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Energy & Utilities

  • UMaine nabs $1.2M DOE grant

    Mainebiz News Staff August 10, 2011

    The University of Maine has been awarded a $1.2 million federal grant to improve technology for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

    Mainebiz News Staff August 10, 2011

  • Energy Alliance cleared

    Mainebiz News Staff August 9, 2011

    A state investigation into Maine Green Energy Alliance's spending practices has found no wrongdoing other than poor accounting and oversight of its finances.

    Mainebiz News Staff August 9, 2011

  • BEP recommends quieter wind turbines

    Mainebiz News Staff August 8, 2011

    Public hearings are set to start on a recommendation from state regulators to lower the allowable level of nighttime noise generated by wind turbines.

    Mainebiz News Staff August 8, 2011

  • Down East wind farm gets initial OK

    The Mainebiz News Staff August 3, 2011

    Land use regulators have given tentative approval to a First Wind subsidiary's plan to build a wind farm in Hancock County.

    The Mainebiz News Staff August 3, 2011

  • DEP challenged over Fox Islands Wind noise

    The Mainebiz News Staff August 2, 2011

    Opponents of a wind farm on Vinalhaven Island are challenging regulators' recent order affirming the turbines' compliance with noise regulations.

    The Mainebiz News Staff August 2, 2011

  • Business power prices to rise

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 27, 2011

    Electricity prices for businesses using the standard offer in Central Maine Power Co. and Bangor Hydro Electric's service areas will rise beginning Sept. 1.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 27, 2011

  • Conn. utility to buy Aqua Maine for $54M

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 26, 2011

    Water utility Aqua America is planning to sell its Maine subsidiary to a Connecticut utility for nearly $54 million.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 26, 2011

  • High grades for ME's clean economy

    Jim Kozubek July 25, 2011

    Maine's clean economy, a broad-stroke term for pro-environmental goods and services, is getting generally good reviews in a report surfacing this month from the Brookings Institution.

    Jim Kozubek July 25, 2011

  • Irving, Buckeye buy petroleum assets

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 20, 2011

    Through a joint partnership, Canada-based Irving Oil has completed an acquisition of a South Portland petroleum-products terminal.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 20, 2011

  • Reaction to Mainebiz's interview with former Gov. Angus King on his Highland Wind project

    July 20, 2011

    Mainebiz's July 11 interview with former Gov. Angus King about his Highland Wind project prompted the following letters to the editor. Read the Q&A, "Waiting for winds of change."To the editor:

    July 20, 2011

  • ORPC launches Nova Scotia co.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 18, 2011

    Portland-based Ocean Renewable Power Co. has formed a new subsidiary to expand its tidal power work in Nova Scotia.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 18, 2011

  • Waiting for winds of change | Angus King reflects on his stalled wind project and Maine's energy contrariness

    Douglas Rooks July 11, 2011

    Before he became governor in 1995, Angus King worked to license hydropower generation and his energy company won contracts with Central Maine Power, the latter work producing the campaign funds that helped him win two terms as Maine’s second Indep

    Douglas Rooks July 11, 2011

  • Man convicted in green energy fraud

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 10, 2011

    State officials have helped convict a California man who bilked Mainers and others out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a green energy scheme.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 10, 2011

  • Pipeline project gets tentative TIF

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 10, 2011

    A proposed 56-mile natural gas line has netted tentative tax-increment financing agreements from 12 central Maine communities.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 10, 2011

  • Judgment against oil dealer upheld

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 5, 2011

    Maine's highest court has affirmed a 2010 judgment against southern Maine oil dealer Nicholas Curro, who allegedly bilked more than 300 customers.

    The Mainebiz News Staff July 5, 2011

  • Solar energy cos. find niches in Northeast market

    June 27, 2011

    Despite the recession and Maine's relative lack of solar-energy incentives compared to nearby states, a couple of solar energy companies in southern Maine are doing well and growing, mirroring nationwide industry trends.

    June 27, 2011

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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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