Risk of infection stalls near-term growth for rooftop solar, heat pumps and energy audits and could slow momentum on the state’s climate fight.
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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With showrooms shut down, Maine auto dealers focus on service and remote sales
Dealers promote maintenance and repair service and online sales as they ponder how the pandemic will change their industry.
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CMP affiliate awards $300 million in contracts for power line project
New England Clean Energy Connect is moving ahead on its transmission corridor through western Maine despite a looming referendum aimed at stopping it.
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Small businesses seek rent and eviction freezes as crisis costs mount
Maine small business owners are in anxious talks with landlords as they seek to buy time until they can reopen and restore cash flow.
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Maine lenders buried in applications as small businesses seek federal aid
Financial institutions are hurriedly processing a flood of requests for emergency loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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Ride-sharing services limited by Mills’ executive order
Services such as Uber and Lyft will be allowed to carry just one person at a time, to an essential job or activity.
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Maine small businesses, lenders scramble to navigate federal aid package
While government agencies get up to speed on new federal programs, smart business owners are taking action.
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Coronavirus plunges Maine’s housing market into uncertainty
Before the global pandemic, home sales activity in the state had been on track for another record-breaking year.
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CMP parent company pledges $2 million to pandemic relief
Central Maine Power Co. parent Avangrid Inc. and its Avangrid Foundation are making a commitment to support national and local organizations.
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Northern Light Health appoints new chief executive
The health care system’s senior vice president and chief operating officer, Tim Dentry, will take over the top spot April 1.