Tux Turkel writes primarily about energy issues affecting Maine. Over the years, he has gazed into the spent-fuel pool at the now-gone Maine Yankee nuclear plant, looked across Casco Bay from atop Wyman Station’s smokestack, and toured power plants and wind farms across the state, but remains confused about why electricity doesn’t leak from our wall sockets. When he’s not trying to make sense of dense regulatory filings at the Public Utilities Commission, he’s likely to be hiking in the mountains or visiting Maine’s coastal islands in his small motorboat. A graduate of Emerson College in Boston, Tux lives in Yarmouth with his wife, youngest son, a cat and a guinea pig.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2022
Advocates of consumer-owned power utility running out of time for 2022 ballot
Organizers won’t say yet, but there are signs that signature-gatherers won’t meet Friday’s deadline for the November ballot.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2022
As electric rates rise, gas-fired power emerges as both scapegoat and savior
A study in contradictions, natural gas is both helping to keep the lights on and contributing to the risk of rolling blackouts. Here’s why the role it plays in the region’s energy grid will remain a factor in Maine for years to come.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Maine PUC staff recommends lifting CMP’s penalty for poor service
The Public Utilities Commission hasn’t set a date to consider the recommendation and is still receiving information in the case.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2022
Legislative committee endorses Gov. Mills’ nominee for public advocate
Longtime utility lawyer William Harwood’s nomination now goes to the Maine Senate for a likely confirmation.
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PublishedJanuary 10, 2022
Solar industry, CMP reach settlement over connection delays
The agreement would require CMP to spend $700,000 in shareholders’ money to help speed grid connections.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2021
Judge hears arguments in power line case days before voter-approved law takes effect
Judge Michael Duddy said he will decide within the next two days whether to grant an injunction to keep Maine’s law banning the project from taking effect.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2021
Long delays throw shade on Maine’s community solar boom
Solar developers hope customers will be patient, as the industry and utilities work through growing pains.
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PublishedDecember 1, 2021
After shutdown order, power line crews work to stabilize corridor for uncertain future
No one knows the future of the New England Clean Energy Connect, Maine’s most controversial energy project in a generation.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2021
After license suspension, power line’s future hangs on pending court challenges
The New England Clean Energy Connect will argue for an injunction just days before a voter-approved law to ban the project is set to take effect Dec. 19.
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PublishedNovember 23, 2021
Maine DEP suspends construction license for $1 billion power line
The license will be reinstated if the New England Clean Energy Connect project’s developer wins its legal fights over state land or a pending statutory ban.
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