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Energy & Utilities

  • Cate Street to benefit from tax credit boost

    May 17, 2012

    A plan to manufacture a new type of wood-derived fuel in Millinocket got a boost with Gov. Paul LePage's signing of the supplemental budget.

    May 17, 2012

  • Report: Region's power markets 'competitive' in 2011

    May 16, 2012

    Holyoke, Mass.-based ISO New England Inc., which operates the region's bulk power system and wholesale electricity markets, said the average price of wholesale electricity energy fell 6% in 2011.

    May 16, 2012

  • Senate confirms engineer to PUC post

    May 16, 2012

    The Maine Senate has confirmed engineer Mark Vannoy to serve on the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Gov.

    May 16, 2012

  • New Portland meters to ease city parking

    May 15, 2012

    Drivers in Portland will now be able to use credit and debit cards to pay for parking in parts of the city.

    May 15, 2012

  • CMP upgrade won't serve expanded renewable energy

    May 14, 2012

    Central Maine Power Co.'s $1.4 billion transmission upgrade will not support the additional construction of alternative energy projects in Maine, as wind and other energy developers believed it would, according to a report from the

    May 14, 2012

  • Where to save energy costs in your business

    Paul Badeau Director Of Communications, Efficiency Maine May 14, 2012

    Saving energy is all about saving green.

    Paul Badeau Director Of Communications, Efficiency Maine May 14, 2012

  • Biomass is poised for a boost from federal funds and new consumer financing

    Matt Dodge May 14, 2012

    Last September, the Northern Maine Development Commission was awarded $1.9 million through the Obama administration's Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, a $37 million initiative aimed at supporting high-growth clusters throughout the count

    Matt Dodge May 14, 2012

  • Creditors seek repayment from bankrupt oil company

    May 9, 2012

    Former customers of a bankrupt Augusta oil company attended a hearing yesterday in an attempt to recoup money they spent on heating fuel that was never delivered.

    May 9, 2012

  • New commissioners appointed, nominated

    May 4, 2012

    Two state commissions are getting new members. Two Land Use Regulation Commission commissioners were sworn into office Wednesday, while Gov. Paul LePage nominated an engineer to the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

    May 4, 2012

  • Loring pipeline rights up for auction

    May 4, 2012

    The rights to a 200-mile-long fuel pipeline from Limestone to Searsport will be auctioned off next month because the current lessee, Loring BioEnergy, has defaulted on its lease payments.

    May 4, 2012

  • GridSolar energy pilot project advances in Boothbay

    May 1, 2012

    The state's utilities regulators have approved a first-of-its-kind energy pilot project in the Boothbay region designed as an alternative to the construction of additional transmission lines in the region.

    May 1, 2012

  • Millinocket mill owner unveils industrial park plans

    April 26, 2012

    Cate Street Capital, which bought the former Katahdin Paper Co. mills in northern Maine, yesterday unveiled more details about its plans to manufacture a wood-derived type of fuel.

    April 26, 2012

  • PUC sets terms for selling tidal-derived electricity

    April 25, 2012

    Maine utilities regulators have issued the country's first long-term power purchase agreements for tidal energy, a move that will boost Ocean Renewable Power Co., which is slated to install its first commercial turbine unit later this year.

    April 25, 2012

  • Cianbro plans energy facility at former radar station

    April 24, 2012

    Pittsfield-based Cianbro Corp. is one of three New England companies that have purchased a former U.S. Air Force radar station in Somerset County, with plans to use it to generate energy.

    April 24, 2012

  • Downeast Energy acquired by Oklahoma company

    April 23, 2012

    Brunswick-based Downeast Energy has been acquired by a Tulsa, Okla., energy company.

    April 23, 2012

  • LURC rejects First Wind's Bowers project

    April 23, 2012

    As expected, the Land Use Regulation Commission has rejected First Wind’s proposal for a 27-turbine wind farm on Bowers Mountain on the Penobscot-Washington county line.

    April 23, 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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