Tackling climate change by shifting to a zero-emission economy does not have to result in layoffs.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Aroostook Renewable Gateway will be bad for people and the planet
A project that will connect Aroostook County with the New England power grid overlooks the environmental and ethical implications of replacing trees with blank corridors of metal and wire.
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Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Here’s a better way to lower Maine’s ‘standard offer’ electricity costs
What about introducing a system that would enhance competition, producing even lower costs?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Natural gas price spikes, not solar, to blame for soaring power bills
The Maine Legislature shouldn’t allow the Public Advocate to hinder efforts to grow and strengthen the community solar program.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s alternative utility market experiment has been a failure
AARP Maine supports the Office of the Public Advocate’s call to repeal the program that allows retail electricity marketers to compete for residential customers.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: We need more grid capacity – and we need it now
Grid-enhancing technologies are already in place and proven in regional transmission systems across the U.S. and Europe. Maine must be next.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
PUC rejects proposed $75 power bill credit for low-income Mainers
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said the credit would have shifted costs to other struggling electricity customers.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
CMP, Versant both score last in satisfaction survey of utility customers
The national study gave poor marks to Maine’s two investor-owned electricity companies, and both responded with explanations why.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
North Carolina attack described as ‘wakeup call’ to protect power substations
The governor calls for a thorough assessment of the state’s critical infrastructure, and thousands remain without power after a person or persons shot up 2 substations.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, New England, News
Maine’s high court upholds CMP lease of public land key to $1 billion power line
The Supreme Judicial Court finds that Central Maine Power has a valid lease of public land that would be crossed by the New England Clean Energy Connect project.