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The project will remove an inefficient 20,000-square-foot maintenance complex, four temporary trailers and 11 outbuildings, and construct a new LEED Silver facility.
Competitive Energy Services, an energy management services firm with offices in Portland and Topsfield, Mass., has promoted Eben Perkins to chief strategy officer.
The money, from the U.S. Department of Transportation, will be used to install charging ports in 63 cities and towns.
The New York contractor chosen to build a 160-mile transmission line for the project wanted to change its pricing, prompting the Public Utilities Commission to instead terminate the deal.
After the Dec. 18 storm knocked out power to some half a million Maine customers, by Friday the power companies were addressing the last outages. Restaurants pitched in to provide 5,600 lunches for utility crews.
In addition to a cut in the utility's standard-offer supply rate, announced two weeks ago, residential customers will see the delivery portion of their electricity bill go down by 4% in the new year, the company said.
Kirsten Figueroa, commissioner of the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, sent a letter to the IRS asking it to stand by its original guidance and not federally tax the $450 relief payments.
The Governor’s Energy Office has awarded $1.3 million in grant awards to three organizations to support the development of innovative clean energy businesses in Maine.
Heat pump installation is one of the state climate plan’s most significant milestones. Over 115,000 new high-efficiency heat pumps have been installed in Maine, surpassing the climate plan’s 2025 goal of 100,000 new heat pumps two years early.
The cost of generating electricity has gotten cheaper, and that change has been reflected in the default supply price for power, the Public Utilities Commission said.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission's Low-Income Assistance Program is partnering to encourage eligible Maine residents to apply for financial assistance with their electricity bills this winter.
A request for proposals, issued Nov. 8, is based on priorities identified by the Maine Offshore Wind Research Consortium, an assembly of fisheries, wildlife and marine science and industry experts advising the state’s offshore wind research.
High-efficiency envelopes, heat-recovery ventilation, mass-timber construction, wood-fiber insulation and solar arrays are among steps colleges are implementing to reduce their carbon footprint.
The deal adds 60 employees and 3,000 clients, and expands ReVision’s presence as the Bay State looks to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The Island Institute will hire more fellows to help communities establish climate change plans and energy efficiency programs.
Question 3 asked if the state should buy out Central Maine Power and Versant Power and replace them with a public utility, Pine Tree Power. After a contentious campaign, more than two-thirds of voters said no.