But Maine’s lack of storage and heavy rail dependence is playing havoc with supply.
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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Air-pollution solution could be as easy as funding woodsheds
The wood you put in a wood stove needs to be dry. In that respect, many of us are all wet.
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Ecomaine’s big surplus means municipalities may get windfall
The trash-burning plant’s board may end a $2.5 million annual charge, but a critic says it also could return money to member communities.
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Hardy souls brrr-ave the waves in Kennebunk fundraiser
But organizers declare no ‘double-dipping’ because of the extreme cold.
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Some Maine mills forced to idle lines as price of power soars
The temporary measures during an early cold snap show how the state’s natural gas shortage is a threat to businesses and workers.
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Maine businesses export winter fun to cities
A sledding and skating structure at Fenway Park is the latest example of providing ‘wintertainment.’
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Wood stove decathlon highlights race for next-gen technology
Many new stoves likely will rely on catalytic burners, a technology that proved troublesome in the 1980s.
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Tougher pollution limits for wood stoves might just backfire
Manufacturers say new rules will drive up costs and spook buyers who would otherwise upgrade older, dirtier units.
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Maine wind project could create 340 jobs, $120 million in investment
The PUC will decide if the pilot power project using floating turbines has enough positives to be worth the cost to ratepayers.
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High taxes, little competition, put Maine gas prices among nation’s highest
The sudden jump in price coincides with Thanksgiving travel.