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Solar energy advocates call on PUC to reconsider decision to reduce incentive
The filing is regarded as a likely precursor to a court challenge of the Maine Public Utilities Commission ruling that changed the financial incentives for solar energy customers.
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Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bills to expand solar incentives in Maine ready to launch
Two frontrunners intend to enhance solar incentives, and could supercede recent changes from the state’s utilities commission.
Posted inSea Change, Source
U.S. leaders fiddle while rest of world seeks climate action
The new administration stands apart from most Americans, in surveys, and the international community on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Environmental groups to make hard push to reverse Maine’s new solar rules
They say the PUC’s ‘extreme’ changes, which are opposed by the governor for different reasons, will stifle industry investment and were improperly adopted.
Posted inSource
Movies + sustainability: The birds and bees star in 8 movies we think you should see
On Oscar weekend, Source staffers give their picks for the best films about climate change, Greenpeace and vanishing species.
Posted inMaine, News
Would Portland, South Portland solar farms turn a profit? Maybe not, analysis says
But leaders from both communities downplay the likelihood that the worst-case scenario would play out and say that solar farms are likely to break even or be profitable.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
This outspoken refrigeration technician is LePage’s go-to energy policy adviser
A ‘kindred spirit,’ James LaBrecque advises the governor to embrace heat pumps. Critics warn that vision’s too narrow.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Upset over PUC’s solar decision, LePage wishes regulators would resign
The governor criticizes his own appointees to the Public Utilities Commission for preserving incentives for solar customers, while environmentalists and solar installers say the board didn’t go far enough.
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Maine regulators seek middle ground in residential solar incentives
Solar installers decry the new PUC rule, foreshadowing a fresh fight in the Legislature.