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Energy & Utilities

  • State panel rescinds natural gas contract

    September 13, 2012

    A state bureau has reversed its decision to grant Maine Natural Gas the contract to build a Windsor-to-Augusta natural gas pipeline that would

    September 13, 2012

  • Cobscook tidal project gets Canadian attention

    September 12, 2012

    Canadian officials and companies are keeping a close eye on a project by Ocean Renewable Power Co. in Cobscook Bay as the Maine company's project expects to come onto the grid as the first tidal energy project in the country.

    September 12, 2012

  • Why Dead River Co. isn't just an oil company anymore

    Robert A. Moore President And Ceo Of Dead River Co., Bangor September 3, 2012

    Energy is dynamic. So is the energy industry with a myriad of factors affecting everything from what's acceptable to what's available. Energy trends have taken us light years beyond where we could have envisioned back in 1936 when Dead River Co.

    Robert A. Moore President And Ceo Of Dead River Co., Bangor September 3, 2012

  • More energy, fewer dams: a new approach to hydropower

    James McCarthy September 3, 2012

    A lot of cheering took place on June 11, when a massive excavator's percussion hammer broke through the concrete of the defunct fishway for the 1,020-foot Great Works Dam.

    James McCarthy September 3, 2012

  • How 3 ME companies met with charges of market manipulation

    Sara Anne Donnelly September 3, 2012

    Using electricity on a day-to-day basis seems simple — flip a switch, turn a dial, press a button and what we want to start, slow down, speed up or stop does just that.

    Sara Anne Donnelly September 3, 2012

  • Electricity Maine finds 150K customers in a growing market

    Matt Dodge September 3, 2012

    At first, it was an easy sell. In a time of rising energy costs, central Maine businessmen Kevin Dean and Emile Clavet wanted to provide cheaper electricity to people and businesses in Maine.

    Matt Dodge September 3, 2012

  • Falmouth joins natural gas study

    August 28, 2012

    Falmouth officials on Monday approved spending up to $15,000 to study options for linking the town to the Maritimes & Northeast natural gas pipeline, a move that proponents say will cut energy bills by 30% to 50% for residential and commercial

    August 28, 2012

  • Roxbury tax rate plummets due to wind farm

    August 28, 2012

    Roxbury residents seem pleased with their property tax bills this year, largely because of the $610,000 tax windfall the Oxford County town has received from the Record Hill wind farm.

    August 28, 2012

  • Lawmakers nix Casella probe

    August 16, 2012

    The Legislature's Government Oversight Committee has rejected calls for an investigation into Casella Waste System's Inc. operational practices at its Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town.

    August 16, 2012

  • D.C. consultant hired to assess $40M propane project

    August 16, 2012

    The Islesboro Island Land trust has hired former White House counterterrorism adviser Richard A. Clarke to do an independent risk assessment of Searsport's controversial $40 million liquid propane terminal and storage tank project.

    August 16, 2012

  • Downeast Energy's parent firm reports 2Q loss

    August 15, 2012

    NGL Energy Partners LP, a Tulsa, Okla., energy company that purchased Brunswick-based Downeast Energy in April, reported today a net loss of $24.7 million and an adjusted loss of $6.5 million for the three months that ended June 30.

    August 15, 2012

  • Gas prices jump 8 cents

    August 13, 2012

    Gas prices in Maine increased by nearly 8 cents in the past week, putting prices at more than seven cents higher per gallon than a year ago and 28 cents higher per gallon than a month ago.

    August 13, 2012

  • Small businesses target of scam

    August 10, 2012

    Central Maine Power Co. is warning small businesses in southern Maine about a fraudulent scheme to collect payments for utility service.

    August 10, 2012

  • Coffee by Design makes finals of national green award

    August 7, 2012

    Coffee By Design was recently announced as one of 10 finalists in the running to win Green America's first-ever People and Planet award.

    August 7, 2012

  • Augusta opts out of pipeline dispute

    August 3, 2012

    Augusta won't be intervening in the legal dispute between two companies seeking to build a natural gas pipeline into the capital city after all.

    August 3, 2012

  • Augusta considers intervening in pipeline dispute

    August 1, 2012

    Augusta's City Council will consider on Thursday a proposal for the city to intervene in the dispute between Summit Natural Gas and Maine Natural Gas over building a natural gas pipeline for the Kennebec Valley region.

    August 1, 2012

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The federal government shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 over a budget stalemate. The standoff in Washington comes on top of changing policies on tariffs and trade.

The shutdown curtailed the release of monthly reports on the country's trade balance, consumer prices, retail sales and producer price. In Maine, much of the Acadia National Park staff was put on furlough, though roads and campgrounds were still accessible. 

The last shutdown stretched over 35 days from Dec. 22, 2018, to Jan. 25, 2019.

A shutdown of less than two weeks is "unlikely to have a material impact on the economy or household finances," the president of a Maine credit union told Mainebiz last week.

But there's growing anxiety over how a protracted shutdown would affect the economy.

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