save forestry jobs.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2016
Solar power development bill clears legislative committee on party-line vote
Democrats prevail to push the bill ahead, but Gov. Paul LePage’s intent to veto the measure means it will probably fail.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2016
Biomass plants seek subsidy that would increase Maine electricity prices
Advocates say hundreds of forest industry jobs will be lost if the state doesn’t help its wood energy plants survive, but critics say rate hikes could threaten other occupations.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2016
Analysis: Portland pipeline’s open for business, but not flowing
The future of the line that runs from South Portland to Montreal hinges on a lawsuit and a potential competitor.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2016
Republican initiative casts shadow over solar power bill
Key lawmakers support letting the PUC decide the fate of net metering, the financial incentive for homeowners with solar electric panels that’s opposed by the governor.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
Cheap-as-dirt glass jars shatter recycling expectations
Recycled glass has so little value that it’s being ground up and used as paving material in road and drainage projects.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2016
Now, even recycling will cost more for many Mainers
The depressed value of recycled materials worldwide means local solid-waste handlers are earning less money – a shortfall that consumers will have to pick up.
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