Through a joint venture, Irving Oil has acquired the former ExxonMobil marine terminal in South Portland. The terminal gives Irving, based in Saint John, N.B., added capacity to serve customers across the Northeast with products including gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel. Under the terms of the venture, Iriving will have use of a majority […]
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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AT&T touts wireless upgrades in Maine
WESTBROOK — As part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, AT&T on Monday outlined the progress it has made this year on upgrading its wireless network in Maine.
The communications giant has expanded mobile broadband in 26 communities from York County to Washington County, as well as wireless network capacity in 60 communities. From 2008 through 2010, the company spent nearly $60 million on wireless and landline networks in Maine.
The investments support efforts to bring wider coverage and faster, so-called 4G service to customers at a time when exploding demand for wireless Internet access is being driven by smartphones, tablets and laptops. AT&T already offers last-generation 3G service to about 75 percent of Maine’s population, according to company estimates.
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AT&T details network upgrades in merger bid
WESTBROOK — Communications giant AT&T today outlined the progress it has made this year upgrading its wireless network in Maine, part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA. AT&T has expanded mobile broadband in 26 communities from York County to Washington County, as well as wireless network capacity […]
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Maine’s ‘greenest building’ is designed to educate
A host of sustainable features, from energy to water use, are on display at the Boothbay site.
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House GOP fails to block law requiring efficient light bulbs
The new law will save energy and lead to the phaseout of incandescent bulbs, but critics called it government intrusion.
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U.S. House fails to overturn switch to energy-saving light bulbs
U.S. House Republicans on Tuesday failed to stop the enactment of new energy-saving standards for light bulbs they portrayed as yet another example of big government interfering in people’s lives. The GOP bill to overturn the standards set to go into effect in January fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for passage. The vote […]
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No reason to worry as Monitorretires heaters, sellers say
They say service and parts will be available for years to the many Mainers who own the efficient system.
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Energy startups have big ideas, need big money
The state’s renewable energy industry hopes to get attention from Boston venture capitalists.
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Maine high court due to hear foreclosure case in fall
Justices will consider the appeal of a Maine woman who wants GMAC penalized for mishandling documents.
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Nowhere’s special
Fishing interests in remote Washington County fear the sight of wind turbines will ruin the escape they offer