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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.
Posted inPolitics
Bold idea aims to slash Maine’s power bills
Under a legislator’s plan, as much as $170 million a year could be saved by buying natural gas from out of state.
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Two Maine wind projects win millions in grants
The grants for developing better offshore technology near Monhegan Island and Boothbay Harbor could help make the state a leader in the industry.
Posted inNews
Opposition intensifies to proposed East-West Highway in Maine
The Sierra Club again denounces the proposed 220-mile road as a costly, destructive boondoggle.
Posted inNews
East-West Highway panned in conservation group report
A national environmental group that has been fighting the proposed East-West Highway across Maine is calling it one of the worst transportation projects in the United States. The Sierra Club report, “Smart Choices, Less Traffic: 50 Best and Worst Transportation Projects,” cites the $2 billion, 220-mile, four-lane freight truck highway’s serious negative impacts on air […]
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CMP seeks more financial separation from Spanish parent
CMP’s goal is to make it harder for Iberdrola to take cash out of CMP to pay dividends, and to not get whacked by Iberdrola’s recent credit rating downgrades.
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CMP offers low-rate plan for off-peak power use
The plan rewards people who can shift their use of energy-sucking appliances to periods when there’s less demand on the regional power grid.
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Propane surplus has some questioning need for giant Searsport tank
Sudden, fundamental changes in the U.S. petroleum market are raising questions about the need for a 22 million-gallon liquid propane storage tank in Searsport, and whether the planned marine terminal could someday export domestic fuel overseas, rather than bring propane to Maine.
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Propane glut clouds Searsport storage plan
The proposal for a facility to accept imported liquid propane even as the price plummets raises questions about its future.
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International energy companies pitch $2 billion renewable energy plan
Two international energy companies are proposing a $2 billion project that would carry vast amounts of renewable power from northern and eastern Maine and the Canadian Maritimes to Massachusetts through underground wires along interstate highways. The Northeast Energy Link would primarily serve wind farms to be built in Maine, as well as hydro, wind and […]