Tux Turkel – Page 33 – The Portland Press Herald

Staff Writer

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.

Business, Local & State, Politics

Mills signs wind bill, announces plans to advance offshore energy

by Tux Turkel June 19, 2019June 20, 2019

The bill will direct regulators to approve a power contract that advances the University of Maine’s long-delayed offshore wind project.

Business, Local & State, Politics

Bills to energize renewable-power development in Maine go to governor

by Tux Turkel June 19, 2019June 20, 2019

Clean-energy supporters are celebrating the pending passage of 2 bills that serve as foundations to advance renewable power in Maine.

Business, Local & State, Politics

Proposal to study public power options for Maine moves forward

by Tux Turkel June 17, 2019June 17, 2019

A bill to create a statewide, consumer-owned electric utility is carried over until next year, pending a study to be led by the Maine PUC.

Business, Local & State, News

Public hearings on CMP billing, service and rate issues set for mid-July

by Tux Turkel June 11, 2019June 11, 2019

The PUC will hold hearings next month in Portland, Farmington and Hallowell to get public feedback.

Business, Local & State, Politics

After pause, Maine may have missed the boat on offshore wind

by Tux Turkel June 9, 2019June 8, 2019

The East Coast is poised for billions of dollars in investment from companies building wind farms in the ocean from Virginia to Massachusetts. Despite a bill in the Maine Legislature to get an experimental floating wind farm back on track, Maine will be challenged to regain the momentum it had prior to the LePage years.