The Avangrid-CMP plan for hydroelectric power from Canada to Massachusetts abandons the market-based era when private companies worked to generate the lowest-cost power.
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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Transmission lines over Kennebec Gorge? That may be a choke point for renewable energy advocates
A 145-mile power line that would carry hydroelectricity from Canada to Massachusetts – and carve a path through the scenic gorge – signals a bleak future for multistate projects in New England.
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Gov. LePage set up wind-farm review panel to meet in private. Now, the names of its members are secret.
The governor’s energy director says the 14 members of the advisory panel will be identified once the body is prepared to meet.
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As Maine shifted priorities, southern New England seized on offshore wind
Ambitions to lead in ocean energy are being realized in Massachusetts and beyond.
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Regulators apply brakes to offshore wind power project led by UMaine
Maine Aqua Ventus vows to work with the Public Utilities Commission to keep its pilot project moving forward.
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Patagonia joins fight against CMP transmission line through Maine
The California-based outdoor apparel retailer founded by a Maine native backs the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s petition to stop the 145-mile project.
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Ratepayers’ group planning class-action lawsuit against CMP
Two Maine-based attorneys have retained a New York firm to take the lead, on behalf of utility customers who believe they were overcharged.
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Can the lure of no energy bills add up to sales for Maine homebuilders?
For developers, selling a subdivision of all net-zero homes, designed to generate enough power to zero-out electric bills over time, has been a challenge in Maine.
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New UMaine energy proposal calls for biomass, solar
Honeywell’s plan to provide green power to the Orono campus relies on building a new woodchip-fueled power plant and erecting a solar array.
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Cold snap tested reliability of region’s power grid and arguments against fossil fuels
Faced with the specter of rolling blackouts last winter, competing energy interests argue about what lessons to learn.