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Energy & Utilities

  • Rockland to reconsider energy plant proposal

    April 30, 2015

    Rockland city officials are expected to reconsider an option-to-buy agreement with a Boston energy company that is seeking to build a natural gas-fired plant on city property

    April 30, 2015

  • Groups ask PUC to reconsider Efficiency Maine cut

    April 29, 2015

    Two environmental groups and a trade group representing building contractors are asking the Maine Public Utilities Commission to reconsider its controversial decision to effectively cut $38 million from the Efficiency Maine program.

    April 29, 2015

  • LePage to lead trade mission to Japan, China

    April 29, 2015

    Gov. Paul LePage will lead a delegation of Maine businesses and educational institutions in a trade mission to Japan and China this October.

    April 29, 2015

  • Boston firm seeks to build Rockland energy plant

    April 28, 2015

    A subsidiary of Boston-based Energy Management Inc. wants to buy two Rockland city properties and transform them into a natural gas-fired energy plant.

    April 28, 2015

  • Poland Spring deal faces court challenge

    April 21, 2015

    A controversial 25-year deal between Poland Springs owner Nestle Waters and Fryeburg Water Co. is facing a court challenge from a Maine resident and Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.

    April 21, 2015

  • Canadian LNG firm seeks passage through Maine

    April 17, 2015

    Nova Scotia-based liquefied natural gas exporter Bear Head LNG is seeking to send fuel from central and western Canada through New England for export into foreign markets.

    April 17, 2015

  • Illinois company acquires Westbrook contractor

    April 16, 2015

    E.S. Boulos Company, a Westbrook-based electrical contractor, has been acquired by a publicly traded company from Rolling Meadows, Ill.

    April 16, 2015

  • Attorney proposes Maine's largest solar array

    April 8, 2015

    A developer has proposed what would become Maine’s largest grid-connected solar energy project, but financing for the project hinges on a change in state law.

    April 8, 2015

  • Rural businesses to gain from $100K energy grant

    April 3, 2015

    The Greater Portland Council of Governments has received a $100,000 federal grant to help about 300 rural businesses and agricultural producers with renewable energy projects.

    April 3, 2015

  • GOP head pitches Efficiency Maine fix, with catch

    April 2, 2015

    House Republican Leader Ken Fredette is sponsoring a bill that would restore $38 million to Efficiency Maine but would also transfer oversight of the group to Gov. Paul LePage’s office.

    April 2, 2015

  • FairPoint could face fines over service standards

    April 1, 2015

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission is expanding its investigation into poor landline service quality provided by FairPoint Communications, which could face fines as a result.

    April 1, 2015

  • Maine Natural Gas seeks rate hike to raise $10M

    April 1, 2015

    Maine Natural Gas is seeking a rate hike to increase its revenue by $10 million over the next three years to make safety and infrastructure upgrades.

    April 1, 2015

  • Quick fix for Efficiency Maine funding unlikely

    March 27, 2015

    A bill aiming to restore up to $38 million in funding to Efficiency Maine through a quick fix of a 2013 energy law was shot down by Republican lawmakers who said they want more changes to the law before restoring funding.

    March 27, 2015

  • Maine businesses see opportunity on the North Atlantic

    James McCarthy March 27, 2015

    A Maine business delegation attended the Arctic Technology Conference in Copenhagen this week, with a mission of touting the state’s capabilities to the energy industry’s leading engineering and scientific organizations that also were at the

    James McCarthy March 27, 2015

  • PUC's last Baldacci appointee to stay on

    March 26, 2015

    David Littell, the Maine Public Utilities Commission member who cast the dissenting vote in two recent controversial decisions, said he is staying on board after his six-year term expires at the end of the month.

    March 26, 2015

  • PUC vote could endanger heating program

    March 19, 2015

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission's decision to cap Efficiency Maine's funding at $23 million could prompt the organization to end its programs that provide financial support to residents and business owners for heating system upgrades.

    March 19, 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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