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The state's Maine Won't Wait climate action plan, unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Janet Mills, means doubling clean energy jobs and making sure economic growth and climate action align, an approach endorsed Tuesday by John Kerry, President-elect Biden's
A 30-year veteran of the utility industry is succeeding Mike Herrin, who had previously announced he would leave the company at the end of 2020.
Renewable energy solutions shouldn't be developed at the expense of fishermen, seafood providers and fishing communities, says one industry leader. The state last week issued a plan to create a 16-square-mile offshore wind research array in the Gulf
For the third year, the state's largest electric utility received the lowest score in a national study of business customers. In related news, the Public Utilities Commission announced lower rates for standard-offer service in 2021.
The project is expected to produce more than $125 million in total economic activity and create hundreds of Maine-based jobs during the construction period.
A 43-page policy report, by the Governor’s Energy Office and Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, explores the momentum within Maine’s clean energy economy.
The planned 145-mile electricity transmission line through western Maine received a key federal approval after undergoing an environmental review. But opponents say that analysis wasn't stringent enough.
As it nears completion, the Sanford Airport Solar Energy Center is being sold as part of a portfolio that includes six other solar electricity generation sites across the country.
An earlier citizens referendum might have blocked the proposed $1 billion electricity transmission corridor through western Maine. But the question never made it to this week's ballot. Now a group of opponents is back with another referendum try.
The consumer-owned Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative Inc., which serves parts of Aroostook, Penobscot and Washington counties, will use the USDA financing to improve power connections for hundreds of customers.
Colby, Bowdoin and Bates also made the top-50 list, which recognizes factors such as regional foods, waste diversion, renewable energy and sustainability-focused academics.
Versant Power, formerly Emera Maine, said Monday that it is beginning to distribute $5 million in relief to low-income customers in northern and eastern Maine.
Maine and New England hit several criteria that promise good return on investment. But the market is hampered by lack of awareness, especially among smaller energy consumers.
The James W. Sewall Co. tapped Charles Nadeau, previously COO and CFO, to succeed George N. Campbell Jr., who has been named chairman of Sewall's parent company in Yarmouth.
A settlement that followed decades of oil discharge from Chevron terminals in Hampden, first discovered in 2006, is aimed at environmental restoration in Penobscot and Hancock counties along the Penobscot River watershed.
A $2.17 million grant to the Governor's Energy Office in Augusta will be matched with $267,624 in state funds and $112,457 in local funds.