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 9, 2016
Maine and Quebec to develop electric car charging network
Gov. Paul LePage and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard propose putting charging stations along a corridor linking the province and the state as a way to promote tourism.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2016
LePage opposes compromise to rapidly expand solar power
Diverse interest groups back the 12-fold expansion, but LePage’s energy office says it includes subsidies that harm other ratepayers, setting up a legislative battle.
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
Lawmakers endorse stripped-down version of lobster license changes
The most controversial measure – to establish a new class of license – is rejected by the Marine Resources Committee.
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PublishedFebruary 21, 2016
Wood pellet businesses ail as demand plummets
In a stark contrast from last year, Maine’s four producers are laying off workers and cutting production as consumers shift back to burning oil.
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PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
As solar power grows in Maine, so does tension over its future shape and direction
Many homeowners and small businesses could someday generate and store their own power, and leave a grid long controlled by utilities and energy companies.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2016
Proposed fix for lobstering license barriers draws skepticism at hearing
Although many want to end the long waits and limited access to the profitable industry, the latest proposal won’t do it, critics tell legislators.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2016
Wind power critics upset by scale of newly proposed Maine projects
But a state energy official says many of the bid proposals to build transmission lines and feed power to southern New England won’t become reality.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2016
Hunger drives more Mainers to soup kitchens
As is the case at Maine’s 252 food pantries, demand is up at roughly 60 free-meal programs across the state.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2016
Persistent hunger fuels sprawling food supply system for needy Mainers
More than 200,000 residents regularly depend on food that moves through an enormous distribution system into a statewide network of pantries and meal programs.
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2016
Power rates on the line as CMP, Emera Maine ask to generate power again
The distribution companies say prices could fall if they can return to producing some of their own electricity, but skeptics say that’s just as likely to raise rates as lower them.
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