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Energy & Utilities

  • Energy is big business in Maine

    Peter Van Allen June 26, 2017

    One thing that seems clear looking at the energy focus in this issue: There's a lot of investment flowing into the energy sector.

    Peter Van Allen June 26, 2017

  • Introspective Systems wins $987K grid grant over three contenders

    June 21, 2017

    Software company Introspective Systems LLC of Portland said it has won a $986,802 Phase II grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for additional work to develop complex software frameworks that can help small energy grids reallocate resources

    June 21, 2017

  • WEX partners with GasBuddy to target the consumer market

    June 14, 2017

    WEX Inc., which to date has mainly focused on business-to-business payment solutions, will get into the retail gasoline consumer market, partnering with GasBuddy.

    June 14, 2017

  • The benefits of B Corp status

    Lori Valigra June 12, 2017

    Only five Maine companies have B Corp certification — Maine Works, Wicked Joe, ReVision Energy, Atayne and Coffee By Design — but each finds paying greater attention to social values is important to its corporate mission.

    Lori Valigra June 12, 2017

  • Kennebunk utility signs power deal to create major solar farm

    June 7, 2017

    Kennebunk Light and Power District, a nonprofit consumer-owned utility, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with DG Maine Solar LLC, a subsidiary of Florida-based NextEra Energy Resources.

    June 7, 2017

  • ReVision expanding into EV charging corridor market

    June 5, 2017

    ReVision Energy's hiring of a full-time director of electric vehicle innovation is part of the company's efforts to expand in the charging market.

    June 5, 2017
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    Here's what some are saying about Trump's decision to pull out of Paris Climate Agreement

    Staff June 2, 2017

    President Trump characterized the Paris Climate Agreement on Thursday as “simply the latest example of Washington entering into an agreement that disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries.” Others, including Maine's

    Staff June 2, 2017

  • Avangrid Foundation jumpstarts Maine State Museum campaign

    Staff June 2, 2017

    The Avangrid Foundation, the philanthropic organization of Central Maine Power's parent company, pledged $100,000 to the Maine State Museum's fundraising campaign to build an education center at its facility in Augusta.

    Staff June 2, 2017

  • LePage signs into law new restrictions on retail electricity sales

    Staff May 24, 2017

    Gov. Paul LePage has signed into law a bill by state Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, that brings increased transparency and consumer protections to the competitive electricity supply market.

    Staff May 24, 2017

  • Bill setting limits on electricity sellers goes to governor

    Staff May 17, 2017

    The Maine Senate on Tuesday voted unanimously to enact a bill by Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, to bring greater transparency to the competitive electricity supply market.

    Staff May 17, 2017

  • Monhegan offshore wind project passes key hurdle

    May 11, 2017

    Lawmakers on the Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee killed a bill that would have blocked the New England Aqua Ventus 1 project from building two 6-megawatt wind turbines two-and-a-half miles off Monhegan Island.

    May 11, 2017

  • Fracking bill headed to full Legislature with divided report

    Staff May 9, 2017

    A bill to regulate a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the ground, known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is all but dead after a majority of the Legislature's Environmental and Natural Resources Committee recommended that the

    Staff May 9, 2017

  • PUC's solar decision faces court challenge

    Staff May 2, 2017

    Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation and three other groups have filed a legal appeal in Maine Supreme Judicial Court over the Maine Public Utilities Commission's new solar energy policy adopted on March 1.

    Staff May 2, 2017

  • Controversial ‘fracking’ bill in question after heated public hearing

    Staff May 2, 2017

    The sponsor of a controversial bill to regulate a controversial method of extracting natural gas from the ground, known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, asked Monday that the measure be killed, the Portland Press Herald reported.

    Staff May 2, 2017

  • 'Emergency' fracking bill goes to public hearing today

    James McCarthy May 1, 2017

    A public hearing will be held at 1 p.m. today on emergency legislation to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Maine.

    James McCarthy May 1, 2017

  • Boothbay pellet plant all set to enter heating fuel marketplace

    April 28, 2017

    C and L Forestry Wood Pellets has completed machinery set-up at its manufacturing plant in the Boothbay Industrial Park and is now offering wood pellets for heating fuel.

    April 28, 2017

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Today's Poll

Does cruise ship season help your business?
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Sponsored by Kennebunk Savings Bank

Maine's cruise ship season is in full swing, running from late September through early November. Thousands of passengers are expected to visit Portland, Bar Harbor, Eastport or Rockland.

This week alone, Portland is set to welcome around 16,000 cruise ship passengers.

But as the season ramps up, it's bringing mixed reviews. Some locals brace for the crowds and many business owners say cruise ship visitors don't spend much while in the port. Other business owners argue that, even if cruise ships don't benefit their own coffers, they still benefit the overall economy.

When we asked this question in 2023, Mainebiz respondents, 21% said the visits bring customers and revenue, while only 18% said the visits don't help their business.

More than half of the respondents, 53%, said cruise ships benefit the overall economy.

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