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.
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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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Our View: Don’t waste state’s time with secret wind panel
No public policy of any value could emerge from a process as flawed as this one.
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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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Cannabis businesses shut out of Maine’s energy-efficiency programs
The tenuous legal standing of marijuana operations means they’re a bad bet for incentive programs, says Efficiency Maine’s director.
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Massachusetts utilities sign deal key to CMP power line project through Maine
The distribution companies agree to 20-year contracts for power coming through a 145-mile corridor from Hydro-Quebec in Canada.
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Our View: Maine regulators carry out LePage’s shortsighted energy agenda
The state needs a governor with the vision and patience to build an ocean wind industry.
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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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Gas leak briefly closes busy Route 114 in Scarborough
The gas line rupture at The Rock Church, the fire department said.
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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.