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Energy & Utilities

  • S. Portland hotel seeks to add solar panels

    June 10, 2015

    The owners of the Howard Johnson Hotel in South Portland are seeking to add solar panels that would reduce energy costs, but it needs a zoning change approved by the city first.

    June 10, 2015

  • Bar Harbor enlists Revision for solar project

    June 8, 2015

    Bar Harbor voters have approved the construction of two solar installation projects that will be built by solar energy firm Revision Energy.

    June 8, 2015

  • Democrats stall LePage nominee for PUC

    May 29, 2015

    Recent decisions by the Maine Public Utilities Commission have given Democratic lawmakers pause in deciding on Gov. Paul LePage’s latest nominee for the energy regulator.

    May 29, 2015

  • Five months in, Brunswick's TechPlace business incubator reaches 15 tenants

    Dylan Martin May 26, 2015

    TechPlace at Brunswick Landing has signed up 15 tenants, just five months after the manufacturing-focused business incubator and co-working space opened its doors.

    Dylan Martin May 26, 2015

  • PUC stands by Efficiency Maine funding decision

    May 21, 2015

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission has decided against reconsidering its controversial decision to essentially cut $38 million from Efficiency Maine’s budget.

    May 21, 2015

  • PUC nears deal for long-term wind contract

    May 21, 2015

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission is close to reaching a deal over a long-term power purchasing agreement with a wind project in Somerset County.

    May 21, 2015

  • Emera Maine names new president

    May 18, 2015

    Emera Maine has named Alan Richardson as president and chief operating officer, placing its former leader in a new role to lead the development of smart grid technology.

    May 18, 2015

  • Summit seeks customers to pay for ad campaign

    May 14, 2015

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine is proposing to have customers cover the cost of a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign that has consumed a large part of its budget.

    May 14, 2015

  • New ORPC subsidiary to pursue ocean energy in Ireland

    James McCarthy May 11, 2015

    Ocean Renewable Power Co. is opening an office in Ireland's County Donegal to capitalize on that coastal region's interest in the Portland-based company's renewable marine energy technology and expertise.

    James McCarthy May 11, 2015

  • Cate Street appeals $9M order over gas contract

    May 7, 2015

    Cate Street Capital, the former owner of the now-closed Great Northern Paper mill, is seeking to overturn an arbitrator’s order to pay $9 million to a Boston-based company that had been contracted to deliver natural gas to the East Millinock

    May 7, 2015

  • PUC votes to keep energy forecasts secret

    May 6, 2015

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission has voted to keep secret the price-projection models that are used to determine energy contracts.

    May 6, 2015

  • Report finds 82 faulty gas connections by Summit

    May 5, 2015

    A state report said that contractors hired by Summit Natural Gas had improperly installed 82 natural gas connections in the Waterville area, though most of them have already been fixed.

    May 5, 2015

  • SunEdison cites PUC as reason for ending wind energy talks

    May 5, 2015

    A controversial vote by Maine energy regulators earlier this year has prompted renewable energy developer SunEdison to end discussions over a long-term power purchasing agreement that would have provided electricity to Maine utilities.

    May 5, 2015

  • Falmouth business touts ‘net positive’ house

    May 4, 2015

    Falmouth marketing firm TideSmart Global has built what it is calling one of Maine’s most energy efficient houses, producing twice the amount of energy needed to power it.

    May 4, 2015

  • LePage nominates Tennessee economist to PUC

    May 4, 2015

    Gov. Paul LePage has nominated an economist at the University of Tennessee to replace former Gov. John Baldacci’s remaining appointee on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

    May 4, 2015

  • Rockland energy plant proposal gets first OK

    May 4, 2015

    The Rockland City Council has approved an option-to-buy agreement for a Boston energy company that is seeking to build a $200 million natural gas-fired plant on city property.

    May 4, 2015

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Summer in New England – or anywhere else for that matter – is an ideal time for pleasure reading, and tastes can vary widely as we recently wrote about in a seasonal feature story.

With Maine's abundance of independent bookstores, including a new vendor on wheels making the rounds in the midcoast region, we're keen to know what you're paging through.

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