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Energy & Utilities

  • Casella pursues landfill-to-UMaine gas pipeline

    April 17, 2012

    A subsidiary of Casella Waste Systems Inc. has filed a petition with state regulators for an $11 million-$13.5 million gas pipeline from Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town to the University of Maine in Orono.

    April 17, 2012

  • Lawmakers stymie LePage energy bill

    April 17, 2012

    The Legislature failed to pass Gov. Paul LePage's bill seeking to remove a 100-megawatt cap on hydro power qualifying for the state's renewable energy guidelines.

    April 17, 2012

  • Federal tax changes and a volatile natural gas market buffet wind development

    Douglas Rooks April 16, 2012

    Is Maine's wind power industry thriving or dying?

    Douglas Rooks April 16, 2012

  • Regulators approve First Wind-Emera deal

    April 11, 2012

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a proposal by First Wind and Canadian utility Emera to partner with a third energy company to build and operate energy projects in the Northeast, despite a recommendation from its staff to reject

    April 11, 2012

  • Environmental cos. win grants to launch products

    April 10, 2012

    Two Portland-area entrepreneurs were among five companies that received nearly $20,000 from the Maine Technology Institute.

    April 10, 2012

  • Bill related to MERC closure halted in Senate

    April 10, 2012

    A plan to sell the Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash incinerator in Biddeford to the city has hit a snag.

    April 10, 2012

  • First Wind's request to pull Bowers application denied

    April 9, 2012

    Regulators have blocked First Wind’s efforts to pull its application for a 27-turbine wind farm on Bowers Mountain near Lincoln.

    April 9, 2012

  • Natural gas service coming to midcoast

    April 6, 2012

    The state has signed an agreement with a Scarborough-based energy company to extend natural gas service to the state prison in Warren, as long as it also extends the line to Rockland.

    April 6, 2012

  • Court decision affects South Portland-Montreal pipeline

    Matt Dodge April 2, 2012

    A Canadian court decision handed down in mid-February will delay plans for the potential delivery of controversial tar sands oil to South Portland.

    Matt Dodge April 2, 2012

  • USDA awards $180K for renewable energy work

    April 2, 2012

    The Greater Portland Council of Governments and the Maine Community College System are receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for renewable energy projects.

    April 2, 2012

  • Feds question wind farm loan guarantee

    March 23, 2012

    A congressional report has called into question a $102 million federal loan guarantee given to a 22-turbine wind farm in Roxbury developed in part by Brunsw

    March 23, 2012

  • Wind farm opponents file court complaint

    March 22, 2012

    The opponents of a wind farm on Pisgah Mountain in Clifton are taking their appeal to superior court, after local efforts to reverse the town's approval failed.

    March 22, 2012

  • Power prices to drop for big commercial customers

    March 20, 2012

    Electricity prices for larger commercial and industrial customers of Central Maine Power Co. and Bangor Hydro Electric Co. are set to decrease 10% from March, according to the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

    March 20, 2012

  • Supporters, critics debate LePage's energy proposal

    March 15, 2012

    A legislative committee heard support and objections of Gov.

    March 15, 2012

  • Madison, co. finalize gas pipeline agreement

    March 14, 2012

    The town of Madison has finalized a contract with Kennebec Valley Gas Co. that would return 5% of proceeds of natural gas sales to the town if the company’s pipeline project moves ahead.

    March 14, 2012

  • Port of Eastport nets contract to ship wood chips

    March 13, 2012

    The Port of Eastport is close to finalizing a deal with a new Maine company looking to ship wood chips from the port to overseas markets.

    March 13, 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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