A two-year tax incentive for producers means the Portland company can add jobs and a truck for collecting fry oil as it works to meet demand for biodiesel.
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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LePage loses champion of his energy priorities
A former Snowe staffer will replace Kenneth Fletcher, who insiders say had built credibility at the State House.
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Lobster Dippers get caught up in a wave of enthusiasm
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Bomb threat forces Portland bus, train station to close
Police charge a Portland man with terrorizing after the threat forced a four-hour shutdown and bus cancellations.
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Wind industry: Tax breaks key
Credits due to expire unless Congress acts help stabilize the market for six Maine projects as they try to boost their output.
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Bold idea aims to slash Maine’s power bills
Under a legislator’s plan, as much as $170 million a year could be saved by buying natural gas from out of state.
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Two Maine wind projects win millions in grants
The grants for developing better offshore technology near Monhegan Island and Boothbay Harbor could help make the state a leader in the industry.
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The questions are basic, the answers are few
Confidentiality laws and missing data block the public from informed views about shootings and accountability.
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Lives at stake, but inaction stalls chance to save them
A new system in Maine evaluates deadly force incidents, but little is done to share the findings, and few lawmakers actually read the reports.
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Opposition intensifies to proposed East-West Highway in Maine
The Sierra Club again denounces the proposed 220-mile road as a costly, destructive boondoggle.