Longtime utility lawyer William Harwood’s nomination now goes to the Maine Senate for a likely confirmation.
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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Solar industry, CMP reach settlement over connection delays
The agreement would require CMP to spend $700,000 in shareholders’ money to help speed grid connections.
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Judge hears arguments in power line case days before voter-approved law takes effect
Judge Michael Duddy said he will decide within the next two days whether to grant an injunction to keep Maine’s law banning the project from taking effect.
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Long delays throw shade on Maine’s community solar boom
Solar developers hope customers will be patient, as the industry and utilities work through growing pains.
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After shutdown order, power line crews work to stabilize corridor for uncertain future
No one knows the future of the New England Clean Energy Connect, Maine’s most controversial energy project in a generation.
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After license suspension, power line’s future hangs on pending court challenges
The New England Clean Energy Connect will argue for an injunction just days before a voter-approved law to ban the project is set to take effect Dec. 19.
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Maine DEP suspends construction license for $1 billion power line
The license will be reinstated if the New England Clean Energy Connect project’s developer wins its legal fights over state land or a pending statutory ban.
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Maine DEP weighs legality of power corridor license in wake of Question 1 vote
The Department of Environmental Protection heard arguments Monday for and against suspending or revoking the NECEC project’s construction license.
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Costly electricity supply will add $30 to average home’s monthly CMP bill in 2022
Customers face a jolt in electricity supply costs, raising questions of whether Maine’s policy of updating supply rates annually exposes them to greater volatility.
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Rate increase will raise average Versant Power bills by $30 a month next year
The sharp increase likely foreshadows a similar change in the supply rate for Central Maine Power customers in 2022, to be determined Wednesday.