A Denver company scraps its proposal to build a 14-story propane storage facility that became the focus of intense public outcry.
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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Pipeline company points to record of safety in tar-sands oil debate
Officials with the Portland-to-Montreal line offer a closer look at their protocols to try to alleviate opponents’ fears about environmental risks.
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Portland business continues fight over paper mill case
A Portland company led by energy consultant Richard Silkman says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s market manipulation case against Rumford Paper Co. “will not hold up to scrutiny in a fair, judicial setting.”
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Maine Yankee owners reimbursed $82 million by government
The money has been put in a trust fund while the company files a plan on how it will use the award to benefit ratepayers.
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Health risk from CMP’s smart meters low, study finds
The results, however, provide little comfort to people who complain that the meters are hurting their health.
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Alarm over climate ‘tipping point’ fueled Portland rally
Hoping to restrict pipelines and quash the pursuit of tar sands oil, activists make their global fight local.
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Pioneering Maine wind project passes ‘biggest hurdle’
The utilities agency OKs contract terms for a $120 million floating turbine test off Maine, but one member laments the risk to ratepayers.
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Offshore wind energy project faces critical vote
A Norwegian company wants to put four floating turbines off Boothbay Harbor, but a state agency must first agree to new financial terms.
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Three decades on, Mainers still seek cheap electricity from Quebec
More than 30 years ago, Gordon Weil and then-Gov. Joseph Brennan traveled to Montreal to meet with Quebec Premier Réné Lévesque. They met at the headquarters of the provincial power company, Hydro-Québec.
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LePage loses champion of his energy priorities
A former Snowe staffer will replace Kenneth Fletcher, who insiders say had built credibility at the State House.