Hoping to capitalize on a shift in the political climate, installers and other advocates for solar energy want homeowners to again receive credit for feeding electricity back into the grid.
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Solar-panel plan for Blaine House sends a message
Maine’s new governor solicits proposals for what’s likely to be a visible affirmation of renewable energy.
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Large Maine solar producers win exemption from costly meter installations
Regulators saw little benefit to ratepayers from a requirement that companies with large solar arrays pay to have expensive meters installed.
Posted inLetters
Clean energy going to waste
There was an enormous spill in South Paris today. I watched it spread all the way up East Oxford Road and climb the silo at the top. It was a scene of perfectly wasted resources, literally soaking into untended grass plots and asphalt shingles. It was a solar spill. Sunlight was covering everything in sight. […]
Posted inLetters
Solar power a win-win
I write to urge my Senator, Garrett Mason, and Representative, Paul Chace, to support LD 1649, the solar energy policy under consideration in Augusta. That bill would create 800 new jobs in Maine’s solar industry, help keep young people in Maine, lower electricity rates for Mainers, and grow Maine’s economy by supporting Maine solar energy […]
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R. Kimber: Re-institute the funding
Efficiency Maine’s solar rebate program ran out of funding at the beginning of this year. LD 1252, An Act To Improve Maine’s Economy and Energy Security with Solar and Wind Energy, would re-institute that funding, making it possible for Maine people to get a rebate of up to $2,000 to install solar panels. Those rebates […]