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Energy & Utilities

  • Summit to pay $100K fine for sewer line damage

    January 14, 2015

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine will pay a $100,000 fine after state regulators found that the utility’s employees and contractors had damaged some sewer lines while installing pipeline.

    January 14, 2015

  • Outgoing PUC Chairman Tom Welch reflects on 15 years guiding energy policy in Maine

    James McCarthy January 12, 2015

    Tom Welch's departure as chairman of the Maine Public Utilities Commission on Dec.

    James McCarthy January 12, 2015

  • LePage makes PUC nomination

    January 9, 2015

    Gov. Paul LePage has nominated Carlisle McLean, his chief legal counsel, for a seat on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

    January 9, 2015

  • CMP, Emera partner for transmission project

    January 8, 2015

    Central Maine Power Co. and Emera Maine have announced a first joint transmission project that will connect a planned 250-megawatt wind project in Bridgewater to the region’s grid.

    January 8, 2015

  • Maine wind industry investments total $532M

    January 6, 2015

    A new report says the wind power industry has invested more than $532 million in Maine projects since 2006, with an average of 1,560 jobs created a year.

    January 6, 2015

  • Group to challenge CMP-related wind project

    December 31, 2014

    An industry group consisting of paper mills and other large power users is planning to challenge a major wind project in Somerset County being proposed by a subsidiary of Central Maine Power’s parent company.

    December 31, 2014

  • Maine heating oil price declines

    December 31, 2014

    The average statewide cash price for heating oil has declined by 4 cents to $2.75 a gallon since last week, according to the Governor’s Energy Office.

    December 31, 2014

  • UMaine finishes test for Spanish wind firm

    December 24, 2014

    The University of Maine’s Offshore Wind Laboratory has completed testing of a 184-foot wind turbine blade for a Spain-based wind energy company, its largest project yet.

    December 24, 2014

  • Report indicates region needs more natural gas

    December 23, 2014

    A preliminary report commissioned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts suggests energy costs in that state will increase without expanding natural gas supplies, which have been constrained by pipeline capacity limitations.

    December 23, 2014

  • Two likely PUC nominees named

    December 18, 2014

    Two members of Gov. Paul LePage’s staff are being considered for two soon-to-be-vacant seats on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

    December 18, 2014

  • Maine delegation urges swift action on natural gas rate proposal to give businesses certainty

    December 17, 2014

    Maine’s congressional delegation is urging federal energy regulators to make a swift decision on a proposed natural gas rate increase, citing a desire to give certainty to businesses and other consumers of natural gas.

    December 17, 2014

  • Summit to pay $25K fine for safety violations

    December 11, 2014

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine will pay a $25,000 fine after reaching a settlement with the Maine Public Utilities Commission for a series of alleged safety violations.

    December 11, 2014

  • Partnership jump-starts Maine power project

    December 10, 2014

    A power transmission project has been proposed by two regional utilities that would connect Maine wind energy projects and Canadian hydropower with New England population centers.

    December 10, 2014

  • Summit Natural Gas president to step down

    December 8, 2014

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine President Mike Minkos said Friday that he is stepping down by the beginning of next year.

    December 8, 2014

  • Summit to cover costs of shuttered contractor

    December 1, 2014

    Summit Natural Gas of Maine said it will pay back more than 100 people who lost money to Howland-based contractor Dave Ireland Builders LLC, which abruptly closed last month.

    December 1, 2014

  • Rate shock spurs closer look at energy efficiency for Maine businesses

    James McCarthy December 1, 2014

    A year ago, Mountain Machine Works CEO Bruce Tisdale struggled with whether it made sense to sign a long-term contract to lock in the electricity rate for his Auburn-based machine shop over the next four years.

    James McCarthy December 1, 2014

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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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