Maine households will also pay more when the standard-offer rate for electricity is reset in March.
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 staff warily backs funding gas expansion through electricity bills
Half the region’s power plants use natural gas to produce electricity.
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Portland pipeline business drying up as Canadian market shifts
Oil shipments to Montreal are down 60 percent, leaving the future of the line and its South Portland terminal in doubt.
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Maine regulators agree on safety of CMP’s ‘smart meters’
But two Public Utilities Commission members differ on the fee for opting out of the Central Maine Power program.
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Maine regulators to revisit onerous gas-conversion rule
Proposed testing of burners to ensure safety is costly and unnecessary, gas companies say.
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Challenges impede Mainers’ switch to natural gas
An Augusta-based company has an ambitious plan to get homeowners to convert but faces technical issues and criticism from competitors.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Challenges impede Mainers’ switch to natural gas
An Augusta-based company has an ambitious plan to get homeowners to convert but faces technical issues and criticism from competitors.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine regulators to revisit onerous gas-conversion rule
Proposed testing of burners to ensure safety is costly and unnecessary, gas companies say.
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Cutler, Michaud outline long-term energy goals
Both offer some specifics, but their presentations at the Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine’s forum were heavy on the generalities.
Posted inElections, Maine Governor's race, Politics
Gov. Paul LePage refuses to appear at energy forum
The governor objected to appearing on the stage with candidates Eliot Cutler and Mike Michaud.